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Lathe Finish Turning

Our customer is an OEM manufacturer of welding equipment.

Brief

The work holding requirement is for a lathe. Our customer needs a chuck that expands to grip the inner diameter of welding shield caps so they can finish-turn its rough outer shape.

Northfield Solution

A Highly-Specialized, 4.500” Diameter Northfield Collet Chuck
A Highly-Specialized, 4.500” Diameter Northfield Collet Chuck

Shown here is a highly-specialized, 4.500” diameter, Northfield Collet Chuck with custom top tooling mounted.

As the chuck’s internal diameter collet expands, it also acts to pull the part down and onto its outer banking surface shown in the photo at the right. This insures repeatable location onto the datum surface, saving time and reducing error.

This is just one of many examples of our work across a variety of industries and machining situations. Do you have a project that requires a custom solution? Then get in touch with our team and chat with a Northfield engineer to see how we can help solve your problem. Contact Northfield – Northfield or call – Phone: (516) 431-1112.