rotary table vise factory

The original Kurt AngLock® vises were designed to provide precision part clamping for basic machining and milling applications. Our line of Kurt vises includes high precision CNC vises, 5-axis vises, rotary table workholding solutions for VMCs, and ToolBlox tombstones. Our precision workholding solutions provide increased versatility at your CNC machining stations. Precision measuring systems and accessories are also available to complement your Kurt workholding system.

If you do not already have a vise and are considering purchasing both a vise and a rotating base, they can be purchased together at a price that is less than the two purchased individually.

A milling vise is a versatile way to hold parts securely. It is accurately made so it can be aligned to the mill table. It also has a jaw that pulls down as well as in to keep parts from being pulled up by the milling cutter.

The rotating vise base eliminates clamping and unclamping the vise to produce angles. Once mounted square to the table, the vise can be positioned using the laser engraved protractor scale as a guide for setting the angle. Properly positioned, the rotating base can even be used as a simple rotary table to drill or machine small, radial symmetric patterns.

Since 1937, the machine tool devices developed by TSUDAKOMA have supported Japan"s machine tool industry & components machining activities and contributed to manufacturing activities around the world. TSUDAKOMA NC rotary tables and machine vises are being widely used from familiar products such as automobiles and smartphones to large-sized devices in aircraft and energy sectors and even in medical sector.

Thanks to the HEUER Rotary-Table the vice can be rotated 360° on one level exactly in the position that you need for working on a given item. The robust setting with a small spindle key enables the rotary table - and therefore the vice - to be precisely and firmly set to the required position.

Their build determines the uniquely positive features. The HEUER Rotary-Table comes with a covered plate in order to prevent entry of dirt and shavings into the guide. The steel rotating unit and carrying plate fit exactly into one another and thus assure a precise guide. The guide surfaces are of course conceived to provide as resistance-free an operation as possible.

Whether you are milling on a CNC machine or simply bonding two pieces of wood, you will need a tool to help hold the work piece in a solid position. Workholding solutions tackle this issue by offering a variety of tools that help to hold parts in place, clamp parts or provide indexing for precision work. This may include everything from c-clamps, vises or precision indexing slide tables.

Vises: One of the most important tools in your shop should be a vise. You need a strong durable tool to hold parts securely while you work on them. Vises have two parallel jaws that, when squeezed together using a threaded spindle, hold the workpiece in place. Vises are commonly used in metalworking, woodworking, electronics, and model-making. Basically, anywhere you need to keep your hands at a safe distance away from the workpiece, or when you need both hands to work on it.

Before you buy a vise, you should take into consideration what it will primarily be used for or what type of work will you be doing? There are specific vises made for wood workers, welders, and machinists, all containing specific features to that application. For around the house type work, a simple 4 or 5-inch vise will be sufficient but a much larger and heavy duty unit may be required for manufacturing or industrial work.

Be aware of the throat depth, the measurement from the top of the jaws to the top of the slide below it. Longer throat depth means you can hold larger pieces more securely. How wide a vise opens can also be a limiting factor. Another factor to look at is how heavy and durable the unit is, remember a vise needs to hold a workpiece in place so heavier duty is usually better when choosing vises.

The most common type of vise is a bench vise and it is used by machinists and metal workers in a wide range of applications. The bench vise offers many styles or features depending on the type of work you will be performing. Below are some examples of vises we have available.

Angle Vises: An angle vise, also called a tilting vise, is a vise that can be tilted to set a clamped workpiece up at an angle for machining or milling.

Drill Press Vise: These are vises that have been designed to work in conjunction with a drill press as they offer higher accuracy for drilling procedures. They commonly include general, traditional and precision ground drill press vises.

Self-Centering Vises: A self-centering vise means that both jaws move towards the center as the screw is turned. Much like a two-jaw chuck, it provides accuracy and helps reduce set up time especially on repeatable operations.

Slide Tables: A slide table is designed for applications requiring closely held parallelism and perpendicular specifications. The table and bearing guide are integrated into one precisely machined part minimizing tolerance stack-up associated with multiple part assemblies.  A slide table is a work holding vise with tremendous accuracy.

Dividing Plates:These are used in conjunction with rotary tables in machining. Dividing plates allow you to precisely divide a circle into many divisions or degrees. The indexing feature helps prevent errors during the repetitive adjustments required in indexing work. Dividing plates can be used to create bolt circles, gears, polygons, and more.

Indexing Tables:  These allow work pieces to be rotated at an angle or even be divided into sections. They control the accuracy of the fit and hold the piece in place with ease. A rotary table can tilt and rotate. The table makes use of the indexing head in order to cut according to a specific technique.