Pratt Burnerd International
Park Works
Lister Lane
Halifax
HX1 5JH
UK
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Power collet chuck suits milling, turn, grinding
A low-cost, self-contained pneumatic power collet chuck enables a mill, lathe or grinder to be converted easily and inexpensively into a production machine.
News from Manufacturingtalk, 4 July 2008
Heavy duty work holding centres are accurate
High accuracy Riten big centres can be used for any application where large components, such as for oil and gas industry equipment, need to be turned, ground or bored accurately.
News from Manufacturingtalk, 4 July 2008
Lathe toolpost minimises set-up, improves accuracy
For manually-operated lathes the Pratt HP 40 four-way toolpost minimises set-up and change over times while improving the maintenance of close tolerance machining.
News from Manufacturingtalk, 3 July 2008
Work holding systems, chucks, collets catalogued
Pratt Burnerd International and sister company, Crawford Collets, have published a series of brochures covering all of a recently extended standard range of workholding systems.
News from Manufacturingtalk, 1 July 2008
Four-jaw large bore independent chuck introduced
Among a range of large chucks which gives the user minimum set-up times and maximum gripping force Prat Burnerd has introduced a large bore four-jaw independent chuck.
News from Manufacturingtalk, 7 May 2008
Long stroke power chuck grips varying diameters
Pratt Burnerd International has developed an extra long stroke chuck, with a 32mm jaw movement, that grips large cylindrical workpieces having varying diameters.
News from Manufacturingtalk, 6 May 2008
Live and dead centres support large parts
For turning, boring or grinding large rotational pats, a seies of live and dead centres an be selected according to machine rev/min, machine type and accuracy considerations.
News from Manufacturingtalk, 25 December 2007
Chucks and collets add on 'solutions' service
Manufacturers of workholding equipment, such as collets and chucks, are now having to offer 'solutions' with production engineering know-how, and not just products.
News from Manufacturingtalk, 10 December 2007
Large, precision chucks are up to 1m size
Large chucks - up to 1m - are now being produced for high quality, high accuracy turning, providing minimum set up times, maximum gripping force and ease of use.
News from Manufacturingtalk, 6 September 2007
Chuck manufacturer expands machining facility
Lathe chuck and centres manufacturer, Pratt Burnerd International, is to invest GBP 600,000 in machin tools and equipment to meet a substantial increase in demand.
News from Manufacturingtalk, 14 August 2007
Hydraulic chuck gains in simplicity, lowers cost
A hydraulic power chuck, to be shown at EMO, uses a single conventional hydraulic cylinder, so is claimed to be simpler and substantially less expensive than other 2+2 systems currently available.
News from Manufacturingtalk, 26 July 2007
Low cost replacement chuck proves popular
Low cost replacement chuck is designed and developed to provide a cheaper alternative to imported power chucks and is proving its worth through booming sales.
News from Manufacturingtalk, 24 May 2007
Programmable power chuck maximises CNC benefits
A programmable power chuck enables users of CNC lathes and turning, mill/turn centres to harness and realise the full power of CNC turning and machining at an affordable and realistic cost.
News from Manufacturingtalk, 6 March 2006
Workholding supplier scores in North America
Pratt Burnerd America is a success story - it has gone from strength to strength and one of the very first employees, B J Lillibridge, has been made vice president/director.
News from Manufacturingtalk, 5 July 2005
High speed power chuck is programmable
The production version of a radical new programmable power chuck is equipped with a high ratio gear box that enables it to operate at high spindle speeds and low torque.
News from Manufacturingtalk, 5 July 2005
Workholding firms scored a GBP 300,000 hit at MACH
Enquiries received by Pratt Burnerd and Crawford Collets at MACH showed a 60% increase, compared with the last event and the two companies took GBP 300,000 in one order alone for workholding items.
News from Manufacturingtalk, 20 May 2004
Machine CNC controls chuck clamping force
Clamping force is controlled through the machine tool's controller in a geared programmable power chuck allowing the safe operating speed can be more than twice that of a conventional chuck.
News from Manufacturingtalk, 3 March 2004
"Centre of Workholding Excellence" opens
Crawford Collets and Pratt Burnerd have combined their respective manufacturing plants into one precision grinding factory.
News from Manufacturingtalk, 27 October 2003
Chuck offers wider versatility and shorter set-ups
Offering a jaw stroke of more than 50mm per jaw, when compared with the typical power chuck of 5mm, a programmable power chuck provides greater versatility and reduction in setting up times.
News from Manufacturingtalk, 8 October 2003
One chuck does the work of many
Latest chuck developments for automotive use include one that eliminates the requirement to use several different chucks in one operation and one for milling crankshafts.
News from Manufacturingtalk, 12 September 2003
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