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BIG KAISER Launches Online Customer Chat

2/22/2021

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Hoffman Estates, IL – In order to help current and future customers with their inquiries, BIG KAISER Precision Tooling has introduced an easy and convenient way to directly access the company’s experts. LiveChat is available now on BIGKAISER.com.

No matter which page a customer is on, you can connect directly and instantly with one of the company’s agents in just a few clicks.

Agents will be available during normal business hours and customers can leave a message after hours for help with questions on topics such as: 
•    Application support
•    Tool presetting
•    Pricing and availability
•    Order status
•    Equipment maintenance
•    And more
Users can save a transcript of their chat for future reference. The chat feature appears on the lower right of any page on BIGKAISER.com. 

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Next Generation Tooling Opens Two Offices in California to Provide Technical Support During the Pandemic.

8/3/2020

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by Bernard Martin
Next Gen Tooling SoCal 22343 La Palma Ave, Yorba Linda, CA
Next Generation Tooling's new SoCal Office, Showroom, Warehouse & Training facility is located at 22343 La Palma Avenue, Suite 126, Yorba Linda, CA 92887
Sacramento, CA. -  Next Generation Tooling, LLC, a manufacturer's representative agency, founded in 1995 and servicing the California Nevada Arizona, Utah, Colorado and New Mexico CNC manufacturing markets has just opened TWO offices in California.
Most of Next Generation Tooling's customers know them as "the Next Gen guys" according to Chris Savolainen, the Founder and President of 'Next Gen Tooling'.

What was the rationale of opening not one, but two offices when the entire team has worked out of their own home offices for years?
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"We've grown our market service area quite a bit since we started out servicing just Northern California.  We now include most of the Western States of the US.  We've s been adding some of the best technical CNC application people we can find to support the unique mix of principles we represent. The products that we represent are what are considered very high performance tooling and workholding.  It's some of the premiere products in our entire industry! We determined that we really needed a place to provide on-site technical training.  We also needed to carry some inventory to support the unique needs of the aerospace, medical, electronics and defense industries that we support." Said Savolainen.

Rob Aldama, Vice-President of Next Gen Tool picks up the story,  "At first we thought that one training and showroom might be good enough, but as we started talk to our distributor, machine dealer and end-user manufacturing customers, we discovered that there was a real need for facilities in both Northern and Southern California. None of our competitors are providing the deep technical service that has helped us gain market share, so we really felt we should just take it to the next level and open two facilities."
Next Generation Tooling NorCal Office Showroom
Next Generation Tooling's new NorCal Office, Showroom, Warehouse & training facility is located at 8171 Alpine Ave, Suite A, Sacramento, CA 95829

But what about the Pandemic?

With the Covid-19 pandemic raging there are not a lot of companies expanding. Most are cutting costs and employees. When asked about this both Chris and Rob stated that their team of people have remained pretty busy throughout this entire period. 

Chris said "We get asked in to shops to provide technical support pretty often. Putting on the full body PPE suits has been kind of common for us during the past few months." 

Rob picked it up from there, "I think we may be some of the really select few that have been asked to come into shops because we're not just taking orders, we're reducing cycle time and we're improving efficiency"

Chris jumped back in, "And maybe its a little bit self serving,  We can have the equipment set-up at both locations instead of trying to bring it into a facility.  It's actually a lot easier, faster and safer to bring people to one of our locations rather than try to move things with lots  of sweat and heavy breathing in PPE." 

"Yea, We can bring people to either location and do the training.  There are far less interruptions and the I think people learn a lot more, and learn it faster" stated Rob.

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What types of training do they provide at Next Gen's new buildings?  They start off with a lot of fundamentals that people running CNC machines may never had any formal training about. That's where their basic Training Classes fit in.
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  • Machining 101
  • Basic Boring
  • Basic Chamfering
  • Basic Drill Training
  • Basic End Mill
  • Basic Indexable
  • Basic Tap Training
  • Basic Tool Holders
  • Basic Work Holding / Fixturing​

But they also can go much deeper with their Advanced Part Manufacturing training series
  • Programming Tool Path – Climb versus Conventional
  • Material Machinability – Cubic Inches of Stock Removal
  • Part Set Up / Workholding  & Fixturing
  • Tool Holder Selection, Collet, Solid, Hydraulic, Shrink Fit
  • Cutting Tool Selection – Substrate, Geometry, Coating, Speed and Feeds 
  • Estimating Part Cycle Time
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Flexible 5-Axis Workholding Solutions Keep Spindles Running

6/19/2013

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BIG Kaiser brings flexible workholding to 5-axis machine tables by surrounding Unilock zero-point quick-change receivers with a grid pattern. The benefits of 5-axis machines are greatest when workholding is based on the size and shape of the workpiece instead of the limitations of the table interface. By providing multiple workholding opportunities, Unilock users quickly integrate most workholding products and keep their machine spindles up and running.
“BIG Kaiser’s unique approach to 5-axis workholding seamlessly fits into existing workholding solutions while providing the increased flexibility of Unilock zero-point solutions. Our clients match workholding to the workpiece and maximize the capabilities of their 5-axis machine tools,” says Gerard Vacio, Product Specialist, Workholding Systems. “We can also provide specific solutions for your dedicated production requirements. We interface virtually any workholding product that fits in the machine.”
Unilock quick-change components can be directly attached to workpieces that need to be held without any side restrictions or attached to frequently used workholding devices for rapid changeover. Operators need the flexibility to run both today’s products, and the products they have yet to encounter. Combining grid plate functionality opens up opportunities for BIG Kaiser users.

