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Triton Hydraulic Holders: Achieve The Ultimate Accuracy

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Triton Hydraulic Holders - Achieve the ultimate accuracy.

Triton Hydraulic Chucks deliver repeatable accuracy of <0.003mm to meet your most exacting tolerances.

Get Ultimate Accuracy Using Triton Hydraulic Holders

Triton hydraulic hydraulic chucks feature a thicker wall construction and more compact hydraulic design that concentrates the clamping force on the tool shank, increasing holding power up to 350% compared standard hydraulic chucks. The increased holding power enables Triton chucks to be used for heavy milling applications in addition to more typical operations like drilling, reaming, thread milling and finish milling.

Why Triton Hydraulic Holders

Triton Hydraulic HoldersThe hydraulic reservoir around the bore provides vibration-damping properties that reduce chatter in the cut, improving surface finish and enhancing tool life. Tool changes are performed with a hex wrench. Triton chucks have a repeatable accuracy of under 0.003 micron at 3×D and are balanced to a minimum of 25,000 rpm at 2.5 Gs for high-speed applications. CAT- and BT-tapered Triton chucks can provide through-spindle as well as AD+B flange coolant.

The chucks can hold shank diameters ranging from 1/8” to 1 1/4” by using reduction sleeves. We also offer reduction sleeves treated with its TTG-594 compound, that increase the holding power. Triton chucks are available in standard and dual-contact CAT 40/50, standard and dual-contact BT 30/40, and HSK 63A/100A.

It’s all in the palm of your hand!

Best CAT40 Triton Hydro Holder

The new Triton Hydraulic Chucks from Techniks raise the bar in terms of what you can expect from hydraulic tool holders.

Built-in Accuracy

Triton Hydraulic Chucks deliver repeatable accuracy of <0.003mm to meet your most exacting tolerances.

The Strength to Handle Your Toughest Applications

A redesigned hydraulic bladder delivers 3.5X the gripping force of standard hydraulic chucks and thicker bore walls provide greater stability in high material removal applications.

Flexible and Secure
Reduction sleeves give you the flexibility to hold any shank diameter. Reduction sleeves with bores of ½” or 12mm and larger have been treated with TTG-594 to create H-LOCKED; the world’s strongest holding force in a reduction sleeve!

Quiet in the Cut
Triton’s hydraulic bladder surrounds the tool shank and dampens vibrations, so tools run longer and quieter producing superior surface finishes and extending tool life.

Snappy Tool Changes
Change tools with just a hex wrench; no tightening fixtures, no torque wrenches, no hassle!

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Mike Eneix

Mike Eneix

Mike joined Techniks Tool Group in 2001 and launched the manufacturer’s representatives and distribution network for Techniks. Mike has served as VP of Sales since 2014 and managed the integration of Parlec’s sales and marketing teams into the Techniks Tool Group family. Mike’s extensive field experience has provided him a unique insight on manufacturing challenges and their solutions through optimized tool holding and work holding configurations across a broad range of industries.

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MegaFORCE Retention Knobs: For High-Torque Machining

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MegaFORCE Retention Knobs: For High-Torque Machining

Get the most secure hold with MegaFORCE Retention Knobs

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Earlier this year we released our MegaFORCE High-Torque Retention Knobs, designed specifically for high-speed machining. Since then, we have been excited at some of the great feedback we have gotten on how it out-performs standard pull studs. When developing the MegaFORCE, we wanted to truly examine the issues that cause retention knob failure as speeds and feeds increase. The MegaFORCE has been designed specifically to resolve the issues that lead to imbalance and breakage.  MegaFORCE Retention Knobs provide a more secure hold between spindle and holder, for longer tool life and better overall performance. 

Why Retention Knobs Fail

points of weekness on a retention knbPull studs encounter catastrophic failure as a result of metal fatigue caused by a number of reasons including: poor choice of base material, engineering design, machining process, poor heat treatment, and, sometimes, they have just met or exceeded their service life. Also, the repetitive loading and unloading cycles that the retention knob goes through is a significant source of stress that can cause fatigue and cracking at weak areas of the pull stud. 

