OnRobot, a specialist in robotic end-of-arm tooling, has launched a compact, single-pad version of its Gecko no-mark adhesive gripper. The Gecko SP (single-pad) gripper brings the previous model’s adaptability to more ...

When performing rough machining first operations it is good to have a known datum, which is where WNT’s ZSG4 Centric vice system provides a suitable solution. However, when it comes to second operation work, a known ...

To increase the number of potential applications, Gewefa has extended its programme of face and taper tool holders by 50% following the addition of variants that offer greater lengths.

Following the launch earlier this year of the manual Swift Klamp HSK work-holding system for use on machining centres, 1st Machine Tool Accessories has introduced a robotic loading and unloading arrangement based on the ...

Compact work-holding systems that are suited to metal-cutting operations on 5-axis machining centres have been introduced by Roemheld UK. The SCS vices are manufactured by the German group's Hilma division in ...

The established Hainbuch Centrotex quick change-over interface is now available in a version for smaller spindles. Thus, the company says that Centrotex S is the smallest system available on the market for setting up ...

The latest Schunk SIH gripper for robots is equipped with five fingers and a structure similar to humans, differing fundamentally from the company’s existing SVH 5-finger hand in terms of drive and kinematics. Whereas ...

Hainbuch has released a fully updated version of its TESTit device for measuring the force of external and internal clamping. Some six years after the product was first launched, the complete redesign has seen ...

Schunk has developed the Vero-S NSE-A3 138 automation module specifically for automated machine-tool loading, as well as applications in handling, assembly and other automation technologies. For process-reliable ...

The newly launched Maprox AIR chucks and the ER range of pneumatic collet holders for automation are now available in the UK from exclusive agent, Leader Chuck International. Maprox has a long history of providing ...

Japanese manufacturer Kitagawa, represented in the UK and Ireland by sole sales agent 1st Machine Tool Accessories, has introduced the first in its MK series of general purpose rotary tables. The MK200, which has a 200 ...

Under its sole agency agreement with Japanese manufacturer Kitagawa, 1st Machine Tool Accessories is offering the newly developed Swift Klamp to machinists in the UK. The workholding product uses HSK tool interface ...

Suitable for production shops where manual mills may still be in operation, but equally suited to use on a CNC vertical machining centre, a manually adjustable indexing head has been introduced by 1st Machine Tool ...

​Iemca has introduced a new bar feeder designed to maximise productivity during unattended turning and mill-turning of larger diameter components in single-spindle, fixed-head lathes.

Manufacturers, engineers and machinists can now freely position and hold workpieces on large surfaces thanks to Norelem’s newly developed magnetic clamping balls.

Newly developed towers have been introduced by Roemheld UK for clamping multiple workpieces on the table or pallet of horizontal machining centres. TS towers feature four vertical faces for holding four, eight or 16 ...