CREDIT: FIXTUREWORKS
Fixtureworks, a supplier of workholding and fixturing technologies, now offers 5-axis clamping vises identified as CP170. Supporting the vise is a complete clamping system ideal for workholding during 5-axis machining, including centering clamps, jaws, flex zero bases, and clamping pins.
The compact self-centering vises, with center-moving jaws that provide stability, come in overall lengths of 130mm and 170mm and are well-suited for 5-axis machining. The high rigid design allows strong clamping force up to 4500 lb (20kN). The system is supplied with four locating screws for mounting. The vise (clamping) body is made from 4140 steel, induction hardened, precision ground, with a black oxide finish.
Jaws, both dovetail and serrated, are available in 79mm lengths and available in sets for the CP170 self-centering vises to hold the workpiece at two surfaces and provide positive clamping force. Center-moving jaws provide stable workpiece settings ideal for 5-axis machining. Serrated jaws provide enhanced grip for more aggressive operation and provide stable workpiece centering settings as well. Serrated contact surfaces penetrate into the workpiece for powerful clamping. Both types of jaws provide for small clamping areas. They are made from 4140 steel, quenched & tempered, with a black oxide finish.
Flex Zero Bases locate and clamp workpieces, fixture plates, and vises. Bases, available in 240mm and 150mm square configurations with 4-point clamping in a single operation, shorten time during fixture change operations. Locating repeatability is 0.005mm. The body is made from 1050 nitrocarburized steel, HV 400. The threaded spindle is made from 4140 steel with a black oxide finish.
Used with CP170-N vises, four pins are available as a set for mounting. Also available is a protective cover for unused holes in the base’s grid.
In addition to the 5-axis clamping system, Fixtureworks offers other workholding components and fixturing accessories including workholding supports, pneumatic flex actuator clamps, nutrunner clamps, quick change pneumatic clamping fasteners, and quick action sliding locks. Also available are spring plunger clamps as well as handles and levers, knobs and grips, equipment handles, hand wheels and cranks, hinges and latches, leveling supports, industrial rubber bumpers, stops and wheels, fixture clamps, clamping locating systems, work positioning elements, vises, grippers, and mechanical linear actuators.