The most common failure points for a retention knob is at the top of the first thread, and the underside of the pull stud where the grippers or ball bearings of the drawbar engage and draw the toolholder into the spindle. 

For the same reason we put corner radiuses on end mills, sharp corners are a common area of failure for any mechanical device. The same holds true with your pull studs:  The sharp angles on the head of the retention knob and at the minor diameter of the threads are common locations of catastrophic material failure.

Remember, bigger Radii are stronger than sharp corners. 

ROLLED THREADS VS. CUT THREADS

Cut Threads vs. Rolled Thread Retention Knobs

The first image shows how a cut thread has a higher coefficient of friction due the the cutting process. Image 2 shows how rolled thread has a lower coefficient of friction, which means that it engages deeper into the toolholder bore when subjected to the same torque. The cutting method tears at the thread material, creating small fractures, which become points of weakness and lead to tool failure. Rolled threads have burnished roots and crests that are smooth and absent of fractures common in cut threads.

Rolled threads produce a radiused root and crest of the thread and exhibit between a 40% and 300% increase in tensile strength over a cut thread.  In the cold forming process, the thread rolls are pressed into the component, stressing the material beyond its yield point. This causes the component material to be deformed plastically, and thus, permanently. There are three rollers in the typical thread rolling head that maintain better concentricity by default than single point cutting of the threads.  

Also, unlike thread cutting, the grain structure of the material is displaced not removed. Rolled threads produce grain flows that follow the contour of the threads making for a stronger thread at the pitch diameter which is the highest point of wear. The cold forming process also cold works the material which takes advantage of the nickel work hardening properties of 8620. By comparison, cut threads interrupt the grain flow creating weak points. The Techniks MegaFORCE retention knobs feature rolled threads that improve the strength of the knob by 40%.

Upgrade to MegaFORCE Retention Knobs

Standard vs. MegaFORCE Comparison

Ultimately, the only thing standing between a job well done and catastrophic failure is the retention knob. MegaFORCE Retention Knobs are designed to deliver superior performance and enhanced safety for the critical connection between your machine spindle and the tool holder.  MegaFORCE Retention Knobs have been manufactured to increase the strength and durability of this critical connection.

Overall Length

MegaFORCE retention knobs feature a longer projection, for deeper thread engagement to prevent swelling. While a deeper thread engagement can help prevent taper swelling, applying proper torque to the retention knob always the best way to reduce taper swelling. An over-tightened retention knob may still cause taper swelling regardless of how deep it engages the threads of the tool holder.

Material

MegaFORCE retention knobs are made from 8620H. AISI 8620 is hardenable chromium, molybdenum, nickel low alloy steel often used for carburizing to develop a case-hardened part. This case-hardening will result in good wear characteristics.  8620 has high hardenability, no tempering brittleness, good weldability, little tendency to form a cold crack, good maintainability, and cold strain plasticity.

Blended Radii
With the new MegaFORCE pull studs, stress risers of sharp angles have been eliminated through the blended radii on the neck where the gripper engages under the head of the pull stud.  

Ground Pilot
There is a ground pilot, underneath the flange, which provides greater stability. The pilot means the center line of the tool holder and pull stud are perfectly aligned.

Magnetic Particle Tested
Each MegaFORCE retention knob is magnetic particle tested to ensure material integrity and physical soundness. MegaFORCE retention knobs are tested at 2.5X the pulling forces of the drawbar

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Mike Eneix

Mike Eneix

Mike joined Techniks Tool Group in 2001 and launched the manufacturer’s representatives and distribution network for Techniks. Mike has served as VP of Sales since 2014 and managed the integration of Parlec’s sales and marketing teams into the Techniks Tool Group family. Mike’s extensive field experience has provided him a unique insight on manufacturing challenges and their solutions through optimized tool holding and work holding configurations across a broad range of industries.

