Fixturing.(EASTEC[R] preview)

Kurt Custom Made 6" pallet vise ensures 0.0005 accuracy and reduces setup time by 30 minutes while increasing productivity. To solve weight problems, spindle clearance limitations, maintain repeatable high-precision clamping, and make setups faster, Kurt designed a 6" pallet vise that goes beyond standard product offering capabilities. Kurt's team started ......

Four high-density tower and pallet workholding systems are designed with serrated surfaces that match and align with serrated, moveable jaw modules to provide modular, high-precision workholding. An eight and 12-clamping-station tower and two different multiple-station pallet systems will be on display at Kurt Manufacturing's booth. The SeraLack workholding systems use ......

HEADNOTE New workholding products allow faster part setup and reduced maintenance for greater productivity Is it metal or muscle, plastic or liquid? Whatever it is, it's one of many new workholding systems offering unique solutions to part-holding problems. While machine tool builders and tooling manufactuners race to increase productivity with ......

Extracting stuck and/or damaged fasteners IRWIN Industrial Tools' Power-Grip extractors enable one-step removal of problem fasteners Stuck, stubborn, damaged and broken screws, nuts and bolts are easily removed with IRWIN Industrial Tools' Power-Grip extractors, products designed to reduce the frustration associated with removing problem fasteners. The Power-Grip extractor requires just ......

Geometric reasoning is an indispensable part of an automated fixture design system. This paper introduces a rational approach based on the use of both qualitative and quantitative reasoning tools to plan for the "best" supporting, locating and clamping positions (on a given workpiece) to hold the workpiece rigidly and accurately ......

HEADNOTE Ways to boost operating efficiency shouldn't stop at the machine tool - shops also need the right cutting tools, toolholders, and workholding. IMAGE PHOTOGRAPH 1 The right tooling - in this case, OSG's ExoCarb-SHP four-flute end mill - and the appropriate workholding ensure equality machining. For many shops, the ......

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According to the Spring/Summer 2001 issue of The Future of Children , 61% of mothers with children under the age of three were employed in that year, which means many of us are seeking childcare for our children. I never realized how intimidating and scary this task would be until ......