Air-Detect Chuck with Custom Top Tooling

Customer

This customer is an integrated technology group supplier to the global automotive industry and a leading provider for security technology.

Brief

To customize a wet air chuck that guarantees speed and accuracy during changeover and machining operations.

This application is used to hold pistons (not shown) crown-side-down for machining the opposite side.

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650W Sliding Jaw Air Chuck[/caption]

Solution

Shown here is a Northfield Precision Model 650W Sliding-Jaw Air Chuck (0.0001” TIR) with custom top tooling.

The custom precision solution has an extra air-detect function. The three 3 small holes exit through the top of the Axial Locator mounted to the chuck face. This senses proper seating of the pistons prior to machining. Reducing changeover time and facilitating more accurate results.

This chucking setup is capable of .0001” TIR total accuracy/repeatability on all critical surfaces that interface with the part.

More info here - 6 Inch Model 650W Air Chuck with coolant through body - Northfield

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