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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.

Custom_Ceramic_Grinding_Chuck

Solution:

We produced a 6” Diaphragm Chuck with non-metallic top tooling in contact with the customer’s part. The top tooling is made from the most abrasion-resistant plastic available and these items are easily replaceable for new ones should a future need arise.

Northfield Precision Instrument Corporation is a leader in developing custom solutions for difficult problems. Click here to get in touch.

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Custom Automotive Diaphragm Chuck - Plastic Top Tooling

Northfield 3-jaw, 5” Diaphragm Chuck (DPH-500) with custom plastic top tooling
Northfield 3-jaw, 5” Diaphragm Chuck (DPH-500) with custom plastic top tooling

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 them.

Challenge

Chuck close up, with part and custom stop.

The tip of their part must rest in a carbide seat, ground central to the chuck. This requires the special part stop.

Northfield Solution

Northfield 3-jaw, 5” Diaphragm Chuck (DPH-500) with custom plastic top tooling, disassembled view with part.

The jaws are made from a special, highly abrasion-resistant, engineered plastic. Designed to withstand repeated clamping with minimum wear. The bore diameter gripping the part yields an accuracy and repeatability of more than 50millionths” TIR total runout to the chuck’s center line.

Do you have a similar part? Then get in touch and see how we can help.