Big Kaiser Mega-E-Chuck offers high gripping force and high concentricity

The Big Kaiser Mega E-Chuck, available in the UK from ITC (and also Matsuura and NCMT) features a thick body design for higher rigidity and precision. Designed for milling, drilling and reaming tools of up to 12 mm diameter, the collet chuck has a shallow collet taper to offer 1 micron run-out at the nose and 3 micron at 4xD.

A special clamping nut with thrust bearings eliminates distortion, with this nut design said to generate a high gripping force and enhance concentricity, boosting the success of machining with long overhang tooling.

Upon changing from a standard ER collet to the Mega E-Chuck, one customer who was previously drilling holes with a run-out of 15 micron, achieving a tool life of 800 holes, saws these figures become 2 micron more than 2,300.