posite coating-AlTiN/SiN. BLU can be used for heat-resistant materials like Inconel, Hastelloy, Monel or other nickel-based materials as well as titanium and austenitic stainless steels,” said Dei. ME
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Zero-Point Clamping Is Quick and Accurate
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nilock zero-point clamping systems from BIG Kaiser Precision Tooling Inc. (Hoffman Estates, IL) are designed for quick, efficient part loading for low and high-volume production runs for almost anything manufactured or as- sembled. Zero-point clamping enables datums to be transferred along with the part when parts are moved from machine to machine, eliminating the need to indicate the part setup on the next machining process. The savings in setup time alone, not to mention ac- curacy, can be substantial. “Originally, zero-point clamping was developed to prove out copper or graphite electrodes that were machined on milling machines and were then mounted on a supporting plate that was transferred to an EDM machine,” said Gerard H. Vacio, BIG Kaiser Precision Tooling Inc. “The intent of zero-point clamping initially was to be able to share the same datum systems from the mill- ing machine that was going to make the electrode as the datum system on the quill of the EDM machine on which it was going to be used.”
The technology worked so well for sinker EDMs that many wondered why it wouldn’t work on other manufacturing processes. “Zero-point clamping would involve taking the coordinate system and geometry form right over to the mill, to
the lathe, or to the grinder by replacing the concept of the T-slot table or a grid plate with something that had only one XYZ loca- tion. Whenever the datum was transferred to a machine, you always knew exactly where it would be,” said Vacio.
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