Continuing its 77-year tradition of master craftsmanship in providing high-quality clamping and gripping technologies for the manufacturing industry, Speedgrip Chuck Company announced the availability of three new products. The company’s NDS Quick-Change Mandrel, QCR Quick-Change Receiver, and CSC Contactless Stroke Control improve productivity by making machine workholding changeovers faster and more reliable. Visitors to IMTS 2024 in Chicago September 9-14 can see these products firsthand.
“Our new products build on Speedgrip’s heritage and expertise as a leading innovator and producer of standard and customized workholding solutions for the full range of machining applications,” said Speedgrip president Matthew Mayer. “At the same time, they integrate new concepts and technology that keep pace with advanced manufacturing, automation, and Industry 4.0.”
As a portfolio company of Stratford-Cambridge Group, Speedgrip Chuck Company provides manufacturers the means to improve efficiency and productivity by reducing cycle times while featuring affordability and durability. For versatility and efficiency, the NDS Quick-Change Mandrel uses a unique rear bayonet mount that pulls and secures the workholding collet from behind, eliminating the need for draw screws.
The NDS Quick-Change Mandrel is highly adjustable with steering screws to compensate for total indicated runout and concentricity, providing repeatable accuracy to 0.0003 of an inch. The unit is available in seven standard sizes ranging from 0.5 to 5 inches for all standard spindle nose configurations and custom sizes are available upon request.
Speedgrip’s revolutionary QCR Quick-Change Receiver is a manually actuated cam-lock receiving plate that attaches to CNC lathe spindles and dramatically reduces the time needed to change workholding clamping devices. With the QCR Quick-Change Receiver, the time needed for operators to effortlessly switch ID/OD collets, jaw chucks or face driver workholding devices on their machines is cut from an hour to five minutes, making them well-suited for just-in-time production.
The QCR Quick-Change Receiver is available for all standard nose configurations, for
spindle sizes that run from A2-5 through A11 and flatback spindles. For added
versatility, the easy-to-use QCR Quick-Change Receiver also comes in a through-hole design for through-spindle bar feed-
ing operations.
Rounding out Speedgrip’s new product lineup, the CSC Contactless Stroke Control eliminates the need to manually adjust proximity switches after each workholding clamp changeover and provides fast confirmation of part-clamping position. This smart manufacturing solution automatically displays digital measurement of the cylinder stroke while clamped on the workpiece and machine feedback, stroke position and real-time workpiece dimension data during operation and sends clamp confirmation signals to machine tool CNCs.
Each of Speedgrip’s new products are American made, in stock for fast delivery, and backed by more than 75 years of workholding solution expertise.
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