The Ultra-Grip Quick Change workholding system is a two part system allowing any one of many chucks or fixtures to be used in conjunction with one receiver. This enables the user to reduce machine set-up time and/or the number of machines needed to efficiently process varying work.
 

Rotating or Stationary Applications

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Pallet Application – Fixtures

UGI's quick change system
 

Features

  • Receiver and sender plate have hardened and ground, self-cleaning teeth.
  • Receiver and sender plate sealed from grit and other contamination.
  • Threaded ring retention securely locks sender plate to receiver.
  • Receiver and sender plate sizes from 4″(.1 m) to 72″(1.83 m) outside diameter.
  • Can be used for outside and inside gripping applications
  • Can be used for rotating or stationary applications.
  • Available in Bolt down, face clamp and automatic retention knob styles.

 

Benefits

  • Repeatability of .0002″ (eliminates the need to re-indicate at setup).
  • Effortlessly change sender plate in less than two minutes.
  • Very low profile.
  • Allows for maintenance of workholding fixture to be performed off of the machine.
  • Can be used with existing workholding with adapter for sender plate.
  • Can reduce set-up time from four hours to two minutes.
  • Allows for off-line set-up increasing productivity.