Chucks and Arbors for Holding Thin-Walled Parts
May 1, 2014
Hydra-Lock Conform-A-Chuck and Conform-A-Arbor products for holding a range of components including thin-walled and out-of-round parts without rounding.
Hydra-Lock offers its patented Conform-A-Chuck and Conform-A-Arbor workholding solutions designed to adapt to an out-of-round O.D. or I.D. and securely grip that diameter to enable boring, honing, grinding or other machining operations without changing the original free state shape of the part. These workholding solutions are particularly important in the machining of thin-walled parts such as automotive smog control air pump rotors, gas turbine parts, thin-wall tubing and cylinder liners for diesel engines.
The Conform-A products rely upon a plastic material called Hydra-Fibre. This allows the chuck or arbor to easily expand (up to .125" depending upon size) and adjust in order to hold thin-walled and out-of-round components without rounding. The Conform-A products are able to locate on a rough machined surface and establish an average center line. By locating on the entire surface, the chuck is able to support the weak component area and withstand tool pressure. Resulting accuracies of the operation are typically within +.001".
Conform-A-Chucks and Conform-A-Arbors can be developed in any size to meet the application requirements with either a direct pressure or a self-contained hydraulic system. Conform-A-Chucks can be designed to produce either bell-mouthed, straight or choke condition at the skirt end. Conform-A-Arbors feature retractable stops so that the end face of the part may be machined square and I.D. chamfered during the same cycle during which the O.D. is turned.
For more information contact:
Hydra-Lock Corporation
25000 Joy Boulevard
Mount Clemens, MI 48043
586-783-5007
www.hydralock.com
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