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MicroFLOAT is The Best Solution For Thread Tapping

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MicroFLOAT Tapping system is the BEST CHOICE for getting the most life out of your taps

Transform tapping from frustrating to fantastic with MicoFLOAT!

Why is tapping so difficult?

Tapping is one of the most complex operations a CNC machining center performs. The tapping requires perfect synchronization between the machine’s feed-rate and the spindle rotation. The feed-rate must perfectly match the spindle rotation, so the feed-rate equals the thread pitch for each rotation of the spindle.

Machinists also find that tapping on a cnc prevents his ability to be actively engaged in the process and removes the ability to use his senses for guidance while the tap is in the hole. With a machining center, a machinist can’t stop in the middle of a tapping operation when something sounds or feels wrong. You know that something is incorrect only after a tap is broken or threads are bad.

It's all about the physics

To appreciate this concept, it’s important to understand that absent a specified spindle rotation and feed-rate, a tap will try to follow its thread pitch in terms of feed-rate. Why? It all has to do with Newton’s second law of thermodynamics, of course! For those of us that may have slept through high school physics, we might need a refresher course.

Basically, in the absence of external forces, any system will try to achieve a state of its lowest possible energy. Tapping threads takes energy. Following threads requires much less energy. Hence screwing a bolt into a threaded hole requires much less energy than tapping the threads. As the lead crests on a tap cuts the threads, the following crests will try to follow the existing threads, just like a bolt.

What can go wrong?

However, in the real world we need to consider the machine’s feed-rate and spindle rotation. If these two parameters are not perfectly synchronized, the result is unwanted forces on the tap that can produce less than optimal thread quality, cause premature thread wear, and/or result in broken taps. For example, if the feed-rate is less than the thread pitch for one rotation of the spindle, the tap will “drag”, or be pulled back, into threads it has already cut. This “drag” force engages the tap in cutting that would otherwise be used to simply cleanup the existing threads produced from the leading crests.

The same is true if the feed-rate is greater than the thread pitch for one rotation of the spindle. Here, the tap is pushed into the already cut threads. In both instances, thread quality is compromised, and the tap is subjected to forces that prematurely wear the tap and can result in breakage.

Further complicating matters is exiting the tap from the threaded hole. If the tap does not perfectly follow the existing thread out of the hole, the tap will engage in unwanted cutting, or re-threading, that degrades thread quality and causes unnecessary wear on the tap. 

But my machine has rigid tapping, so I’m OK, right?

Not so fast. Rigid tapping on CNC machines promised to perfectly match the feed-rate with the spindle rotation to eliminate these issues. However, the reality is that, while helping to provide some synchronization between the feed-rate and the spindle rotation, rigid tapping is not able to achieve perfect synchronization. This is very apparent as the tap reaches the bottom of its cycle and is reversed to exit the hole. Here, again, physics is to blame!

But my machine has rigid tapping, so I’m OK, right?

One of the main advantages of rigid tapping is depth control accuracy on blind holes. To do the job accurately and consistently, a holder is needed that has enough compensation to get good tap life without causing variations in depth control. Rigid tapping on CNC machines promised to perfectly match the feed-rate with the spindle rotation to eliminate these issues. However, the reality is that, while helping to provide some synchronization between the feed-rate and the spindle rotation, rigid tapping is not able to achieve perfect synchronization. This is very apparent as the tap reaches the bottom of its cycle and is reversed to exit the hole. Here, again, physics is to blame!

Physics strikes again!

In a perfect world, at the bottom of a tap cycle, the spindle rotation and feed-rate would instantaneously stop in perfect unison and then instantaneously reverse at the proper rotational speed and feed-rate. If this were the case, we would almost never break any taps. Enter physics.

Because the spindle has mass it is subject to Newton’s first law of thermodynamics. Most notably, inertia. Simply put, since the spindle is rather large and heavy it is not possible to instantaneously stop the spindle rotation and feed-rate in perfect unison. The spindle rotation and feed-rate must have time to decelerate before stopping. The same is true when starting to reverse the tapping cycle. The spindle rotation and feed-rate must have time to accelerate up to the desired parameters. Further complicating matters is that these two parameters are individually affected by inertia, meaning that perfect synchronization is not possible.

