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Vises and Vise Jaws

Vises consist of two parallel jaws that clamp together to securely hold a workpiece. In most vises, one jaw is movable by lever or screw, while the other jaw is fixed in place. Vises are made of various materials and can include temporary jaws of sheet copper or leather to cover the permanent surfaces when soft workpieces are being machined. Some vises are able to swivel or pivot in relation to the base, so that the workpiece can be held in a variety of positions. Vises are manufactured in numerous sizes for a variety of uses, from portable hand vises bolted to a workbench, to pipe vises used by plumbers, to angle and rotary vises.

Jergens Inc.’s Cast Iron Tooling Columns now feature Ball Lock and QLS top tool mounting systems. New column styles include square, cross and rectangular.

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Jergens Inc.’s Cast Iron Tooling Columns now feature Ball Lock and QLS top tool mounting systems. New column styles include square, cross and rectangular.
ROEMHELD North America’s self-centering vise is ideal for aerospace and medical manufacturers and is designed to handle the most demanding tasks.
Dillon Manufacturing’s soft jaws with easy location features improve concentricity and chuck balance.
Compact self-centering vises from Fixtureworks, with center-moving jaws that provide stability, come in overall length of 130 mm and 170 mm and are ideal for 5-axis machining.
By enabling high-speed, precise, and flexible tool changes, robotic tool changers maximize uptime and streamline production workflows.
The new alignment tool is ideal for use with boiler- and single tube high-temperature and high-pressure applications and sets up fast.
Precision, repeatability, and process optimization are essential across all sectors of modern manufacturing. Whether producing hardened steel drivetrain components, aerospace-grade titanium structures, or complex parts…
CERATIZIT OptiLine 5-flute end mill
Seco Tools’ .38 Finishing Face Mill / SNFX1204 system offers three cutter variants—fixed pocket, hybrid, and adjustable.
Allied Machine & Engineering expands the T-A Pro line with drill and chamfer holders, reducing cycle times by combining operations in one tool.
Platinum Tooling provides custom CNC tooling solutions from Heimatec, designed to optimize productivity and meet unique manufacturing needs.
BIG DAISHOWA has added the SWS Rough Boring Head to its rough boring head lineup. The twin-cutter boring head allows for diameter adjustments without a tool measurement unit.
The tooling featured at SOUTHTEC along with CERATIZIT’s full portfolio of tooling solutions demonstrate the company’s continued commitment to provide manufacturers the most advanced cutting technology available.
Hainbuch America’s centroteX quick change over system.
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Scotchman Industries continues to lead the way in U.S.-made metal fabrication solutions.
A milestone that blends history, innovation and energy efficiency: Salvagnini Maschinenbau’s 4,000th machine, a Generation 4 P4-3220, will equip CMAlifts’ new automated factory.

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