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The American-made Toolex vise system by TE-CO combines high manufactured tolerances and exceptional versatility, due to a wide variety of jaws and accessories. Available in vise widths of 4 inch, 6 inch and 8 inches, and in various lengths, Toolex double-station and quad vises offer workholding solutions unlike any other vise system. Improve your operations with a workholding system from Toolex.
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Toolex vise bodies are made from 80,000 PSI ductile cast iron, and the ways are flame-hardened and ground to accuracies of ±0.0005 inches. These double-station and quad CNC vises are available in manual and hydraulic configurations and jaw widths of 4 inches, 6 inches and 8 inches.
The accessories offered by Toolex are unlike any other workholding system. In addition to being used with machinable and hard jaw configurations, Toolex offers fixture plates that cover the entire vise surface, the patented AccuSnap master jaw system that accurately secures parallels, mill angles, and machinable jaws, leading to improved workholding system performance. If a larger vise opening is offered, one can mount a single-station conversion plate onto the vise, remove the center jaw, and the vise becomes a large single-station vise.
Toolex double-station vises include both side rails and through-the-body mounting configurations. The Toolex modular body design and method of attaching jaws and accessories allow multiple vises to be mounted side-by-side on the machine table, columns and/or grid plates, thus maximizing the machine’s capacity and increasing productivity.
For horizontal CNC machines and indexers, Toolex offers eight-station units. Vises are available with several baseplate configurations including our universal baseplate, as well as 400mm and 500mm baseplates. Units come standard with edge locating, but center locating is also available. Toolex also offers the appropriate hardware that allows quad units to be used with rotary indexers in vertical machining centers, leading to vastly increased productivity.
SnapLock machinable jaws can be attached, reversed or indexed in a matter of seconds. Toolex machinable jaws are available in aluminum, 1018 steel and 4140 steel. These jaws are available in standard, tall, and wide sizes, allowing for various customization opportunities.
Toolex aluminum fixture plates allow machinists to utilize the vise for parts that do not fit in the traditional vise openings. Ideal for holding many small parts at one time. Fixture plates can be changed out quickly creating a pallet shuttle system that allows users to load parts outside the machine, reducing machine downtime.
The patented AccuSnap parallel and accessory system allows for vise, mill angle and machinable change-outs in seconds while maintaining extreme accuracy. Accessories snap into spring-loaded master jaws and are ejected with a simple turn of a wrench. AccuSnap jaws mount to Toolex carrier jaws and other industry-standard vises due to a universal bolt pattern. Workstops are available that mount onto parallels and offer accurate workpiece location and repeatability.
The original parallel system from Toolex, called QuickChange, incorporates a dovetail on the bottom of the jaw that accepts parallels, mill angles, and machinable jaws. QuickChange parallels and other accessories slide into the side of the master jaw and are held in place by plungers and a locking screw. Designed originally for single-station vises, the QuickChange system can be used with various vise brands using a universal bolt pattern.
TE-CO offers single-station vises in 4”, 6” and 8” widths with larger vise capacities than many competitors. Vises are manufactured from 80,000-PSI ductile iron and offer repeatability of +/-0.001. Bed heights are matched to +/-0.0005. Vises are powered coated and offer hardened vise bed and jaw plates. Outside vise rails are machined within 0.0005” square to the jaw. For the best performance, pair a Single-Station vise with TE-CO Economy Parallels and a Para-Keep Parallel Keeper to secure parallels during machining.
TE-CO sales and customer service personnel, as well as a national network of manufacturing representatives, can assist you in finding a proper workholding solution. For more information on how to maximize your machine capabilities and greatly reduce your change-over times without sacrificing accuracies, contact TE-CO to learn more about Toolex multi-station and TE-CO single-station vises.
We have been purchasing TE-CO products for many years. The products are of a high standard which are always shipped on time with TE-CO having good stock holding of a range of products. The level of customer service is exceptional, any questions or queries we may have are always answered quickly and efficiently.
TE-CO & Raptor Workholding are a preferred supplier for Travers Tool, providing not just high-quality products, but also outstanding support. The TE-CO & Raptor Team are consistently responsive, helpful, and a pleasure to work with.
We produce our uprights and all of our suspension components in-house. So having access to high-quality CNC workholding solutions is really important to our team. Without TE-CO, our members wouldn’t be able to get the experiences that they do manufacturing products and taking a component from design all the way through manufacturing.
Before investing in the Raptor workholding system from TE-CO, we lacked the ability to use the same style dovetail holder in different machines and move parts around without worry. The Raptor dovetail holders securely hold even very complex parts without failure and we are quite impressed with its rigidity and accuracy. Furthermore, it has a bolt pattern that matches our pallets so there’s no need to create adapter plates or design and develop special fixturing. Perhaps best of all, the Raptor’s lower initial cost compared to other solutions paid for itself within the first few jobs we did. It’s been a very positive experience overall.
The single station vises were great vises to get started with and continue to be useful on low volume work. Very affordable, easy to use and bulletproof. They did everything I needed in a high-mix, low volume environment.
And, the 6-inch Toolex vises have been a complete game changer with some of our higher volume work. I am getting 4- to 8-times the through put on the machine depending on the setup. They are extremely rigid and quick-change jaws have been awesome to work with. The chip covers also work extremely well at keeping things clean and preventing small chips from building up in the vises.
As an industry leader since 1926, TE-CO is committed to setting the standard for engineering expertise, superior product quality and world-class customer service. We take pride in offering our customers American-made products with cost-effective pricing and fast turnaround times. Contact our team online today for additional product information, pricing and availability.