The result?

This imperfect synchronization between spindle rotation and feed-rate at the bottom the tapping cycle creates tremendous forces on the tap. This is why most taps break at the bottom of a tapping cycle. The loss of synchronization when reversing also affects the entire exit cycle since the entry and exit parameters are not perfectly matched. This creates higher forces on the tap during exit. 

If a tap holder with tension-compression float is used, tap life and thread quality can be dramatically improved, because these extra axial forces on the tap are eliminated. The problem with traditional tension-compression holders is that they can cause large variations in tapping depth. As a tap becomes dull, the pressure needed to start the tap into the hole increases, and more compression stroke within the tap driver is used before the tap starts to cut. The result is a shallower tapping depth

MicroFLOAT to the rescue!

To counter the inevitable inability to perfectly synchronize the feed-rate and spindle rotation, especially at the bottom of a tapping cycle, Techniks offers the MicroFLOAT tapping system. The MicroFLOAT system provides compensation so these synchronization errors are smoothed out and do not put unnecessary forces on the tap to improve thread quality, extend tap life, and cause less tap breakage.

How does MicroFLOAT work?

When starting a tap, it is helpful to have a relatively rigid assembly. This helps get the tap started in the hole and begin cutting threads. If the tapping system allows too much “push float”, or compression, when entering the hole, the tap will spin-out creating a mess of the threads at the top of the hole. Some compression is helpful since when the tap enters the hole forces try to push the tap out of the hole and slow the spindle rotation (physics, again!). A little compression allows these forces to do their work, while providing time for the feed-rate and spindle rotation to catch back up and get in lock step with each other. The MicroFLOAT system offers 0.008” of compression to help get taps started, but not enough to allow the tap to spin before it starts cutting threads.

Even though the discrepancy between the machine synchronization and the tap pitch is very small, the forces exerted on the tap with a solid holder are high. Measuring the thrust forces shows that a solid holder can exert 84 times greater axial forces on the tap than when using a microfloat tap holder doing exactly the same rigid tapping operation.

At the bottom of a tapping cycle, the MicroFLOAT system provides 0.040” of tension or “pull float”. As described earlier, the spindle rotation and feed-rate cannot stop and reverse to the necessary rates instantaneously. The MicroFLOAT system provides enough tension to allow time for the spindle rotation and feed-rate to decelerate, reverse, and accelerate to the required parameters on the way out. This mitigates the forces on the tap at the bottom and though the exit of the tapping cycle and results in improved thread quality, extended thread life, and fewer broken taps.

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Greg Webb

Greg Webb

Greg has been with Techniks Tool Group for over 23 years serving in many roles from VP of Sales to President & CEO during which he has gained a deep understanding of CNC manufacturing processes and how to optimize tooling and workholding solutions for specific applications. He has written several articles, white papers, and blogs on various tooling, deburring, and workholding-related topics. As a recognized subject matter expert on CNC tooling, Greg is often approached to provide opinions and content for technical articles.

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CNC Tool Holders for Extended Reach and Deep Pocket Milling

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Tooling Solutions for Narrow and Deep Cavity Milling

Check out our narrow-nosed and slimfit collet systems.

Comparison of Naroow Nosed Tools

Milling in tight corners or deep cavities present machinists with a lot of different tooling requirements and machining parameters to consider.  According to this article from cnccookbook.com, the first step is simply addressing the common challenges of deep pocket milling; including tool deflection, which can lead to excessive machine chatter, wall taper, poor wall finish, and generally poor tool life and part quality. 

Deep Pocket machining will almost always require multiple stepdown passes to reach the bottom of the cavity.  The worse the tool deflection issues, the more passes will be required. It’s advised to focus on limiting the stickout, or projection, of the cutting tool from the holder as much as possible. We are speaking in the context of extended lengths, so this is relative to your part’s operation and desired wall depth. 

