The powRgrip system uses a taper-to-taper, press-fit collet holding design that creates a vibration-damping gap to interrupt the strength and severity of vibration waves. Three components make up the powRgrip system: holders, collets and press-fit assembly mounting units. Toolsetting is accomplished in no more than 10 seconds without heat or hydraulics used in other tool-clamping systems. REGO-FIX’s powRgrip technology allows tools to be used immediately after the clamping cycle concludes without the limitations and tool-life compromises of other systems.

REGO-FIX offers powRgrip systems that accommodate cutters up to 40mm (1.500”) in diameter and ensures total indicated runout (T.I.R.) of under 3 microns (0.0001”) for tool lengths up to 3 x diameter.

“Reducing cycle times, improving part accuracy and maintaining process repeatability is top of mind for all manufacturers,” says Jeff Schemel REGO-FIX’s General Manager, USA. “From aerospace to medical and all industries in between the powRgrip system helps companies efficiently manufacture each part to exact tolerances and with extraordinary surface finishes.”

About REGO-FIX

With U.S. headquarters in Whitestown, Indiana, REGO-FIX, inventor of the original ER collet system, is a world leader in the manufacture of Swiss precision tooling.

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Comprehensive Capabilities Tailored to Industry Challenges

Wauseon Machine’s array of services caters to the most complex manufacturing demands, enabling clients to achieve their goals with precision and efficiency. Among its advanced capabilities are Saw Cutting, Welding, Heat Treating and Tempering, Laser Etching, Rapid Prototyping, Reverse Engineering, and Carbinite applications, all backed by the company’s stringent quality control standards.

Advanced Machining and Fabrication Processes

At the heart of Wauseon Machine’s offerings lies its versatile machining capabilities, crafted to deliver exceptional results across a range of industries:

Saw Cutting Excellence:

Wauseon Machine’s in-house saw cutting capabilities provide precision and adaptability for a variety of manufacturing needs. Whether it’s production or bundle cuts, the company leverages premium raw materials and quick turnaround times to meet diverse project requirements.

Robust Welding Solutions:

With extensive MIG and TIG welding expertise, Wauseon Machine delivers superior structural integrity and customization for projects. For specialized welding needs, the company taps into its trusted network of partners, ensuring top-quality outcomes tailored to unique specifications.

Heat Treating and Tempering:

Precision is critical in metals, and Wauseon Machine’s heat treating and tempering services refine metal properties to meet exact application demands. Operating furnaces up to 2100°F, the company provides hardening, tempering, and annealing processes, enhancing product durability and performance.

Laser Etching with Precision:

Utilizing the Tykma Vereo Fiber Laser Marker, Wauseon Machine delivers detailed and aesthetically pleasing laser etching on flat and round surfaces. This service supports custom logos, detailed font styles, and even photographic enhancements, combining functionality with branding appeal.

Pioneering Innovation with Reverse Engineering and Rapid Prototyping

Wauseon Machine’s Reverse Engineering and Rapid Prototyping services provide invaluable solutions for customers aiming to refine or recreate parts with precision. By utilizing cutting-edge tools such as the FARO Arm and metrology lab technology, the company ensures unmatched accuracy in part design and development. This capability supports customers in resolving engineering challenges, testing fit and functionality, and minimizing manufacturing risks.

Enhancing Tool and Component Performance with Carbinite

Wauseon Machine’s Carbinite technology, a tungsten carbide applied through Electro Spark Deposition, provides enhanced friction, grip, and wear resistance for critical components. By extending the lifespan of tools such as collets and clamp blocks, this service delivers measurable cost savings and operational efficiencies for customers.

Quality Control and Assurance: A Commitment to Excellence

Wauseon Machine’s state-of-the-art quality control lab stands as a testament to its unwavering dedication to precision and reliability. Equipped with advanced tools such as the FaroArm CMM and coordinate measuring machines with vision capabilities, the lab performs 3D inspections, CAD comparisons, and dimensional analyses, ensuring every product meets or exceeds customer expectations.

From Concept to Completion: Your Manufacturing Partner

With its multi-plant operations in Ohio and South Carolina, Wauseon Machine exemplifies what it means to be a comprehensive manufacturing partner. By continuously expanding its service portfolio and investing in advanced technologies, the company empowers manufacturers to overcome complex challenges and deliver exceptional products.

Whether you’re looking to enhance your capabilities with rapid prototyping, refine part designs with reverse engineering, or maximize component performance with Carbinite treatments, Wauseon Machine has the tools, expertise, and commitment to make it happen.

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For its precision machining operations, ECR will use REGO-FIX’s world-renowned ER collets and other related accessories, the powRgrip® toolholding system and Multi Line products that boost the accuracy of traditional-style tooling. ECR will use these productivity-enhancing solutions on its two new Hurco CNC machines – a TM10Mi lathe with live tooling capability and a high-speed, 5-axis VMX42HSRTi mill.

