It is in the area of gripping where the characteristics of wear resistant alloys, including tungsten carbide, and the wide range of surface alloy finishes really allows the Mechanical Vapour Deposition method to excel.
Fine-ground, semi-finish machined, as cast components, as well as forged parts with surface harnesses from “dead-soft” to Rc 76, are held more securely with gripping finishes that are selected according to specific part condition.
Collet
Tube Bending Die
Locating Pads
Transfer Fingers
Advantages
- Coefficient of friction to 1.0
- Reduces clamping pressures
- Increases torque holding
- No marring
- No pushback
- Outperforms serrations
- No slippage
- Creates non-perishable tooling
- Better wear resistance
Typical Applications
- Collets – ID/OD
- Collets pads
- Feed Fingers
- Clamps
- Chuck Jaws
- Tube Bending Dies
- Feed Rolls
- Blocks
- Locating Pads