“In cases where you have flutes the full length of the tool, they’re going to be rubbing and potentially cutting the walls created by previous passes.  That needs to be minimized, and the right way to do that is to use tool shanks that have been relieved so they don’t contact the wall.”

While multiple stepdown passes are inevitable, machining parts with high walls require extended reach holders and end mills in order to mill at your required depths. Once your tooling is configured to reach your desired depth, we want to limit witness marks as much as possible, with each pass, in order to achieve the highest quality part. Techniks Extended length tools and SlimFIT holders provide the reach you need to get into the tightest spaces, combined with high quality, precision cutting tools, you can finally improve your deep pocket machining.

1) DNA ER Collet System

DNA collets provide shorter projection from the collet chuck for better rigidity and when clearance is needed. The DNA collet and nut system provides better rigidity and are more accurate than ER for small
diameter shanks.

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2) SlimFIT Drawbar Collet System

SlimFIT collets are longer overall than ER collets and feature a 4˚ taper, delivering better engagement between collet and tool shank, resulting in better accuracy and balance than ER systems.

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3) ShrinkFIT Holders

If you do high speed, or high torque machining you should seriously consider the benefits of shrink fit technology. Shrink fit uses the expansion and contraction properties of metal to provide extremely powerful tool holding. 

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4) Parlec M-style Micron Chucks

The M-style mold chuck’s narrow-nose design allows for
deep, hard-to-reach machining; perfect for cutting deep
die molds and any application where reach and clearance demand enhanced precision and performance.

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Greg Webb

Greg Webb

Greg has been with Techniks Tool Group for over 23 years serving in many roles from VP of Sales to President & CEO during which he has gained a deep understanding of CNC manufacturing processes and how to optimize tooling and workholding solutions for specific applications. He has written several articles, white papers, and blogs on various tooling, deburring, and workholding-related topics. As a recognized subject matter expert on CNC tooling, Greg is often approached to provide opinions and content for technical articles.

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Rescheduled: FlexLIVE Youtube Demo – May 6, 2021 – 3 pm

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Rescheduled: FlexLive on Youtube - 3pm - May 6, 2021

We have rescheduled our live youtube event with FlexLIVE for 3pm on Thursday, May 6, 2021.

How to watch instructions:

Step 1) Click link here to stream: Techniks FlexLive YouTube

Step 2) To join the chat simply login to your google/gmail account. 

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We are excited to join the team at Flex Machine Tools for an episode of their  FlexLive YouTube series of high-quality live CNC machine demonstrations. Their talented hosts will guide you through some of the latest additions to our Techniks and Parlec brands. Our friends at Robbjack Carbide Cutting Tools have been kind enough to let us combine their high-precision cutting tools with our holders to show how TTG can help you improve your CNC production. On-hand during the event will be our very own VP of Sales, Mike Eneix, and Midwest Sales Manager, Brian Haskett, to provide technical background of these new technologies. Also joining the discussion will be VP of Engineering for Robbjack, Mike MacArthur, to add his 20 years of experience to the show and explain how combining high-precision cutting tools with Techniks Certified Holders can improve your overall production. The show will cover a detailed overview of our latest ShrinkFIT solutions, demonstrating our compact, but powerful, 00450 ShrinkFIT Machine; as well as run through of our line of ShrinkFIT holders, including coolant-ported, SlimPRO, SFS modular system, and heavy wall shrinkfit holders. Also, for the first time, the superior cutting performance of our Triton Hydraulic Holders will be live and in action. With its enhanced hydraulic bladder, Triton hydraulic holders are disproving the theory that hydros are reserved for just light milling operations. You will see how our Triton chucks are built to hog! Our final demonstration will feature our Parlec brand Micron Milling Chucks. We will describe how the unique features of Micron chucks help improve tool life, surface finish, dimensional accuracy and productivity for all types of heavy duty applications. The M-style Micron Mold Chucks are perfect for extended lengths and tight spaces. We can’t wait to deliver an engaging and informative event, and we are excited to have the chance to interact with other machinists and watch chips fly! If you make the live event, simply login to your google/gmail account and will will be able to join the discussion, and ask any of our experts any questions you may have. But, if you don’t happen to make the live event, you will be able to stream the show in its entirety from YouTube anytime.

