Our customer designs and sells grinding and super abrasive machining systems specifically for a variety of applications and industries. Brief The operation is to grind the outer diameter of the turbine’s fins, to ensure ultra-accurate clearance within the turbo housing, due to its efficiency requirements. Challenge The work holding chuck needs to hold the long shaft of this turbine and to grip the grooved...
Our customer is a precision manufacturer of engine and fuel injection systems. The Challenge is to solve the problem of extreme wear on the grip area on the jaws. Northfield Chucks can be customized with a variety of top tooling...
This project is for a longstanding customer who produces: precision machines, tools, and rotary tables. The brief requires gripping the inner diameters of continuously variable transmission (CVT) sheaves for runout inspection. The Challenge The work holding challenge is to create a chuck for auto-loading in an autonomous machining environment. We are their preferred supplier for...
Oceanside Highschool NY[/caption] The Holidays are a time for reflection and this last year has been tougher than most, especially as we have needed to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic since day one. That said, it has not stopped the Northfield team taking the time to give something...
Brief A precision manufacturer of aeronautic and aviation components needs to turn a bore that is off-center from the outer diameter of their part. The Challenge This operation needs to be performed on four different part sizes using the same chuck, whilst maintaining the tolerance to the existing ground ‘Datum’ on the part’s...
Custom Workholding for high precision skim cutting multiple titanium parts with a single chuck.
Brief A CNC and process automation customer required custom work holding solution for Grinding the outer diameter of their unique sapphire rods. Challenge The main challenge for the Northfield team is holding the rods well enough without damaging them or creating micro fractures in the material. Additionally, delivering the...
Brief: This project is for an international metal cutting solutions provider. They required custom jaws that can hold various sized drill tips. The Challenge: The work holding jaws all need to have 'vee-block' type insert-pads to securely hold a...
AR-15 Charging Handle Components Firearms manufactures are hard at work designing new unique components and parts for the AR-15 platform. Northfield has the task of holding these parts for many aspects of machining operations. This project is for AR-15 upper...
