• Kennametal Widia India Limited

Collet Chuck, Universal High-Precision

WIDIA has launched a new universal, high-precision Collet Chuck – a single high-accuracy tool holder for milling, drilling, reaming, or tapping boosts efficiencies while holding near-perfect runout. Manufacturers of high-precision components (aerospace, transportation, die and mould, general engineering, and many more) wage a constant battle between producing high-tolerance parts and a “we-have-to-have-it-tomorrow” reality. The universal, high-precision collet chuck offers use in multiple applications (milling, drilling, reaming, and tapping), while maintaining runout accuracies of 0.003 mm (0.0001 inches) at 3xD. The new WIDIA universal precision collet is available with Safe-Lock™ pull-out protection from Haimer. Helical grooves are ground into the shank of the milling tool that, together with the respective pin drivers in the chuck, prevent the tool from spinning or being pulled out of the holder altogether under extreme machining conditions. The helical path of the Safe-Lock grooves also allows for adjusting tool length, meaning tools can be reground and pre-set as usual.