Workholding Solutions for Part-Specific Automotive Machining
September 1, 2018
Kitagawa-NorthTech, Inc. has announced its suite of automotive industry workholding solutions, which bundles together advanced and custom engineered workholding products suited for automotive industry machining applications. The advanced workholding series are Kitagawa-NorthTech, Inc. advanced chucks and custom fixtures that have been engineered, modified and/or customized to solve part specific machining for a myriad of automotive industry applications, including: camshafts, valves, cylinder pumps and heads, differential cases, brackets, clutches, covers, holders, gears, hubs, pinions, pulleys, rotors, rollers, pistons, chassis components and more.
Engineered Workholding Suite
The suite of automotive industry advanced/engineered chucks and workholding for automotive applications from Kitagawa-NorthTech, Inc. includes:
- DL200 - Dual locking chuck with increased gripping options and easy jaw forming suitable for high volume automotive machining applications
- PWc and PWTc - 2 or 3 jaw power wing chucks with powerful gripping for irregular workpieces and tapered parts. Provides secure gripping for casting and forging applications
- PU type pull lock chucks (PU, PUB and PUE) - Draw down chucks for high precision processing available with open center types. High radial gripping forces and strong pullback action allows for stable cutting under heavy load conditions
- FG finger chucks - For high speed turning of three jaw wheel chucks for automotive and motorcycle aluminum wheels and six jaw chucks for OTR trucking applications
- Collet chucks - Short series collet chucks, long series collet chucks, quick change collets chucks and pull back collet chucks
- Custom fixtures - Weldment or casted base custom fixtures for a variety of horizontal and vertical machining applications.
Custom Engineered Turning and Prismatic Workholding Solutions
In situations where a standard and advanced chuck or fixture does not meet the rigid process requirements of a unique part-specific automotive machining application, a fully customized, engineered workholding system may be required. Kitagawa-NorthTech's productivity team will help analyze, design, manufacture and test a fully engineered and custom workholding solution for customers. The productivity team has expertise in designing, engineering and manufacturing an extensive range of workholding and tooling for automotive turning and prismatic applications. Kitagawa-NorthTech also leverages its in-house manufacturing, engineering, testing and production group to provide a turn-key, tightly integrated solution that will meet or exceed customer requirements.
For more information contact:
Kitagawa-NorthTech, Inc.
301 E. Commerce Drive
Schaumburg, IL 60173
800-222-4138
info@kitagawa.us
www.kitagawa.us
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