This multi-axis Unilock solution does not obstruct access to the tops and sides of the part for true 5-sided machining.
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These quick change solutions are available for 5-axis tables as well as 4th and 5th axis tables on 3-axis machining centers. When quick turnaround for workpiece and workholding changeover is vital to maintaining spindle uptime, BIG Kaiser delivers customer-specific solutions, as well as off the shelf products. Solutions can be delivered ready-out-of-the-box, or production drawings can be supplied to clients who choose to build their own table interfaces.
Providing BIG Kaiser with a drawing of your machine table (or the make and model number) is all it takes to get started. Clients can also request production drawings or use third party suppliers. BIG Kaiser offers several flexible machine table interfaces, some of which can be delivered as turnkey solutions. We can pull workpieces down onto the table to maximize the available envelope, or elevate workpieces for complete 5-sided access.
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Unilock workholding for lean manufacturing

4/17/2013

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To be competitive in today's market, all machines need efficient workpiece handling. Efficient part loading systems are always included in the acquisition of high-volume manufacturing cells but all too often getting fixtures on and off the CNC milling machine is forgotten. In today's market, time is money. The UNILOCK system from Big Kaiser removes set-up time and replaces it with production time.
If you are looking for lean manufacturing, the UNILOCK eliminates lots of wasted time by providing a comprehensive system to position and clamp workpieces.

For companies operating in agile manufacturing environments, UNILOCK will allow you to run any job on almost any machine. You can even interrupt jobs without incurring big set-up time costs. It's a quick changer-over system for most of your workholding needs.
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How it works

The UNILOCK utilizes spring pressure to drive wedges against a tapered wedge lock (clamping knob). Air pressure is used to compress the springs, releasing the wedge lock. Clamping is achieved by bleeding the air pressure out of the chuck. To facilitate palletization, the clamping knob is attached to a base plate, fixture or directly to a workpiece. The result is quick and repeatable clamping.

During day-to-day use, chucks can be cleaned with compressed air. The fit between the clamping rams and the chuck body will not allow air pressure to push chips inside of the chuck. If you get chips in the clamping pocket, simply blow them out with an air gun. When open, the wedges completely retract. The one-to-one length to diameter ratio of the pocket is easily blown out. There is no need for a vacuum. The 40mm tall by 40mm diameter clamping knob is extremely stable and can double as a foot when moving fixtures and workpieces around the shop. You will not need protective sleeves or special shelving when storing or transporting UNILOCK palletized fixtures or workpieces. Male and female threads are available in multiple sizes.

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The UNILOCK is designed to accept warped workpieces and fixtures. The shallow clamping pocket will allow a clamping knob to enter the chuck at an angle of up to 23 degrees. Undersized clamping knobs are also available. Standard and special UNILOCK clamping knobs will accommodate your out of position datums.

Undersized clamping knobs address out of location errors. These undersized knobs will clear the side of the clamping pocket and pull the fixture or workpiece down and stabilize it for machining. This is a very useful feature when working with large workpieces that can warp, expand or contract.
Fixtures and many workpieces are easily adapted to the UNILOCK clamping knobs. Tremendous savings are available if the fixture or workpiece can be reoriented
or transferred to machine additional faces while remaining attached to the UNILOCK clamping components. On horizontal machines with columns, fixtures can be rotated 90 degrees or moved to the top. Transferring fixtured parts through as many operations as possible eliminates additional fixtures and clamping/unclamping time. Less clamping and unclamping of parts also reduces scrap and improves feature-to-feature accuracies.

Once you grab the part, you can use the UNILOCK to send it to as many operations as possible without removing the part from the fixture. UNILOCK positions and clamps from one face leaving the other faces available for machining. Rotary tables, angle/sine plates and multi-sided tombstones facilitate part reorientation for subsequent operations.

Give us a call if you have an workholding application that costing you money and let's see if we can come up with a UNILOCK solution

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The UNILOCK modular workholding system: A real time saver in cycle time

10/19/2011

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Have you seen the Big Kaiser UniLock?  It's a great modular workholding system for quick changeover and quick location.  We're finding that alot of our customers who are using it are telling us that it's been a real time saver for workpiece set-up and changeover especially in the short delivery small lot size repeat jobs.  The great thing about it is that it can be moved from a CNC Vertical Mill to a CNC lathe and then onto a Horizontal CNC with no real loss of data points from re-clamping.
How it works

UNILOCK utilizes spring pressure to drive wedges against a tapered wedge lock (clamping knob). Air pressure is used to compress the springs, releasing the wedge lock. 

Clamping is achieved by bleeding the air pressure out of the chuck. To facilitate palletization, the clamping knob is attached to a base plate, fixture or directly to a workpiece. The result is quick and repeatable clamping.
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The UNILOCKis not restricted to one clamping knob. When the fixture or workpiece exceeds the work range of a UNILOCK chuck, additional clamping knobs and chucks can be used to provide the necessary support and stability required for the process. 

There are few limiting factors in the size of an array of UNILOCK chucks or in the weight of a workpiece. Undersized knobs provide clearances for large parts or out of position locations. SBCC 0.6 0.024
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Single chuck applications 

The UNILOCK clamping knob mates with the center taper in the chuck to establish the centerline location (XY reference in a Cartesian coordinate system). 

A timing pin or key locates in a notch or bushing to orient the coordinate system relative to XY and to restrict rotation. 

The Z reference in this same coordinate system is established by the bottom of the fixture or workpiece contacting the top ground surfaces of the chuck. 

These same mating surfaces (bottom of the fixture and top of the chuck) will control axial alignment.SBA Establishes centerline SBB Orients about centerline SBC Clamp only, no positioning Diametral Clearances.
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