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...
Our customer develops measurement and control systems, helping manufacturers perform at their best. Above is our standard Model 350THS (thru-hole, stationary) Precision Air Chuck. This model extends the functionality of our 3”, thru hole, stationary chuck by adding a spring-closing...
Our customer has an automated process requiring hands-free ejection of his parts into a parts collection bin. We developed a custom air-eject/spring-retract Part Ejection System. With the jaws opened, the automated parts loader on our customer’s machine loads the part...
Our customer engineers and manufactures precision servo actuators, gearheads and gear component sets. Their request is to create a precision 7-inch diameter custom chuck. Capable of clamping the outer diameter (O.D.) and face of a variety of parts. The Workholding...
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