EMUGE-FRANKEN USA, a leading manufacturer of high-performance taps, thread mills, end mills, drills, gages, rotary tools, and precision clamping solutions, has announced the launch of the EMUGE EvoGrip, a uniquely designed modular workholding solution featuring the company’s first standard high-performance centering vise system.
The EvoGrip system is engineered to deliver maximum clamping force and full 5-axis access within a compact setup, making it particularly well-suited for aggressive milling operations. The product line is available in three basic vise widths—70 mm, 100 mm, and 120 mm—providing clamping forces of 25kN, 50kN, and an exceptionally high 75kN.
Notably, the mid-size 100 mm vise, capable of delivering 50kN clamping force, sets a new industry benchmark. With this launch, EMUGE-FRANKEN USA has introduced a solution that is unmatched in the market in terms of performance and versatility.
“Until now, EMUGE has been known for its custom workholding solutions to clamp the most challenging applications,” said Mr. David Jones, Precision Workholding Product Manager, EMUGE-FRANKEN USA. “We are very pleased to now offer our customers the rigidity and precision they expect from EMUGE in a standard, consistent workholding system with tremendous clamping forces.”
EvoGrip Centering Vises are manually operated and engineered for precise centric clamping, creating an extreme holding force of up to 75 kN despite a slimmer design than comparable products, so pre-embossing is not necessary. The slim, modular design enables multi-sided machining and facilitates easy integration into machining setups. Interchangeable top jaws can be mounted to the base jaw for use with different workpieces and machining requirements. Highly robust and stable guideways for the base jaws are precisely machined with EMUGE’s own end mills. Also, an integrated interface for automation provides two holding bores on either side of the basic vise body for machine gripper interfacing. This affords quick robot-controlled changeovers to the next workpiece, or even a totally different workpiece altogether.
When EvoGrip Centering Vises are combined with the EMUGE EvoPoint Zero-Point Clamping System, setup times can be reduced by up to 80% versus when having to bolt down a clamping system. The modular EvoGrip System is scalable so that vises and zero-point interfaces can be configured to fit any machine tool or job. An integrated, robust EvoPoint zero-point clamping system provides automatic alignment using geometry similar to a pull stud, enabling fast, precise and repeatable clamping in the micron range, and the referencing of devices and workpieces on machine tools, machining centers and CMM’s. Repeatable accuracy of 0.005 mm and concentricity of ±0.02 mm is achievable with the EvoPoint System. The combination of EvoGrip with EvoPoint enables fast changeovers, high positioning accuracy, and exceptional holding force.
In addition, the reliable, repeatable EMUGE EvoGrip Workholding System includes EvoBlock solutions for machine table connections and riser options ranging from base plates to one-piece spacers. For customizing a solution to accommodate workpiece height requirements, machinable VarioBlock multi-piece spacers are available.
