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Article: Locating and locking.(NEW PRODUCTS)
- Article from:
- Mechanical Engineering-CIME
- Article date:
- May 1, 2009
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2009 American Society of Mechanical Engineers. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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JERGENS INC., CLEVELAND, OHIO. The Ball Lock mounting system is a quick-change system for metalworking and metal-forming operations, and works in horizontal or vertical machining centers. With the current trend toward smaller production runs, the ability to set up quickly for the next run has become critical. The mounting system speeds accurate locating and locking of fixture plates to subplates, freeing machine time by providing quick-change capability. Repeatability is [+ or -]0.0005 in., which minimizes or eliminates the need to ...