“REGO-FIX has a long history of innovation and dedication to detail that is necessary to deliver truly premium toolholding systems our customers have come to trust for reliability and precision,” said Bill Obras, REGO-FIX general manager, Americas. “We’re proud to partner with an organization like ECR that is equally dedicated to excellence and has established itself admirably in a very competitive environment.”

Just as racing requires a relentless pursuit of perfection, REGO-FIX continually looks for ways to produce the very best in Swiss precision products that the manufacturing industry has come to know and expect. The company constantly evaluates its processes and is committed to achieving excellence that empowers its customers to excel.

Tim Broyles, President of Ed Carpenter Racing, said, “We are excited to form this partnership with REGO-FIX. Speed, precision and reliability are key in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES, and the REGO-FIX system meets all our needs. We know we can rely on REGO-FIX for the accuracy and repeatability required in our fast-paced industry.”

ECR has been a mainstay and perennial front runner for 13 seasons in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES, America’s preeminent open-wheel racing series. Featuring auto racing’s crown jewel, the Indianapolis 500, the series runs an 18-race schedule that crosses the country from St. Petersburg, Florida, to Portland, Oregon.

ECR put three cars on the grid for this year’s 108th running of the Indianapolis 500. Following one of the greatest comeback stories in recent history, Rinus VeeKay overcame an accident in his first qualifying run to earn the 7th starting position, rolled off from the inside of Row 3 and finished 9th. Ed Carpenter, an Indianapolis native and hometown favorite, completed his 21st Indianapolis 500, starting 17th and finishing 17th. Christian Rasmussen, part of the 2024 Indianapolis 500 rookie class, made his debut at the 24th position and became the highest finishing rookie finishing 12th. The 23-year-old from Copenhagen, Denmark, joined ECR on the heels of his 2023 Indy NXT championship.

Carpenter is the only individual in the 33-car field who handles both the responsibility of driving the racecar while owning and operating his own team. Even now as he competes exclusively on ovals, he has 24 top-ten finishes since starting his own team. He is the 10th driver in history to win three or more pole positions for the Indianapolis 500, earning back-to-back top starting positions in 2013 and 2014, followed by another in 2018.

About REGO-FIX

With U.S. headquarters in Whitestown, Indiana, REGO-FIX, inventor of the original ER collet system, is a world leader in the manufacture of Swiss precision tooling.

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Established in 1966, Rineck started as a job shop for small parts, then became a producer of hydraulic parts for the mining industry and is now a globally recognized manufacturer of tool holding technology. Rineck’s investment in state-of-the-art manufacturing equipment and commitment to innovation, research and development allows them to constantly look for ways to achieve the optimal balance of quality, consistency and affordability.

Rineck offers standard and custom shrink fit tool holders with various connections including CAT, HSK, BT, SK, PSC and straight shank extensions. In addition, ER shrink fit collets are available. For added rigidity, flange or dual contact holders are available for CAT and BT tapers. A clamping range from 3 mm to 32 mm is possible for both slim and standard styles. All tools are available in inch and metric sizes.

Rineck produces a wide range of standard shrink fit tool holders as well as custom tooling. In addition to standard 4.5° taper tools, 3° slim and extra slim tools are available. Most holders come standard with length adjusting screws. Coolant delivery to the cutting tool can be achieved either through the center or flange of the tool holder utilizing coolant jets or slots.

In addition to shrink fit tool holders, Platinum Tooling will offer shrink fit machine technology.

Equipped with an elevation cooling system, heated tools can be moved to a cooling tank with a push of a button. The machine’s smart design keeps accessories stored but close at hand during operation.

For this new line of shrink fit tooling and machine technology, Platinum Tooling will handle application engineering, sales and service through a network of distributors across the United States and Mexico.

About Platinum Tooling

Platinum Tooling Technologies, Inc. in Prospect Heights, IL, near Chicago, serves its growing North American customer base with an extensive inventory of machine tool accessories. Its experienced staff is dedicated to providing the most innovative tooling and technology. Platinum Tooling Technologies, Inc. serves the auto, aero, medical, woodworking, composites and other industries, as well as an ever-increasing number of machine tool OEMs, through its network of manufacturers’ representatives. Platinum Tooling is the master importer of Heimatec, Henninger, Tecnicrafts, AMF Tooling and Hommel + Keller QUICK® tools for North America.

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Tecnicrafts is an ISO 9001:2015 Certified company, with its manufacturing plant in South India with state of the art machine tools and 115 technicians. Tecnicrafts collets and guide bushings are exclusively used for Swiss Turning applications on Citizen-Cincom, Tsugami, Star, Tornos, Hanwha, Traub, Hardinge, Manurhin-Kmx, Miyano, Nomura and other popular machine brands and are widely recognized and accepted by customers in Europe and Asia.

