Posted to News on 27th Sep 2007, 19:22
Kitagawa offers 25 per cent off workholding equipment
Kitagawa Europe's autumn Productivity Promotion gives a 25 per cent discount on the full range of Chick workholding equipment until 30 November 2007. Chick systems are said to improve manufacturing throughput and repeatability on CNC machine tools, while reducing set-up, loading/unloading and non-productive time within machining cycles.
The promotion covers all products in Chick's long-established M-series and innovative System 5 workholding series, including Qwik-Lok units, four and six-faced Multi-Lok fixtures, Pneu-Dex indexing systems and the company's versatile foundation plates.
System 5 is at the heart of Chick's latest generation workholding products. Each item is sealed to avoid the ingress of swarf and provides secure and dependable component location under all production conditions, including high-volume operations.
Units are available in six sizes from 50-150mm for both horizontal and vertical machining centre work and feature the following: snap-on reversible jaws for fast change-overs; precision die-cut jaw location for assured accuracy; and corrosion-resistant stainless steel slide assemblies for a long service life.
The system's low-profile jaws, which can be easily machined to accommodate a wide variety of product geometry, ensure maximum cutter accessibility. In parallel, Qwik-Lok, Multi-Lok and Pneu-Dex systems enable multiple operations to be undertaken in a single set-up and several components to be machined in a single cycle - thereby further boosting productivity.
Versatility is also a key feature of Chick foundation plates, enabling users to minimise the changeover times of all workholding equipment, not just Chick products.
These precision ground, 35mm cast iron plates incorporate a 50mm alphanumeric grid of 12mm diameter bushed and tapped holes for fast and accurate location of all fixture types. In addition, the holes are sealed by removable chip plugs to prevent the build-up of swarf.
Developed to simplify the design, cataloguing and utilisation of fixtures, Chick foundation plates are tailored to each customer's machine tool configuration and are supplied complete with all the hardware required to mount them to the machine table.
Throughout the offer period, Kitagawa is inviting customers to discover the benefits of using Chick workholding products for themselves through free on-site demonstrations.
