We are excited to be part of the Eastec Manufacturing and Technology event and hope you are too. Spread over three days with Keynotes, Industry Networking Sessions and 400+ exhibitors showcasing new products and services to keep your business moving...
No, we’re not making a fashion statement for chucks here! At Northfield, we affectionately refer to the aluminium anodized chuck as “BIG RED”. Creed Monarch use “BIG RED” to manufacture close tolerance parts for Robert Bosch Power Tools. We designed...
Recently at Northfield we produced a custom internal grip collet chuck for balancing drive shafts. The collet on this chuck grips the pitch diameter of splined C.V. joints of a driveshaft assembly. The 'cone' has multiple stop pads for axial...
Brief & Challenge: Our customer manufactures delicate ceramic rings. They need a way to carefully hold them on the outer diameter so they can grind the inner diameter. To protect the parts, they requested no metal contact points. Solution: We...
A drilling solution custom designed for the automotive industry. Based on hydraulically actuated, internal grip collet chucks. Eight of these chucks mount on a pallet in a vertical machining centre, gripping automotive parts for drilling. The chucks are 76mm in...
Every week exciting new projects are heading out the door, such as this Custom Diaphragm Chuck for milling precision gears. Brief: The customers work piece is a small precision gear that requires milling on one face, timed to...