COLLETS: The collets are offered in Steel and Carbide lined versions with Grooved, Smooth, Serrated Bores in Standard and Long Nose Types. Tecnicrafts produces special collets such as V-Line, U-Line, Over-grip Collets, for positive gripping of delicate parts without marks. The Ultra Precision (XP) W-Type collets are available for tool grinding applications on machines like Rollomatic, Anca, Ewag and others. Other collets offered includes 5C and 16C types.

GUIDE BUSHINGS: Tecnicrafts Guide Bushings are generally offered in carbide lining having Super Finish bore with roughness value of less than 0.4 micron. These special guide bushings include U-Line, Extended Nose and Long Carbide Bores (Max Land) for special turning applications.

BAR FEEDER COLLETS: The Bar feeder collets are available for various bar feeders like Fedek, LNS, Ikura-seiki, Iemca, Citizen, FMB and other popular brands.

All Collets and Guide Bushings are offered in Standard and Ultra-Precision grades. The bore profile includes Round, Square, Hexagon, Rectangular and Profile bores as per customer drawings.

Platinum Tooling Technologies, Inc., with its expertise in precision tooling and customer representatives throughout North America, is ready to meet the work holding tool needs for Swiss Turning applications with this new Tecnicrafts product line on its roster of quality tooling.

About Platinum Tooling Technologies, Inc.

Platinum Tooling Technologies, Inc. in Prospect Heights, IL, near Chicago, serves its growing North American customer base with an extensive inventory of machine tool accessories. Its experienced staff is dedicated to providing the most innovative tooling and technology. Platinum Tooling Technologies, Inc. serves the auto, aero, medical, woodworking, composites and other industries, as well as an ever-increasing number of machine tool OEMs worldwide, through its network of manufacturers’ representatives. Platinum Tooling is the master importer of Heimatec, Henninger, Tecnicrafts, AMF and Suzuki Tooling for North America.

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The result of a £500,000 investment to date, with a further £250,000 spend planned by Christmas 2023, at the heart of the service is a new tooling manufacturing centre at Unison’s Scarborough HQ. From here, fully tailored tooling agreements are prepared and around one hundred thousand pounds worth of tooling, including mandrel balls and wiper dies, is held in stock.

“We’ve been aware of a gap in the consumable bend tooling market for some time,” says Unison Sales Applications Engineer, Luke Gibson. “As such, we wanted to extend our already extensive tooling service to provide even greater convenience to Unison customers, while also giving users of other makes of tube bending machines rapid access to our consumable and long-life products. Equipped with the latest manufacturing technologies, our new tooling centre allows us to do just that.”

By holding pre-agreed stocks of consumable tooling on behalf of its customers, Unison ensures much faster delivery times than for tooling that is made to order. Unison’s consumable tooling agreements enable customers to minimise the volume of tooling they would typically keep on site and benefit from the associated cost savings. On-demand, next day and scheduled deliveries eliminate the risk of a tooling shortage stopping production and provide the opportunity to standardise tooling across different manufacturing sites. As part of the service, Unison also offers volume discounts and the convenience of easy budgeting through regular payment plans.

“Regardless of a customer’s consumable bend tool requirements, be it wiper dies, mandrel balls or other goods, we’ll create an agreement that meets their needs perfectly,” adds Luke Gibson. “No matter where they’re based, we’ll hold ample stocks of the bend tools they frequently require at one of our UK, USA or partner facilities around the world, for dispatch as and when they’re needed.”

As well as aluminium bronze consumable bend tooling, Unison also produces long-life precision tooling for the most challenging of tool manipulation applications. “Choosing Unison tooling means de-risking your processes, as we ensure every tool fits perfectly and makes parts accurately,” adds Luke Gibson. “We can also customise tool mounts so that new tooling can be used with existing machines, while our quick-change collets and mandrels, and bar-coded tooling further streamline the tube manipulation process and help businesses save time and money.”

About Unison Ltd: intelligent tube technology

Unison Ltd is the UK’s leading manufacturer of tube and pipe bending machines and continually innovates the tube and pipe bending marketplace. The company manufactured the world’s first all-electric tube bender in 1994, followed by the world’s first all-electric multi-stack tube bender, then the world’s largest all-electric tube bender for the shipbuilding industry. Available in single-stack, multi-stack and right/left varieties, Unison machines are delivered to more than 20 countries globally. Unison’s tube bending software is recognised as the most user-friendly control system for tube bending machines. The software is written and supported by Unison, ensuring complete control of its evolution, with no need for third party support.

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The company’s PG 48 tool setting concept expands the PG line to 1.5″ (38.1 mm) tools and includes a groundbreaking new tool setting unit that extends the capabilities of the company’s clamping units.

