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  • Internal Spline C.V. Chucks - Northfield
    March 5, 2025

    Internal Spline C.V. Chucks

    Recently at Northfield we produced a custom internal grip collet chuck for balancing drive shafts. The collet on this chuck is ground to grip the pitch diameter of splined C.V. joints of a driveshaft assembly. The 'cone' has multiple stop...

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  • Plastic Tooling - Ceramic Grinding - Northfield
    March 5, 2025

    Plastic Tooling - Ceramic Grinding

    Brief & Challenge: Our customer manufactures delicate ceramic rings. They needed a way to carefully hold them on the outer diameter so they could grind the inner diameter. In order to protect the parts, they requested the chuck had no metal...

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  • Custom Full Wrap Jaws - Northfield
    March 5, 2025

    Custom Full Wrap Jaws

    Custom clamping jaws, developed for a vertical machining environment. A Northfield 650 air chuck has been adapted to work with custom jaws. The 'pie' shaped top jaws provide a full wrap clamping around the work piece. This project also includes...

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  • Custom Automotive Diaphragm Chuck - Plastic Top Tooling - Northfield
    March 5, 2025

    Custom Automotive Diaphragm Chuck - Plastic Top Tooling

    Northfield 3-jaw, 5” Diaphragm Chuck (DPH-500) with custom plastic top tooling[/caption] Customer Brief Our customer is a heavy duty fuel pump and injector systems manufacturer. They requested a method to accurately grip their small (.098” OD) fuel injector plungers without marking...

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  • Eastec October 19-21, 2021. Booth #5508 - Northfield
    March 5, 2025

    Eastec October 19-21, 2021. Booth #5508

    We are excited to be part of the Eastec Manufacturing and Technology event and hope you are too. Spread over three days with Keynotes, Industry Networking Sessions and 400+ exhibitors showcasing new products and services to keep your business moving...

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  • Custom Parts, Custom Colors - Northfield
    March 5, 2025

    Custom Parts, Custom Colors

    No, we’re not making a fashion statement for chucks here! At Northfield, we affectionately refer to the aluminium anodized chuck as “BIG RED”. Creed Monarch use “BIG RED” to manufacture close tolerance parts for Robert Bosch Power Tools. We designed...

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  • Internal Spline C.V. Chucks - Northfield
    March 5, 2025

    Internal Spline C.V. Chucks

    Recently at Northfield we produced a custom internal grip collet chuck for balancing drive shafts. The collet on this chuck grips the pitch diameter of splined C.V. joints of a driveshaft assembly. The 'cone' has multiple stop pads for axial...

    Read now
  • Plastic Tooling - Ceramic Grinding - Northfield
    March 5, 2025

    Plastic Tooling - Ceramic Grinding

    Brief & Challenge: Our customer manufactures delicate ceramic rings. They need a way to carefully hold them on the outer diameter so they can grind the inner diameter. To protect the parts, they requested no metal contact points. Solution: We...

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  • Internally Gripping - Automotive Drilling - Northfield
    March 5, 2025

    Internally Gripping - Automotive Drilling

    A drilling solution custom designed for the automotive industry. Based on hydraulically actuated, internal grip collet chucks.   Eight of these chucks mount on a pallet in a vertical machining centre, gripping automotive parts for drilling. The chucks are 76mm in...

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