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TE-CO Manufacturing is an established leader in providing a wide variety of spring and ball plungers, available in variety of sizes, styles and materials. Ball and spring loaded plungers are devices in which a spring is enclosed in a hollow body, and they feature either a ball or plunger nose. They are designed to provide accurate, repeatable spring pressures for positioning, indexing and ejection of parts, in addition to acting as a detent catch. Whatever the application involving a spring or ball plunger, TE-CO has the solution.
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TE-CO ball and spring loaded plungers are available in various body and nose materials, end forces, and styles. Threaded plungers are available in standard and metric thread sizes, and other styles include press fit (smooth body diameter), many hand-retractable versions (pull ring, lever type, locking and unlocking handle) and even weldable plungers. Ball and nose materials include steel, stainless steel and Delrin.
In addition to our standard offerings, TE-CO produces many custom plungers to address specific customer needs.
TE-CO plungers deliver precise, repeatable end forces. Plungers are available in various sizes, materials and spring end forces to address various applications. Thread size and diameters are available in both English and Metric on many styles. Standard plungers are almost always kept in inventory.
TE-CO manufactures spring-loaded devices using an extensive range of materials and finishes, from stainless steel and carbon steel to Delrin.
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Ball plungers are the smallest and lightest spring-loaded devise. They feature a ball at the top that lets the device change position quickly and easily. Ideal for both side-load and top-load pressure, the ball rolls within the body, reducing wear on the workpiece or mating part. TE-CO ball plungers are available in press-fit or threaded bodies and in various materials.
Spring loaded plungers are among the most common spring-loaded devices used in various machinery applications. An extended nose allows for a larger bearing surface. TE-CO manufactures spring loaded plungers in multiple materials and designs, along with a wide range of spring forces. Short spring plungers work well in areas with constricted space.
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Hand-retractable plungers, also known as quick release plungers, are highly efficient for positioning applications requiring fast, easy installation. Handle styles include a ring, L-handle or knob that disengages the plungers for quick removal or repositioning. Many of our hand-retractable units contain a locking feature that allows the user to “lock” the nose inside the plunger body while indexing their fixtures.
TE-CO offers hand-retractable plungers in several designs, materials and finishes. Body materials are steel, stainless steel, and nose material options include the same, along with Delrin. Hand-retractable plungers are also offered in a threaded and weldable body design.
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 recognized as a reliable source for spring and ball plungers, as well as other established workholding devises. Contact the TE-CO team online today for additional product information, pricing and availability.
