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Article: Automakers improve quality with shrink-fit tooling: in combination with a presetter. (Automotive).
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- Tooling & Production
- Article date:
- May 1, 2003
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Shrink-fit tool holding systems have revolutionized machining productivity and quality at the tool holder/cutting tool interface. With the addition of a reliable automated system for presetting shrink-fit tooling, more of these tools are finding their way onto the high-volume automotive production floor where a premium is placed on high-volume material removal and high-accuracy machining with high-speed spindles.
Measurable benefits for shrink-fit preset tooling in automotive applications are impressive, according to a spokesman for Briney Tooling Systems, Bad Axe, MI. They include increased productivity at any spindle speed, increased tool life, reduced time to ...