Everyone wants to get the most out of their tool holders. While some may take a set it and forget it approach with holders, it’s not recommended, as they have a direct impact on both parts and machinery. Here are some tips to ensure your holders deliver.
ER nuts are basic nuts with surface treatment for friction reduction. They have slots on the outside diameter and use a spanner wrench for nut tightening.
Perfect Seal Collets (PSC) allow for coolant through the cutting tool. They can be used with MEGA Double Power Chucks, Hydraulic Chucks, and New Hi-Power Milling Chucks.
C Collets are reduction sleeves for clamping smaller diameter cylindrical tool shanks. Used in Hi-Power Milling Chucks and MEGA Double Power Milling Chucks.
The concept of using guide pins to load large fixtures has been around for a long time, and it even applies when incorporating Unilock zero-point clamping systems in your fixturing.