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FlexLIVE CNC Tool Demo Event

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Live Tool Demo Event: FlexLive on Youtube - May 6, 2021

Mark Your Calendars and join us as the FlexLive team demonstrates our latest CNC tool holding solutions.

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Techniks is excited to announce that we will be joining the team at Flex Machine Tools for an episode in their Youtube series of live demonstrations. FlexLive Youtube series provides high-quality, engaging live demos for all types of CNC machining solutions.

We will be featuring our latest products from both our Parlec and Techniks brands; including our newest ShrinkFIT machines, our Triton Hydraulic Holders, Parlec’s high-precision Micron Milling Chucks and a preview of our P3 Advanced Collet System. The advantages of each new technology will be covered, while the FlexLive team puts our tools to the test in LIVE CNC demonstrations.

We want to thank our friends at Robbjack Cutting Tools for providing the cutting tools for this event. RobbJack specializes in the engineering, manufacture and sale of solid carbide cutting tools

Watch the last time we partnered with FlexLive

Techniks was invited to contribute a couple of magnetic workholding chucks to be used within the CNC machining centers for the purpose of the demo. Beginning at the 22:00 minute mark, we feature our high-powered EEPM 6100 magnetic workholding chuck. Capable of providing over 86,000 pounds of holding force, our magnetic workholding chucks are the superior solution over all other workholding fxtures. 

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Spinner Deburring is The Fastest Metal Deburring Solution

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sPINner Deburring is the Fastest Metal Deburring Solution

Learn the ways to speed up your deburring process with sPINner

The sPINNer relieves hand deburring bottlenecks and batch deburrs in minutes.

Is your shop still hand deburring small and intricate parts? 
Is hand deburring a bottleneck in your production? 
Does it take longer to deburr a part than it did to machine it?

In today’s increasingly automated world, metal removal and deburring remains an area where manual methods are still predominately preferred over mechanized methods.  Deburring is often performed by hand with simple tools, giving some the impression that it is a task that does not add value. This attitude and the desire to cut costs have created an environment that minimizes the importance of developing and cultivating effective deburring processes. Deburring is an option that is critical to quality. When its importance is minimized, serious quality and safety issues case arise.

Combine Manual and Machine

At Techniks we know that no machining process is ever perfect, so there will always be a need for manual deburring of tight corners and other hard-to-reach areas. No matter how efficient the metal removal process, no matter how sharp and well-maintained the cutting tool, burrs are a fact of machining life. The solution to achieving the highest quality parts doesn’t rely on manual versus automated deburring, but how you can use automated methods to speed up the necessary manual processes that traditionally impede production.

The sPINner batch deburr dozens, even hundreds, of your small precision metal parts,  eliminating the time-consuming and tedious hand-deburring.  The sPINner reaches where hand deburring cannot, works great for irregular parts and small precision parts with hard-to-reach internal cavities.

How sPINner Speeds Up Production

The sPINner’s powerful internal magnet, located within the machine body, creates a rotating magnetic field, producing what some customers have called a “form-fitting brush” that gently removes burrs from small parts. The tumbling action of the magnetized stainless steel pin media effectively deburrs, smooths rough edges, and even burrs in tough to get to areas such as cross holes, IDs, and small slots.

Common application where the sPINner is found to be more effective include: Orthopedic implants and screws, Dental implants and screws, Stents, and RF connectors.

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Greg Webb

Greg Webb

Greg has been with Techniks Tool Group for over 23 years serving in many roles from VP of Sales to President & CEO during which he has gained a deep understanding of CNC manufacturing processes and how to optimize tooling and workholding solutions for specific applications. He has written several articles, white papers, and blogs on various tooling, deburring, and workholding-related topics. As a recognized subject matter expert on CNC tooling, Greg is often approached to provide opinions and content for technical articles.

