Roemheld introduces Jergens Fixture Pro for fast changes on 5-axis machines

The Jergens' Fixture Pro 5-axis quick-change system permits multi-sided access to pallet-mounted workpieces. The modular system allows fixture builders to raise the part off the table, rigidly clamp it in place, and rapidly change it out. By raising the part off the table, the Fixture Pro system provides the cutting tool with unobstructed access to faces, surfaces and areas, and allows programmers to plot more efficient toolpaths. The system also uses a variety of specially designed clamping elements so that jaws and other vice components provide rigid clamping forces without obstructing access to the part. The Jergens system can be mounted to any machine or rotary table, says Roemheld. All system components have been designed with centre location and timing pins that allow for highly accurate and repeatable part orientation, which eliminates the need to re-indicate. Quick-change elements can be integrated that allow users to quickly change out parts, and even complete set-ups. By adding pull studs into the bottom of a fixture or vice, users can drop it into the system's quick-change pallet. Then, with a few turns of a screw, the pallet accurately locates and clamps the vice or other workholding element. For quick-change capabilities at the sub-plate level, the entire Fixture Pro solution can be mounted to a sub-plate configured with either the Ball Lock system or the QLS (quick locating system) grid, enabling the complete set-up to be quickly put on, or taken off, a machine.