Schunk Takes Its Latest Innovations to MENE 2016 Exhibition

29 June 2016

At the forthcoming Manufacturing & Engineering North East (MENE) exhibition on Stand D13, Schunk will be showing a multitude of new products alongside some of its established market favourites. At the Newcastle show, the innovator in workholding, toolholding and automation technology will be unveiling a host of new products for North East customers that didn't get the opportunity to see the innovations at the recent MACH show.

One products Schunk will be drawing customer's attention to, will be the new RGG Cleaning Unit. With this, manually blowing swarf from the work envelope of a machine tool can now be a thing of the past. The new RGG cleaning unit fits into tool mountings with a 20mm diameter and can be converted into every machine tool configuration. A small control program can quickly clean the working area, tables and clamping devices, removing all chips. The machine conducts this task far faster and more systematically than any machine operator, saving considerable amounts of time. A powerful jet of compressed air or coolant shoots out of six nozzles of the cleaning unit. The head also rotates, which ensures that the work surface and the inside of the machine are cleaned without endangering the operator from flying chips.

Additionally, Schunk will be keen to emphasise the benefits of its TENDO E Compact hydraulic expansion toolholder at MENE. Capable of reducing set-up times by up to 60% whilst generating 2000Nm of torque, the TENDO E Compact delivers micron precision for a host of machining applications. With this precision toolholder, even demanding applications with tight tolerances on the form, position and surface finish can be rapidly and reliably machined.

For workholding applications, SCHUNK will demonstrate a number of products that will include the flexible manual ROTA-S chuck with its optimised wedge bar drive system and improved lubricant system that ensures consistently high clamping forces. The ROTA-S chuck ensures higher rotational speeds and cutting speeds are possible and it gives users the opportunity to utilise more efficient cutting strategies that shorten the manufacturing time. The quick-change jaw system allows fast, comfortable and repeatedly accurate jaw changes.

For show visitors interested in robotics and gripping applications, SCHUNK will be showing just a few of its globally renowned gripping products. Representing the gripping range at MENE will be the MPG-plus miniature parallel gripper that is the most powerful miniature parallel gripper on the market. Compared with similar modules that require the same input, it achieves a significantly higher output, therefore paving the way for increasingly smaller and more efficient systems. The higher force and maximum moment enable longer gripper fingers and higher gripping forces in modules of the same size. Of course, as the world leader in clamping technology, SCHUNK cannot demonstrate all of its products at the show. Please speak to our team on stand D13 for further information.