Product category:
Workholding - miscellaneous clamping systems, components
News Release from: Wixroyd International | Subject: Zeropoint System
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 29 January 2001
Workholding equipment referenced in
seconds
Zeropoint System enables the simultaneous clamping and referencing of fixtures, vices, chucks, etc, in seconds, with high holding forces and micron accuracy.
The machine table with its 'T' slots has little changed for 150 years - until now First launched at Manufacturing Week '99 Wixroyd's Zeropoint System is creating quite a stir! Heralding a quantum leap forward in fixturing and multi component clamping Wixroyd's new Zeropoint System enables the simultaneous clamping and referencing of fixtures, vices, chucks etc
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 7 Jun 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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in seconds, with high holding forces and micron accuracy.
No re-measuring of the zero point is necessary.
Time taken to set and reset fixtures/workpieces is reduced from some twenty minutes to as little as two minutes.
This means an 80% - 90% reduction in downtime, while machine spindle uptime is increased from 20% to a massive 80%.
Other features include 5-6 face machining, 100% machine path utilisation, minimal vibration and increased tooling life by up to 15%.
The Wixroyd Zeropoint System is unique, easy to use and intrinsically safe.Wixroyd offer systems that cater for light to medium, medium to heavy and heavy engineering and to compliment the Zeropoint System a range of Wixroyd modular workholding is available.
Please contact Wixroyd to request your free copy of the new Wixroyd Productivity Catalogue.
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