KURT'S CUSTOM ENGINEERED WORKHOLDING INCREASES MACHINING CENTER PRODUCTIVITY - STEPPED JAW DESIGN HANDLES 15 DIFFERENT SIZE PARTS

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KURT'S CUSTOM ENGINEERED WORKHOLDING INCREASES MACHINING CENTER PRODUCTIVITY - STEPPED JAW DESIGN HANDLES 15 DIFFERENT SIZE PARTS
21 March 2005 - Kurt Manufacturing Company

Need to find new ways to increase machining center productivity? The Custom Engineering Workholding Team of Kurt Manufacturing Company provides workholding solutions that greatly improve throughput while improving quality.

Kurt designs custom workholding fixtures and tombstones for specific parts and processes. The workholding maximizes machining center output through high density design and fast load/unload features.

The application picture shows the stepped jaw design on a Kurt ClusterTower, which handles 15 different size parts simply by rotating the jaws. A quick-change feature allows repositioning a set of three jaws on one side of the tower in less than a minute. The workholding setup handles many different size parts in relatively small production runs. A series of these towers maximizes the output potential of a 10 pallet horizontal machining center while providing flexibility needed to handle many different size parts.

Kurt will partner on a project from start to finish including research, design, development and building workholding systems and fixtures, often within a few weeks. Whether the project requires vises mounted on tombstones or hydraulic actuated clamping fixtures for vertical or horizontal machining centers, Kurt provides the solution.

Kurt vises mounted on tombstones are designed for close tolerances. Vises are matched, so when mounted on tombstones, optimum accuracy is achieved with minimum variation from vise to vise.

Kurt offers either steel fabricated tombstones for high rigidity, or cast iron tombstones for vibration damping features. When more than one tombstone is required for horizontal machining centers with multiple pallets, Kurt will match the tombstones for maximum precision.

Kurt's hydraulic actuated fixtures are designed with internal hydraulic lines providing clean, safe operation.

To insure workholding systems that are both maximally productive and operator friendly, Kurt engineers design high density workholding systems with ergonomics in mind. Pre-clamping methods for easy loading and unloading of parts are used. All custom workholding systems are designed to provide repeatable and reliable clamping force similar to Kurt vises, which are the world standard in precision machine vises.

http://www.kurtworkholding.com

About: Kurt Manufacturing Company
History of Kurt Manufacturing

1947 - Founded by Kurt Kuban, father of current president and owner Bill Kuban
1950's - Introduction of the "Kurt Vise", the industry leader in precision workholding solutions
1960's - Kurt Manufacturing is positioned as a major supplier to the burgeoning disk drive industry and other high tech industries
1970's- Kurt's success with business partner relationships grew Kurt into an industry leader in contract manufacturing
1980's - As part of a vertical integration strategy, acquisition of several businesses complimenting the existing corporate capabilities - acquisitions include:
Two screw machine facilities; one in Minneapolis, MN and one in Lyman, NE
Summit Gear - a precision gear manufacturer in Minneapolis, MN
Strite Anderson - an aluminum die cast facility in Fridley, MN

1986 - Kurt introduces the Kurt Check, an SPC software and hardware package. Kurt Electronics is the premier custom manufacturer of SPC data collection systems, modular gaging systems and inline gaging systems.

1987 - Kurt opened a second precision machining facility in Pueblo, CO in support of Colorado's high tech industry, with the addition of impact extruding as a new capability

1990's - Kurt Manufacturing's continued quality journey through implementation of the following processes which are the basis for our current quality policy:

1996 - Dyna Fab (tube bending) and Theradyne Healthcare were acquired to further expand into the healthcare market
1998 - Development of Kurt Kinetic Trainer
2003 - Development of Kurt Hydraulics
2003 - Development of Kurt Chipmunk
2004- Manufacturing partner for Delta Hawk

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