JohnW
Aluminum
- Joined
- Apr 13, 2006
- Location
- Los Angeles
I've been looking at hydraulic and pneumatic vises for a while and I am wondering if there are any recommendations. This is for a small job shop setting.
So far, I've looked at Kurt Vise. The pneumatic ones look too bulk. The dual station hydraulic vise looks to be better value than the single station, but I don't know if the unclamped jaw preload will be a problem for cobot/robot to push open.
The Jergen dual station hydraulic vise looks like it's double acting. However Jergen's base is aluminum, and I prefer to have swappable soft jaws(kurt style) vs jaw blocks(chick style).
Schunks are simply out of our price range.
I also found Repid Design's CNC Vise Actuator(pneumatic) that clamps onto a regular kurt vise and turns the screw 1/2 turn to clamp or unclamp. CNC Vise Actuator - Rapid Design Solutions
Also saw Air Vise's pneumatic work-holding at Haas's demo day. Airvise
Heinrich air vise from what I read on the forum seems more suited for manual milling/drilling operations.
Are air powered hydraulic pumps better than straight pneumatic? We machine mostly aluminum, except for facing, seldom use anything larger than 3/8" endmill for roughing. Occasionally we'll machine small stainless parts as well.
Any recommendation for automated vise clamping/unclamping for a small job shop. This is our first step toward potentially setting up robot tending in the future.
thanks for any input,
John
So far, I've looked at Kurt Vise. The pneumatic ones look too bulk. The dual station hydraulic vise looks to be better value than the single station, but I don't know if the unclamped jaw preload will be a problem for cobot/robot to push open.
The Jergen dual station hydraulic vise looks like it's double acting. However Jergen's base is aluminum, and I prefer to have swappable soft jaws(kurt style) vs jaw blocks(chick style).
Schunks are simply out of our price range.
I also found Repid Design's CNC Vise Actuator(pneumatic) that clamps onto a regular kurt vise and turns the screw 1/2 turn to clamp or unclamp. CNC Vise Actuator - Rapid Design Solutions
Also saw Air Vise's pneumatic work-holding at Haas's demo day. Airvise
Heinrich air vise from what I read on the forum seems more suited for manual milling/drilling operations.
Are air powered hydraulic pumps better than straight pneumatic? We machine mostly aluminum, except for facing, seldom use anything larger than 3/8" endmill for roughing. Occasionally we'll machine small stainless parts as well.
Any recommendation for automated vise clamping/unclamping for a small job shop. This is our first step toward potentially setting up robot tending in the future.
thanks for any input,
John