Machine vices
Self-centring, screw-operated, pneumatic, split, angular, and rotary vices for various clamping methods.
03 / 05 — System
Workholding systems
We begin selecting a workholding system with how the part must be located, supported and clamped during the specific operation. Datums, contact faces, deformation, feature access, clamping sequence and machine configuration define the task more precisely than a vice or chuck name alone. We therefore assess machine vices, plates and clamping elements, multi-jaw chucks and tombstones, zero-point systems and special fixtures against the part geometry and machining operation. A workholding system locates, supports and clamps the part. It does not retain the tool in the spindle or turret, choose cutting geometry or replace programme strategy. When part, datum, machining-direction or machine-configuration information is missing, we identify it before selection or a trial rather than claim an outcome.
This area works with the other four groups: tool, holder, workholding, digital layer and process.
SOLUTIONS
Decision areas, not an SKU list.
Choose the point constraining the process today. We will identify the right lever together.
Plates and clamping elements
Tooling plates, locating elements, and clamps for workpiece positioning.
Tombstones and multi-jaw chucks
Configurations for multi-axis machines, lathes, and components such as castings and forgings.
Zero-point system and fixtures
Zero-point clamping system, fixtures, and special fixtures considered alongside workpiece geometry.
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Context / Approach / Verification / Result
Case studies for this group are being prepared.
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TIZ B2BTECHNICAL CONVERSATION
Three starting points for a conversation
The cards below do not describe customers, parts or outcomes. They show three ways to structure a conversation before specifying a process stack for a particular operation and machine.
Part and feature in operation
We begin with the material, required feature, tolerance and place of the operation in the overall machining route. This establishes what information is needed before a tool catalogue number enters the discussion.
Not to be confused with: an implementation description, an approved case study or a claim about cutting parameters.
Process stack on that machine
We consider the tool, toolholding, workholding and programme strategy as a stack operating in that particular operation and on that machine. We distinguish retaining the tool in the spindle or turret from locating, supporting and clamping the workpiece.
Not to be confused with: selecting an SKU alone or replacing process analysis with a catalogue.
Trial or clear information gap
The criterion for this conversation is a machine trial or a clear statement of the information still missing before it can be planned. We do not replace this with a slide, an outcome promise or a generalisation to other machines, parts or production runs.
Not to be confused with: a confirmed customer outcome or a published case study.
KNOWLEDGE
Open knowledge baseMaterial for the technical conversation.
Locating, tooling plates and locating elements
Locating defines the position of the workpiece before clamping. The 3-2-1 scheme, tooling plates and locating elements describe how location is built independently of clamping.
Not to be confused with: the toolholder in the spindle; that belongs to Toolholding systems.
Read outlineMachine vices, clamps and multi-jaw chucks
Machine vices, clamps and multi-jaw chucks concern how the workpiece is clamped. Clamping holds it against established locations; it does not create them.
Not to be confused with: cutting geometry and tool selection; those belong to Cutting tools.
Read outlineZero-point clamping system, tombstones and fixtures
A zero-point clamping system describes the connection of the workpiece to a plate or other clamping base. Tombstones and fixtures describe the workholding arrangement for part geometry and machining access.
Not to be confused with: preparing the NC programme and CAM; those belong to Digital manufacturing software.
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