Maintaining Tolerances = Maintaining Your Workholding: Workholding maintenance can affect downtime, part tolerances, tool life consistency

摘要

Workholding comes in many forms, including clamps, chucks, and vises. While the most widely used are vises, which come in numerous shapes, sizes, and styles, all are designed to hold work-pieces securely while being machined. However, no matter what type of system you use, proper care needs to be taken during operation, maintenance, and storage to ensure long life and repeatability.