Off to new horizons: Clamping devices reduce set-up times

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Clamping device has to be practically self-cleaning

Early in 2014 KTR received a Torok manual chuck with a base plate, a clamping head, and a mandrel for the trial phase. For Telker the overall time savings was extremely important. "Practical experience had shown us that conventional jaws were out of the question. For our coupling manufacturing parts are machined at high cutting speeds. Cams and bores are milled and drilled, so that we have a wide variety of chip shapes that must not impair the function of the clamping devices. The clamping device had to be practically self-cleaning," Reder says. The implementation of the Torok manual chuck on one of the milling machines of the production line past the test with flying colours.

KTR ordered a clamping pallet with four Hydrok SE hydraulic stationary chucks in the hexagon version along with clamping heads and mandrels for the new machining centre. They also use the Hainbuch Toplus mini chuck clamping system for the turning machines.

The investments have paid off. The required qualities can now be achieved by more simple means. The blanks are clamped in and you are ready to go. Re-clamping and intermediate measurements are unnecessary, and set-up times have been significantly reduced. It was even possible to reduce set-up times for multi-machining operations.

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