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Now included in Hardinge Inc.'s product offering are a new rotary indexing unit with digital servo control and intelligent drive electronics, a chuck for holding thin-walled tubing and a pneumatic collet block for internal and external part location.
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The new version of the 5C rotary indexer expands the existing range of indexers the company introduced in 2004, which are appropriate for use on VMCs and knee/universal milling machines. The systems are fourth-axis control-capable and are compatible with Siemens, GE Fanuc and Heidenhain controls.
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With the company’s Force-Limiting step chuck, delicate or thin-walled components can be held without being crushed or distorted—including at normal draw bar force on a lathe.
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