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5 Magnetic Workholding Methods Guaranteed to Increase Your CNC Production

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Five Magnetic Workholding Methods Guaranteed to Increase Your CNC Production

Magnetic workholding speeds up CNC machining

As magnets continue to make their way into more and more shops, we continue to see the same old fears that keeps so many people from adopting new technologies, fear of change, fear of costs, among others. Techniks makes this transition painless and cost-effective. Our engineers specializes in creating custom TURN-KEY magnetic workholding fixtures, or choose from our wide selection of standard magnetic chucks.

Since 2001, Techniks has designed, built, and installed electro-permanent magnetic workholding and permanent magnetic lifting solutions for metal fabricating and manufacturing. Today we offer a wide variety of in-stock magnetic chucks. Thick workpieces or small – just about any ferrous material can be held and machined magnetically. Larger parts are easier to hold because there is more material for the magnetic flux to penetrate. For smaller parts, using work stops and nesting the part are options that work well. Magnetic workholding is used for just about all types of machining operations on horizontal or vertical CNC machines.

Check out these 5 featured workholding magents that are guaranteed to improve your cnc machining production.

1) STANDARD MAGNETIC CHUCKS

EEPM chucks to ensure your workpiece is uniformly supported over a larger single area, freeing up all five sides of your workpiece, so you can machine the entire profile of the part in one setup.

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2) Modular Magnetic Chucks

Modular Workholding Chucks provide almost unlimited flexibility to hold workpieces of varying sizes. Up to 8,250 lbs holding power for superior holding power, workpiece stability, and reduced vibration.

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3) Circular Magnetic Chucks

Vertical Turning Chucks are a powerful and fast workholding fixture optimized for horizontal or vertical turning centers and 5-axis machining. Machine multiple operations in a single setup

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4) Plastic Injection Mold Magnets

Designed specifically for plastic injection mold clamping, these workholding magnets are the perfect solution for quick mold and die change for plastic injection, metal stamping, die casting and rubber molding. 

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5) ECB Magnetic Vises

Our ECB series magnetic vise blocks are our most modular workdholding solutions for all types of applications. Position ECB vises just where you need them and cut complex part shapes, outside and inside diameters, and irregular profiles.

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Greg Webb

Greg Webb

Greg has been with Techniks Tool Group for over 23 years serving in many roles from VP of Sales to President & CEO during which he has gained a deep understanding of CNC manufacturing processes and how to optimize tooling and workholding solutions for specific applications. He has written several articles, white papers, and blogs on various tooling, deburring, and workholding-related topics. As a recognized subject matter expert on CNC tooling, Greg is often approached to provide opinions and content for technical articles.

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Magnetic 5-axis Workholding

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Magnetic 5-Axis Workholding

Replace traditional clamps and vices with Workholding Magnets

The Wilderness of Workholding

If you had the chance to visit IMTS Spark, Techniks was excited to showcase our line of MagVISE workholding magnets. IMTS spark featured various workholding solution providers and the technological advancements in metal fixturing and material handling. It’s easy to see how these technologies can improve production and part quality, but browsing the vast wilderness of vises, blocks, clamps and jaws, only adds to the challenges you already face to improve production.

Magnetic Workholding is Perfect for 5-Axis Machining

There are a lot of things to consider when choosing the workholding fixture that’s right for you, including the model of the CNC machine you’re working on, the metal you’re machining, and the specific job you are running. While traditional vises and clamps remain a default solution in many CNC machining centers, advancements in magnetic workholding technology are causing many shops to re-evaluate their workdholding fixtures, especially for 5-axis machining.

SUPERIOR HOLDING POWER

MagVISE utilizes the entire bottom surface area of the workpiece and powerful ultrapermanent or permanent magnets to provide unmatched clamping forces. Self-centering vises only grip the very bottom of the workpiece and dovetail systems only clamp a small section of material limiting the clamping forces that can be applied.

