Category: CNC Swiss

Tecnicrafts Industries: A pioneer in Producing High-Quality Collets & Guide Bushings

11/13/2024

Founded in 2002 with the vision to revolutionize precision tooling manufacturing in India, Tecnicrafts Industries has emerged as a pioneer in producing high-quality collets, honing mandrels, sleeves, holding tools, jigs, and fixtures.

Technicrafts is imported through Platinum Tooling for North America and represented by Next Generation Tooling in much of the West Coast.

High Precision Collets & Guide Bushes for
Swiss Type CNC automatic lathes

Platinum Tooling Dead Length Collets (F Type

At the heart of Tecnicrafts' offerings are their meticulously crafted Dead Length Collets, also known as F-Type Collets. These collets serve as indispensable holding devices for tools, raw materials, or components during various machining operations. Widely utilized on main and rear spindles of turning machines such as cam-operated lathes and CNC Swiss automatic lathes, Tecnicrafts' Dead Length Collets have become instrumental in the precision machining industry.

Tecnicrafts Guide Bushings, another cornerstone of their product line, are constructed from high-quality steels with wear-resistant carbides. The carbide guiding pad, composed of fine-grain carbides, acts as a split bearing, ensuring optimal guidance for the rod during machining on Swiss CNC machines.

With variations like Drawn type, Push type, and Fixed type, these guide bushings cater to specific turning needs on Swiss CNC sliding headstock machines, finding applications in renowned brands such as Citizen-Cincom, Tornos, Star, Tsugami, and more.

The expertise of Tecnicrafts extends to Bar Feeder Collets, designed for use on automatic bar feeders by leading manufacturers like Fedek, Iemca, Barload, and Tornos.

Essential for Swiss-type CNC machines, these collets, available in External Thread type, Internal Thread type, and Pin Type, play a crucial role in feeding rods with precision and reliability. The mechanical springing quality of these collets is of paramount importance, ensuring seamless operations in demanding machining environments.

Tecnicrafts' commitment to delivering high-quality precision tooling has positioned them as a trusted partner for machining industries globally. With a diverse product range catering to various machining needs, Tecnicrafts Industries continues to set new standards in the world of precision tooling, providing solutions that empower manufacturers to achieve unparalleled accuracy and efficiency in their operations.

For personalized assistance and to explore the perfect tooling solution for your specific requirements, contact Next Generation Tooling today. Unlock the full potential of precision machining with Tecnicrafts and take your production to new heights.

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360° LED Indicator and Swiss-lathe Solution Added to Base Master Lineup

3/21/2023

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Hoffman Estates, IL - BIG DAISHOWA has released two new upgrades to its Base Master measuring devices. The first upgrade spans the lineup and replaces a single LED indicator with a 360-degree light, making it easy for operators to see contact from any orientation.

Also, the Base Master Mini is now available with a side handle that makes negotiating limited-access lathes easier. The Base Master Mini’s compact design makes it fast and easy to use while providing extremely accurate results. With a standard height of only 20mm (.787 in.), it’s ideal for small Swiss lathes and tight spaces.

The Base Master lineup is used with all types of machines and materials, including non-conductive cutting tools, workpieces and machine tools.

Quickly measure workpiece offsets, tool lengths and cutting edges with zero risk of damage or breakage at submillimeter levels when needed. For maximum flexibility in real-world conditions, the Base Master series offers tight repeatability of only ±0.001mm and solid magnetic bases that mount vertically, horizontally, or at any angle.

As a member of the BIG DAISHOWA Group (Osaka, Japan), BIG DAISHOWA Inc. has grown into a recognized global tooling provider, with manufacturing facilities in North America, Switzerland and Japan. In addition, BIG DAISHOWA is the North American representative of Speroni tool measuring machines, Sphinx high performance drills, mptec measuring stands, Tekusa spindle cleaners and the UNILOCK zero-point workholding system.

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Platinum Tooling Technologies Expands Its Tool Program for Automatic Lathes

8/9/2022

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Heimatec Citizen Multiple Spindle Tool 2x ER11

The exclusive importer of Heimatec live and static tools, Platinum will offer 1:4 speed increasers for most Citizen machine models.

Platinum Tooling Technologies, Inc., the exclusive importer of Heimatec live tools, angle heads, and multi-spindle heads, is excited to announce their extended product offering to the current Citizen tool program.

In addition to the standard live and static tools, they will offer 1:4 speed increasers for the most current Citizen machine models. Designed to optimize the machine’s parameters, these precision tools are efficient and cost effective.

Originally developed for the manufacture of precision parts in the watch industry, Swiss-type CNC Automatic Lathes are now widely used throughout the industry to produce automotive components, screws and pins for the medical industry, and precision parts for electrical engineering.

