Platinum Tooling Collets, Guide Bushings Optimized Turning Operations

Source: Platinum Tooling Technologies Inc.

Platinum Tooling Technologies Inc. provides collets and guide bushings for Swiss-type CNC lathes from Tecnicrafts Industries to the North American market.

Tecnicrafts collets and guide bushings are exclusively used for Swiss turning applications on machine brands such as Citizen-Cincom, Tsugami, Star, Tornos, Hanwha, Traub, Hardinge, Manurhin-Kmx, Miyano and Nomura.

• Collets: The collets are available in steel and carbide-lined versions with grooved, smooth and serrated bores in standard and long-nose types. Tecnicrafts produces specialized collets such as V-line, U-line and over-grip collets for positive gripping of delicate parts without marks. The ultra-precision (XP) W-type collets are well suited for tool grinding applications on machines like Rollomatic, Anca and Ewag. Other collets offered include 5C and 16C types.
• Guide bushings: Tecnicrafts guide bushings are generally offered with carbide lining, featuring a super-finish bore with a roughness value of less than 0.4 µm. These specialized guide bushings include U-line, extended nose and long carbide bores (maximum land) for specific turning applications.
• Bar feeder collets: The bar feeder collets are available for various bar feeders like Fedek, LNS, Ikura-seiki, Iemca, Citizen and FMB, among other popular brands.

All collets and guide bushings are offered in standard and precision grades. The bore profiles include round, square, hexagon, rectangular and custom profiles as per customer drawings.