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Article: Don't blame the workholding: understanding all aspects of the production process and considering how they interact is the only way to ensure problems are addressed appropriately and proper solutions are put into place.(Workholding)(Company overview)
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- Production Machining
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- May 1, 2009
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By definition, workholding components comprise precision-made production tooling that safely and accurately positions and holds workpieces during a production line process. Matching the design of these components to all the other aspects of production is the cornerstone of machining. Simply put, if a part can't be held, it can't be cut.
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Thriving in the new reality of machining demands knowing what really goes wrong when workholding fails. Nobody knows this better than Charles Ruecker and his group of companies--RH Collets Ltd., manufacturer of specialty workholding and collets for rotary transfer and multi-spindle machines, and ...