Northfield Resources

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  October 16, 2025 Edward Humphries

  How to Transform Tight Rotary Tables With These Integrated 5C Collet Chucks

  Northfield’s integrated 5C collet chuck is purpose-built for compact 4- and 5-axis tilting rotary tables, where traditional work-holding actuators simply won’t fit. By moving the entire pneumatic mechanism inside the chuck body, we turn even the tightest rotary platter into an automation-ready station—no external cylinders, drawbars, or bulky plumbing required.

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  October 9, 2025 Edward Humphries

  Rapid Chuck Replacement Delivers Micron Accuracy in Weeks

  A leading global producer of precision fuel-injection systems urgently needed to replace a worn Japanese-made diaphragm chuck on a high-speed lathe. To keep production on schedule, the new work-holding solution had to meet micron-level accuracy, incorporate an air-detect stop, and arrive far sooner than the previous chuck supplier’s projected six- to eight-month lead time.

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  September 30, 2025 Edward Humphries

  Automated Chucks Transform Aerospace Machining for Lights-Out Production

  A major U.S. aerospace-engine parts manufacturer—renowned for producing small, high-performance turbine engines—decided to shift from labor-intensive machining to fully automated, robot-tended cells. After a two-year internal study of capacity constraints and hiring challenges, the company committed to a plant-wide transformation that required every element of the machining system to be robot-friendly, including the 10-inch Northfield air chucks they had relied on for years.

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