Current PG tool setting units – including the time-tested PGU 9500 and the enhanced new PGU 9800 – use up to nine tons of clamping pressure to secure a tool in less than 10 seconds. To handle larger tools, the all-new PG 48 will rely on specially made PGU machine that can use up to 16 tons of pressure.

Like all REGO-FIX PG tool setting technologies, the new PG 48 tool setter will use neither heat nor hydraulics, so tools will be ready for use immediately after the clamping cycle concludes. The REGO-FIX clamping methodology avoids the limitations and tool-life compromises of other systems.

REGO-FIX minimum quantity lubrication PG-MQL collets apply a light spray of an air and oil mixture directly to cutting zones. This spray not only lubricates cutting tools to extend their working lives, but it also minimizes coolant use to reduce costs and effectively evacuates chips to prevent scrap and ensure quality part surface finishes.

For the highest gripping force of any REGO-FIX coolant collets, form-fit PG CoolBore Collets (PG-CB) deliver high-pressure peripheral coolant for optimized chip removal in medium to high-performance applications. These collets change out quickly with other powRgrip coolant collets and provide maximum coolant output pressure for PG 25 (including short collets) and PG 32.

For various grinding applications, REGO-FIX now offers its PG ER collets for clamping grinding pins. The line of collets ensures runout of less than three microns at 3xD and provides exceptional vibration damping for superior surface finishes.

To add REGO-FIX precision to setup measurements, ergonomic 3D-EdgeMaster centering devices shorten setup time and ensure part accuracy in an IP 67-compliant shockproof and splashproof design for demanding applications. Designed to set zero points, probe reference edges and workpieces, calibrate measuring paths, center machine axes and determine bore centers, these new devices feature repeating accuracy of ≤0.01 mm. 3D-EdgeMaster is available in metric and inch sizes and with short or long probes, all individually serial numbered, with fully traceable inspection and performance certification for demanding industries.

Shops can minimize spindle-damage risks and maximize process reliability with MasterBar test arbors, available with HSK, steep-taper ST, BT and CAT interfaces for correct machine tool setup and spindle precision with every use. Ground to the same exacting specifications as REGO-FIX toolholding products and supplied with full technical certification, these devices check spindle runout, spindle and arbor alignment, and arbor length to boost part quality, reduce scrap and recheck for changes in runout and parallelism after a crash.

About REGO-FIX

With U.S. headquarters in Whitestown, Indiana, REGO-FIX, inventor of the original ER collet system, is a world leader in the manufacture of Swiss precision tooling.

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The newly released catalog offers an updated look and features their high quality machine tool accessory lines, including: heimatec GmbH – Live Tools and Machining Center Angle Heads; Tecnicrafts Industries – Collets & Guide Bushings for Swiss Type CNC Lathes; Henninger GmbH u. Co. KG – Mechanical, Air & Motor Speeders, plus Custom Machining Center Angle Heads; Andreas Maier GmbH & Co. KG (AMF) – Cleaning & Marking Tools.

Preben Hansen, President of Platinum Tooling, is known throughout the industry for his expertise and experience in the tooling industry. Hansen will continue to offer advice and welcomes the opportunity to discuss your application.

Platinum Tooling Technologies, Inc., is located in Prospect Heights, Illinois (just outside of Chicago). They recently expanded their facility to provide increased inventory to better serve the marketplace.

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In booth 2851 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center Exhibit Hall, REGO-FIX will highlight its unique and patented powRgrip toolholding system developed for high-speed and high-performance cutting especially when working with extremely expensive part materials. The powRgrip system utilizes an automated or manual hydraulic tabletop press-fit assembly mounting unit, collets with high-precision tapers and factory-balanced toolholders with matching tapers that enable tool changeouts in less than 10 seconds. Precision engineering delivers Total Indicator Runout (TIR) of less than 0.0001 inch, and precise length adjustment ensures repeatability of less than 0.0004 inch.

The powRgrip system has the industry’s highest-clamping torque rating of 1,100 Newton meters (Nm) and is completely safe for the operator without risk of injury from heat, pinch zones and toxic fumes omitted from heat shrink units. PowRgrip provides flexibility, versatility and efficiency for manufacturers working with aluminum, exotic alloys and composite materials where error-free machining in the satellite and space industry is at a premium.

REGO-FIX powRgrip technology opens the door to a range of component fabrication applications from high-speed machining of aluminum parts to precision profiling and finishing of composite materials and small-diameter drilling and reaming operations in any material. REGO-FIX toolholding solutions are Swiss-made, perfectly matched components that provide optimal fit, accuracy and tool life and maximize productivity, lower part costs and shorten machining cycle times.

 About REGO-FIX

With U.S. headquarters in Whitestown, Indiana, REGO-FIX, inventor of the original ER collet system, is a world leader in the manufacture of Swiss precision tooling.

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