DISTORTION-FREE RESULTS

MagVISE produces a uniform down-force along the entire bottom surface area to allow machining the part in a free-state without distortion from squeezing or compressing forces. Clamping forces along the bottom of the part from self-centering vises can result in distorting the part, resulting in a loss of accuracy and dimension.

NO WASTED SETUP TIME

The MagVISE systems do not require any special machining to prepare workpieces. Simply place your parts on the MagVISE, activate the magnets, and RUN!  Dovetail systems require machining a dovetail feature into the bottom of the workpieces prior to running your job.

NO EXTRA MACHINING

The MagVISE systems do not disfigure the bottom of the part like self-centering systems and do not require removing a dovetail feature. With MagVISE it’s ONE-AND-DONE!  Self-centering vises can cause the bottom outside surfaces of the part with indentations from the vise jaws or inserts, and dovetail systems leave the dovetail feature on the bottom of workpiece. Parts must be re-fixtured to machine off the bottom in order to finish the part. 

REDUCE VIBRATION

The entire bottom surface area of the workpiece is placed on the MagVISE face greatly reducing vibration for superior results! Self-centering vises often elevate the part above the base of the vise bed and dovetail systems only hold a small section of material on the bottom of the part. These systems allow excessive vibration reducing cutting tool life and producing chattery surface finishes.

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Greg Webb

Greg Webb

Greg has been with Techniks Tool Group for over 23 years serving in many roles from VP of Sales to President & CEO during which he has gained a deep understanding of CNC manufacturing processes and how to optimize tooling and workholding solutions for specific applications. He has written several articles, white papers, and blogs on various tooling, deburring, and workholding-related topics. As a recognized subject matter expert on CNC tooling, Greg is often approached to provide opinions and content for technical articles.

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ShrinkFIT Machine Demo 2021

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New Video: ShrinkFIT Machines Demo 2021

Follow our step-by-step demonstration of our ShrinkFIT machines

In this Digital Demo, National Sales Manager, Mike Eneix, presents a step-by-step walkthrough of Techniks’ 00450 ShrinkSTATION and 00500 Quencher ShrinkFIT machines and reviews the company’s shrink fit tooling solutions. This demonstration will explain the pros and cons of ShrinkFIT and offer examples of when ShrinkFIT can effectively be incorporated into a production line. In addition, Eneix will demonstrate the latest in ShrinkFIT machine technology, which achieves consistent tool set-ups and results at price points that won’t break the tooling budget.

Techniks ShrinkSTATION machines make it easy and safe to perform shrink fit tool changes without causing damage to the toolholder or cutting tool, as long as the machine is correctly installed and proper operating procedures are followed. 

ShrinkSTATION machines are designed to work best with Techniks shrink fit tool holders made from H13 tool steel with bore diameters from 1/8” to 1-1/4” (3mm to 32mm). They are designed for shrink fitting tools with carbide shanks. Tool shank diameter tolerance is critical. At least an H6 tolerance is advised for optimum performance.

Make sure toolholders are clean and free from defects before inserting the tool in the tool holder. If debris or a burr is inserted into the tool holder with the tool, tool life may be reduced. Damage to the tool or toolholder may also occur as the tool may be difficult or impossible to extract.

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00450 ShrinkSTATION

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Greg Webb

Greg Webb

Greg has been with Techniks Tool Group for over 23 years serving in many roles from VP of Sales to President & CEO during which he has gained a deep understanding of CNC manufacturing processes and how to optimize tooling and workholding solutions for specific applications. He has written several articles, white papers, and blogs on various tooling, deburring, and workholding-related topics. As a recognized subject matter expert on CNC tooling, Greg is often approached to provide opinions and content for technical articles.

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About Techniks

Techniks Inc. prides itself on delivering the industry’s best service & support, and providing a wide array of cost effective, high production cnc toolholding solutions. 

Forming Techniks Tool Group with our partnership with Parlec has enabled us to deliver the most responsive customer service, and provide a one-stop-shop for cost-effective as well as high-precision, customizable CNC tool holding solutions for the Aerospace, Automotive, Medical, and Mold & Die industries.

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