Hardinge Custom Workholding Solutions
Hardinge Custom Workholding Solutions
Hardinge Custom Workholding Solutions
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Introducing a productivity and solu-<br />
tions guide for custom-manufactured<br />
workholding products. Over the next<br />
several pages you’ll see remedies to<br />
problems you may relate to, such as<br />
out-of-round parts, odd shapes, hard-<br />
to-grip materials, geometric bar stock,<br />
unusual or difficult process problems<br />
and non-traditional applications listed<br />
below.<br />
• Production Assembly<br />
• Pharmaceutical Capsules<br />
• Glass Rods & Lenses<br />
• Fiber Optic Components<br />
• Friction Welding<br />
• Munition Crimping & Forming<br />
• Plastics<br />
• Bottle Cap Crimping<br />
• Cable Crimping<br />
• Pipe Bending<br />
<strong>Hardinge</strong> operates three shifts<br />
manufacturing non-standard products<br />
that they call SPECIALS. Common<br />
SPECIALS include custom collets,<br />
expanding collets, feed fingers, step<br />
chucks, special accuracies, special<br />
shapes and fixturing. <strong>Hardinge</strong><br />
specializes in solutions for extruded<br />
stock, non-round parts, eccentric, off-<br />
center and stepped parts.<br />
A large portion of the manufacturing<br />
facility is dedicated to custom manu-<br />
facturing of traditional and non-tradi-<br />
tional SPECIALS. Design and<br />
Applications Engineers will work<br />
closely with you to solve your indi-<br />
vidual needs while working within<br />
your parameters. For generations,<br />
<strong>Hardinge</strong> SPECIALS have been the<br />
choice of experienced machinists,<br />
manufacturing engineers and for-<br />
ward-thinking manufacturers around<br />
the world.<br />
2 – H A R D I N G E C U S T O M D E S I G N A N D M A N U F A C T U R I N G<br />
TABLE OF CONTENTS:<br />
Turning Applications ……………3-6<br />
Milling Applications ……………7-9<br />
Grinding Applications ……… 10-11<br />
Assembly & Process Applications 12-13<br />
Hard-to-Grip Materials ……… 14-15<br />
<strong>Custom</strong> Collet Styles ………… 16-18<br />
Economical Pickoff Application …… 19<br />
Requesting a Quote ………… 20-23<br />
Standard <strong>Workholding</strong> Products … 24