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increased imbalance,” said Große. “Now that we have made the switch to powRgrip, concentricity is far more precise. Plus, the service lives of our spindles have been noticeably extended, and cutting tool consumption has dropped considerably.” In addition to more precise concentricity and excellent balancing precision, powRgrip tool clamping also impressed plastics processors, such as SMP, with the ease and simplicity with which tools can be changed using the system’s automatic clamping unit. With just a push of a button, the tool is hydrauli- cally pressed securely and accurately into place within seconds. There is no heating, and holders are ready for immediate use. The investment in the powRgrip tool clamping system has quickly paid off for SMP. For instance, there is now no longer any need to replace the several HSK-E 25-type heat-shrink chucks that used to wear out every year. The company has also managed to lower costs within its three shifts of operation because a lot of time is now being saved thanks to a reduction in the number of required tool changes.
Robotic milling of combined plastic composites using the powRgrip tool clamping system from Rego-Fix Tooling resulted in more precise concentricity and balancing precision, eliminating chatter and extending spindle life.
“The Rego-Fix powRgrip system is the perfect solution. Since we intro- duced the new system, our work has been cost-effective and user-friendly,” said Große. “The good balancing prop- erties, precise concentricity and the no- ticeably longer service lives of tools and machine spindles were the key factors that won us over to powRgrip.” ME For further information from Rego-Fix
Tool Corp., go to
www.rego-fix.com; or phone 317-870-5959.
Aerospace Contract Shop Grows with Automation
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riad Tool Co. (Branchburg, NJ) has grown from its roots as a traditional tool and die shop to become an ad- vanced contract manufacturer to the military and commercial aerospace in- dustries. It has forged its niche by adopt- ing the latest horizontal machining center technology and acquiring the automation needed for untended manufacturing.
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