• Guindy Machine Tools Limited

Chuck, Quick Change Jaw Type

GMT offers a range of power operated quick change jaw chucks, which provide a super high speed range. The machines of the immediate future will require very high range of speeds without almost any loss of clamping pressure at high speed. CNC lathes are used particularly to machine small and medium sized batches. This involves frequent changeover of the chuck jaws, which can be accomplished without undue cost by using chucks with quick change jaws. GMT has designed a power chuck with a quick-change jaw system. This chuck helps in reducing the jaw changing time to a minimum. The wedge bars are designed to help counteract the effects of centrifugal force, and in fact this is done by setting them into the angled pockets in the body of the chuck. Moreover, the angles chosen for the piston shoulders and wedge bar teeth provide high mechanical efficiency ratio that provides for both sensitive and high pressure clamping.