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IMTS 2016 Sneak Peek: Tooling & Workholding
Here is a sneak peek at some of the state-of-the-art tooling and workholding systems that will be exhibited on the show floor at McCormick Place in Chicago from September 12-17.
Stainless Steel Compact Cylinder for Harsh Wash Downs
Flat-I cylinders from Bimba are ideal for medical, food and beverage or health and beauty applications that require frequent, corrosive wash downs to prevent the propagation of bacteria.
Angle Magnets Hold Stock Using Both Inside and Outside Edges
Inside/Outside Angle Magnets from Strong Hand Tools hold and position sheet metal, round pipes, square, angled or flat stock from the outside, leaving clearance for inside welds, or hold from the inside for outside welds.
Innovations in Workholding
Workholding must be updated to make full use of the small lot flexibility that machine tools now offer so that the same part cost can be achieved in much shorter production runs. Here are some of the latest advances in workholding technology for shops to consider.
Versatile Workholding Workhorses
Versatile Stallion Hybrid trunnions from TrunnionTable.com accommodate a variety of vises, fixtures, 3-jaw and 4-jaw chucks and collet chucks for flexible job shop workholding.
Mix and Match Modular Clamping
SnakeClamp workholding systems are used in medical, aerospace, automotive and other applications.
Synthetic Gripper for Complex, Sensitive Workpieces
The RRMG Synthetic Gripper 3 from Röhm uses free-form surfaces that adapt to different workpieces geometries, whether they be round or prismatic in shape.
Universal Multi-Functional Vacuum System
The Multi-Power Vac workholding system from Mitee-Bite can hold one to four small parts or one large part for machining.
Manual Power Clamp for Prototype Fixtures
The 52H-3E adjustable manual power clamp from DE-STA-CO has a completely closed aluminum housing that protects the inner mechanical parts from weld splatters.
Powerful, Versatile Solutions for Demanding Applications
The Unilock ESM 138 Turbo and ERGO 138 chucks from BIG KAISER provide quick and easy setup and loading, self-guided top-side mounting and zero-point clamping.
Upgrade Easily to Smaller Lot Sizes
These quick change chucks and clamping systems from SCHUNK make full use of the flexibility that machine tools now offer so that the same part cost can be achieved in much smaller production runs.
Welding Setup Redefined
Strong Hand Tools offers new equipment debuts that will help welders and fabricators setup metal accurately for greater quality and productivity.
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