Hardinge's Workholding Blog

You’re invited…

hardinge — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 19:20:56 +0000

to visit Hardinge at one or more of the upcoming technology shows. Stop by and let us show you the latest in high-precision and SUPER-PRECISION® turning, milling, rotary and workholding products. Hope to see you there!

Hardinge is offering 10% off all rotary systems through May 31, 2011.

April 19-21 — Greater Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, OH
Booth #501

Hardinge Machine Technology Show — May 4-5, Elmira, NY

May 17-19 — Eastern States Exposition, West Springfield, MA
Booth #5045

Hardinge earns “World’s Greatest” title…

hardinge — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 20:48:02 +0000

Horseheads, New York—Hardinge Inc. was recently profiled as both a unique company and industry leader on “World’s Greatest”, a television series highlighting innovation and excellence from some of the world’s greatest companies, products, places, and people. READ MORE

DD100 High-Speed, Super-Precision® Indexer In Stock with FREE SHIPPING thru March 31, 2011

hardinge — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 20:28:40 +0000

On the shelf and ready to ship…DD100 Direct-Drive, High-Speed Rotary Positioner. Hardinge pays the shipping if you order before March 31, 2011. Ideal for high-precision medical and aerospace parts and shops that want to set themselves apart from their competition. Features include ±3 arc-second accuracy and ±2 arc-second repeatability with speeds up to 4,200 degrees per second.

LIMITED QUANTITY IN STOCK—CALL TODAY! 800.843.8801

FlexC™ by Hardinge

hardinge — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 13:29:17 +0000

Is your chuck-style lathe not giving you the results you need? Ask about the Hardinge FlexC™ Collet System. It weighs less than a chuck so that you can take advantage faster feeds and speeds. It provides part length control and it has faster changeover time with improved concentricity. Hardened steel or emergency collet heads provide chucking diameters up to 2-9/16″.

16C and 3J Collets ship same-day or within 24-hours!

hardinge — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 17:47:15 +0000

For some collet manufacturers, a 16C or 3J collet is not a frequently ordered product so they don’t stock them.
You can think of Hardinge as the king of stock!

Hardinge stocks 16C and 3J collets in fractional, metric and decimal sizes—not only in round smooth and serrated, but in hex and square as well.

Take a look at the BENEFITS Hardinge can provide:
• Hardinge maintains the inventory while you keep only what you need on hand (but hey, it doesn’t hurt to keep an emergency collet or step chuck on hand!)
• No need to postpone or reschedule that production run—Hardinge will keep you up and running
• Consistent quality shipment-to-shipment due to Hardinge’s established manufacturing process control and inspection
• Convenient FACTORY-DIRECT online ordering with real-time support
• Expedited shipping available
• Experts in custom manufacturing solutions

If you’re not already a Hardinge user, get established today and make your job a whole lot easier!

Hardinge Plate and Cube Rotary Trunnions

hardinge — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 13:49:42 +0000

Equals 4th-axis multi-part production for reduced manufacturing cost.

Plate and cube trunnions are add-on accessories for rotary tables or indexers that will allow multiple part positioning in a tilting, dual-axis set up. The plate has a machineable area on two surfaces with an adjustable centerline to accommodate various part heights. The cube is a solid aluminum block. One end of the plate or cube is supported with a bearing pillow block, while the other end mounts in or on the spindle of the rotary table or indexer. MORE

Plate Trunnion Assembly for 5C Indexers
Plate and Cube Trunnion Assemblies for 16C and 3J Indexers

Hardinge Rotary Videos

Meet Your Factory-Direct Rotary Sales Reps…

hardinge — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 21:26:20 +0000

Hardinge manufactures precision and super-precision CNC rotary tables and indexers in Elmira, New York. Our quick-change rotary workholding concept provides gripping options for all shapes, sizes and materials. Why not add a CNC positioning device to reduce your cycle time?

How can we help you?

• Gear-Driven Rotary Table Indexers
starting at $7,800
• Gearless, Zero-Backlash Direct-Drive Indexers
starting at $15,655
• Plate and Cube Trunnions
• Tilting, Dual-Axis Indexers

What is the advantage of using a DIRECT-DRIVE rotary table?

hardinge — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 17:00:14 +0000

Direct-drive technology can advance your company to the next level…high-speed, super-precision parts positioning. ±3 arc-sec accuracy, ±2 arc-sec repeatability and ±.077 arc-sec resolution is achievable! Hardinge direct-drive rotary table indexers have no mechanical gearing. This means ZERO backlash which permits rapid bidirectional movement. Hardinge has three sizes to fit your machining application. The smaller DD100 is ideal for drill and tap and laser processing. The larger DD200 and DD300 include a spindle clamp and slotted face plate. The A2-5 spindle will accept collets, expanding collets, step chucks, FlexC quick-change collets and power chucks. READ MORE

Hardinge in Today’s Machining World

hardinge — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 17:22:34 +0000

Hardinge Workholding was mentioned in the article that was released on 4/12/10 on the Today’s Machining World website, entitled “How it Works” at http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/how-it-works-getting-a-grip/. Be sure to check it out, it’s a very helpful article on the importance of workholding in your machining application.

Workholding Clearance Items added to shophardinge.com

hardinge — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 20:29:16 +0000

We’ve been cleaning house and consolidating some workholding inventory. And you can benefit from our spring cleaning! Beginning March 29, check our e-commerce website for workholding products that are overstocked. Go to: http://www.shophardinge.com/productGrid.aspx?catID=6938 and take a look at the listing. Prices are very attractive. But, once the inventory is gone, the sale price goes away, so act quickly.

This doesn’t mean that we’re not going to make these products anymore, we will continue to offer our large variety of workholding products for all types of machines. It just means that demands have changed and our inventory needs to be adjusted.

Check back frequently to see what’s been added and jump on it when you find it. To start the program, we’ve added a variety of Gildemeister collets and feed fingers, as well as some special Brown & Sharpe Stub Collets.