Choose the Material that Will Provide the Strongest Grip for Your Workpiece
Dillon Manufacturing can manufacture soft or hard and full-grip special top jaws in a wide range of materials and configurations to ensure chucks provide maximum grip for an application.
Posted: February 12, 2021
Available in soft or hard jaws and full-grip jaws for virtually any chuck manufacturer, Dillon Manufacturing Inc. (Springfield, OH) can manufacture special top jaws from copper, brass, delrin, tool steel, 1018, 1045, 4140, 8620, A-2, 6061 aluminum, and stainless steel in configurations to grip a component’s internal and outer diameters (or a combination of both) to suit any workholding application. Visit https://dillonmfg.com/special-jaws/ for details and a quote.
Dillon also offers Carbinite, a wear-resistant textured carbide coating that reduces or eliminates slippage to enhance mill performance and reduce cycle times. Ideal for hard or soft jaws, especially vise jaws and step jaws used for clamping applications, in tests the coating nearly doubled gripping strength at equal clamping force and customers report longer tool life. The coating is added via a process called electrospark deposition (ESD) after jaws are milled to customer requirements. The coating displays exceptional bond strength without annealing or distortion.