Platinum Tooling and Heimatec’s goal during the development of this line was to construct a series of tools that would offer the greatest possible processing quality and longest service life, while additionally enhancing the machine’s capabilities with the use of speed increasers. To achieve this, Heimatec incorporates the highest quality bearings, ground gear components, spindles, and housings to produce superior tools with maximum rigidity.

In addition to Citizen, Platinum Tooling is constantly striving to expand their tooling programs to include superior quality products to enhance machining operations, increase productivity, and create cost savings opportunities.

Heimatec Citizen Multiple Spindle Tool 4x ER11 scaled

Designed to optimize the machine’s parameters, these precision tools are efficient and cost effective.

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“Live Long and Prosper”Longer tool life boosts profits at Apex CNC

9/28/2021

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Chuck Fluharty at APEX CNC Swiss, Inc.

The famous Vulcan greeting from Star Trek takes on a whole new meaning when it comes to tool life. This was recently proven at Apex CNC Swiss, a machine shop specializing in high precision complex parts machined from hard materials and alloys.

According to Chuck Fluharty, co-owner of Apex,

“We were machining an electronics circuit board standoff in 303 stainless on a Star SR-20RIII machine. The part required a 0.180" (4.6 mm) deep hole threaded with a 0-80 thread. At the time, we were working with tooling from a well-known German maker that delivered 200 to 300 parts before tool failure. We did not feel that this was acceptable and, when we contacted the manufacturer’s technical support, they advised that that performance was ‘normal.’ We immediately began to look for an alternative.”

When Chuck and his team tried the Carmex mini mill-thread design, they saw production rise to more than 2,000 parts. More than that, they completed a further 500 parts in 17-4 stainless prior to failure.

Chuck comments, “Longer tool life means more than saving money buying replacement tools. When we realized what the Carmex tool could do, it freed us up from monitoring the machine and changing tools — and that resulted in additional savings in time and man-hours.”

Carmex performance at Apex CNC Swiss is another example of how tooling engineered for high performance and long life leads to greater prosperity for the customer. “Live Long and Prosper.”

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BIG KAISER Expands Hydraulic Chuck Offering for Swiss Lathes

7/13/2021

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Hoffman Estates, IL – BIG KAISER, a global leader in premium high-precision tooling systems and solutions for the metalworking industries, introduced Hydraulic Chucks for Swiss lathes in 2018, the first improvement to the technology in more than 30 years. This year, the program has expanded to include inch-size Standard Type chucks, as well as new F Type and R Type chucks.

Standard Type Hydraulic Chucks with tool-side clamping are now available in inch sizes with the clamping range of ø1/8”, 3/16” and 1/4”.

The new F Type’s single wrench enables easy cutting tool changes on the tool post. The easy-access rear clamping design is ideal for front tool post. Clamping from the opposite side of the cutting tool and optimum-length design improves overall ease of use. The F Type is available in a clamping range of ø3-10mm and coolant delivery is possible with an Rc(PT)1/8’’ screw.

The new R Type eliminates interference at both the upper or lower tool post positions with a unique block design and tightening at an offset position in the tool side. The R Type is available in a clamping range of ø3-10mm and its oil hole drills can be used for coolant delivery when mounted on the upper section.

To minimize machine downtime and provide operator safety, these Hydraulic Chucks use a simple hex wrench that requires only two to three turns for both clamping and unclamping. Tightening is complete when the clamping screw hits the bottom; controlling tightening torque is not needed.

Once a Hydraulic Chuck is centered, the runout will not vary, even if a cutting tool is changed repeatedly. Runout of fewer than three microns at four times diameter can be achieved. Hydraulic Chucks have a standard pipe thread for coolant-through connection and are available for most Citizen and Star machines with 3/4'’ or 22mm straight shank.

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Tecnicrafts Industries: A pioneer in Producing High-Quality Collets & Guide Bushings

High Precision Collets & Guide Bushes for
Swiss Type CNC automatic lathes

360° LED Indicator and Swiss-lathe Solution Added to Base Master Lineup

Platinum Tooling Technologies Expands Its Tool Program for Automatic Lathes

“Live Long and Prosper”Longer tool life boosts profits at Apex CNC

BIG KAISER Expands Hydraulic Chuck Offering for Swiss Lathes

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Tecnicrafts Industries: A pioneer in Producing High-Quality Collets & Guide Bushings

High Precision Collets & Guide Bushes forSwiss Type CNC automatic lathes

360° LED Indicator and Swiss-lathe Solution Added to Base Master Lineup

Platinum Tooling Technologies Expands Its Tool Program for Automatic Lathes

“Live Long and Prosper”Longer tool life boosts profits at Apex CNC

BIG KAISER Expands Hydraulic Chuck Offering for Swiss Lathes

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