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Have a tall piece that is difficult to clamp? Use a "high-rise" clamp
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High-Rise Clamps are designed to firmly secure larger workpieces. These assemblies are equipped with Slotted-Heel Clamp Straps that have a slot on the underside to allow for easy loading. On each side of the clamp there is an indentation to provide a secure finger grip to retract the clamp. Furthermore, they are furnished with a standard sized radius nose to ensure firm contact with the workpiece. The modular design permits these clamps to be stacked with riser blocks and spacer blocks to increase their height. Available in 5/16 - 18, 1/2 - 13, and 5/8 - 11 thread sizes, these clamps are proudly made in the USA.
How to Select the Right Carbide Insert (part 1)
The selection of the most advantageous tooling material for molds and dies has become as sophisticated a factor as the design of the tooling itself. The use of new materials, new harder coatings for materials, pre-hardened materials and combinations of materials in molds and dies continues to complicate the manufacturing engineer's ability to select the [...]
Air Rest Buttons
OverviewWhen used with machining fixtures, air rest buttons can detect the precise loading of workpieces. Its modules are constructed of a threaded body attached to a fixture holding a floating plunger. Our Press-Fit-Type Rest Buttons are compatible with this plunger's reamed holes, available in a choice of three diameters.The plunger retracts fully into the body [...]
Hoist Rings
Lifting or hoist rings are heavy duty instruments used to lift or lower various loads and machine assemblies. They connect the crane to the load you want to move. Various types of rings include the standard low-profile, which attaches directly to a mounting surface with socket head screws, the swivel, capable of 180-degree pivot and [...]
Toggle Clamps
Carr Lane Mfg. is the world's leading manufacturer of toggle clamps, providing industry-leading toggle clamp product lines. Toggle clamps are very popular in applications such as welding, injection molding, production lines, stages and films, and as machine tool positioners. Toggle clamps are multifunctional workpiece clamping products that provide efficiency, versatility, improved ergonomics and safety. Carr Lane [...]
Machining Tip #1 - Threading
MACHINING TIP / ThreadingWhen forming a thread, the tapping hole size depends on the work-piece material being drilled, the cutting conditions selected and the equipment used. If material is pushed up at the thread entry by the tap and/or the life of the tap is too short, select a slightly larger drill diameter. If the profile of the thread formed is [...]
The different kind of drill bits according on the type of industry
It is important to have the safest and most efficient drill bits for your work. This is applicable to the aerospace, automotive or machine shops. If you do not use the appropriate bits, you’ll be reducing your productivity and you’ll hardly guarantee a quality product.Next up, we’ll show you the styles for the different industries.AEROSPACE INDUSTRY The drill bits for [...]
Machining Tips from Dormer - Threading
When forming a thread, the tapping hole size depends on the work-piece material being drilled, the cutting conditions selected and the equipment used.If material is pushed up at the thread entry by the tap and/or the life of the tap is too short, select a slightly larger drill diameter. If the profile of the thread [...]
Have you ever used automatically adjusting toggle clamps?
CHARACTERISTICS:It adjusts automatically according to the thickness of the work piece. Clamped with the same repeatable force anywhere within its ½” automatic adjustment range. Ideal for workpieces for various sizes of parts from the same family or any other application in which the size of the workpiece can vary. It enters the same space and provides the same clamping force [...]
Get to know Carr-Lane's Locking Clamping Pins
Locking Clamping Pins are similar to standard Clamping Pins, except that the pin body is positively retained in a locking bushing. In fully retracted position, the bushing's spring clip snaps into the pin's radial groove. This holds the pin fully retracted by spring force and positively prevents removal. Spring pressure also holds the pin in [...]