Heavy-Duty Chuck Enhances Protection for Reduced Downtime
IMTS 2018: Pratt Burnerd’s 80" heavy-duty, three-jaw manual universal chuck has long master jaws with wiper blades to protect from metal shavings entering the chuck.
Pratt Burnerd America/Atlas Workholding’s 80" heavy-duty, three-jaw manual universal chuck has a through-hole cover and extra-long master jaws with wiper blades to protect against metal shavings entering the chuck. This protection is said to reduce maintenance and downtime.
Independent boring mill jaws can be added to enable universal chuck work along with work that requires independent jaw adjustment without removing or changing the chuck.
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