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Fairlane Grippers & Positioners
Fairlane Products (Fraser, MI), offers a complete line of industrial workholding grippers. Their modular and economical replaceable wear surfaces extend the life of expensive jigs, fixtures, chuck jaws, and clamping mechanisms.. These workholding and positioning components allow for faster speeds and feeds within the manufacturing process, versatile enough to fit any number of applications.
Fixed grippers are available in round, square, and angle configurations with a host of different serrated tooth patterns. The gripper contact materials include high-speed tool steel, solid carbide, carbide tipped and urethane surface.
Round and square steel grippers are made from M-2 high speed steel. Hardened to Rc 60/62 with a black oxide finish. They are serrated for positive holding in tough applications. While the carbide tipped grippers are brazed to a heat-treated alloy steel body with a blind hole tap for back side mounting and flat on O.D. for setscrew mounting.
The lineup includes round, square and angled solid carbide grippers for high wear and high load applications. While the SofTop™ urethane grippers are available in a variety of durometers and are permanently bonded to a 300 series stainless steel pad. The non-marking, non-staining urethane in 35 durometer for very light duty applications , 60 durometer for medium duty applications and 80 durometer for heavy duty applications.
Adjustable grippers come in a variety of configurations from hex, round to threaded body. Unique to Fixtureworks, TG GripSert™ inserts grip steel materials, with only 3.5 mm of clamp surface needed to securely hold the workpiece, they are ideal for 5-axis machining operations because these workholding inserts create a pull-down effect that prevents any lifting of the workpiece while clamping.
Swivot™, another specialty of Fixtureworks are a modular component system that can swivel and tilt to compensate for workpiece angles and irregularities.
To complete the lineup, gripper rest pads are ideal for industrial grade contact wear points in automation and positioning applications. Black nitrile rubber (60A durometer) is molded to a malleable aluminum backing that can be formed to round or sharp corners. Rest pads are made from white Delrin. They are non-marring and non-absorbing.
