KURT has released new workholding kits for trunion fixture rotary tables, allowing machinists to add clamping stations.
According to Kurt, the workholding kits include a four-sided column with eight clamping stations, providing repeatable precision clamping to 5.08 micrometers.
Kurt claims the workholding system adds a fourth indexing axis to three-axis vertical machining centres, allowing machining of three sides of a part in one clamping. The eight clamping on the rotating workholding setup is also said to reduce part setup time while increasing machining speeds.
The Kurt Rotary Table Workholding stations deliver up to 2663kg of clamping force at 81.35Nm of torque. The workholding system has a self-adjusting holding block at either front or back jaw for clamping the same or dissimilar sized parts. Jaws index 180°.
The four-sided Rotary Index Workholding column includes locating journal, end support assembly, face plate, locating pins, T-Nuts and screws for assembly into an indexer. It is made from 80,000PSI ductile iron. Jaw options include hard jaws, machinable aluminium, ductile iron and an aluminium fixture plate.
DoALL Australia represents KURT Workholding in Australia.