b'Clamp Down he said he recommended chang- Newton-meters (7.38 ft.-lbs.).ing only the holder while runningWhen you purchase a holder, the same cutting tool at the sameit comes with a dual-contact align-being compressed from the topmachining parameters. As a result,ment system in which you keep with a nut. the tool produced 350 parts aftertorquing the wrench until two lines He added: It looks like a hydrau- the switch compared with 65 to 75align to each other, Doiron said. lic holder, but its not. Its mechani- parts previously. Then you know youre at the cor-cal. It has a collet. Doiron said Emuge-Franken al- rect torque level.Doiron said having a collet meansways has offered a variety of tool- He said the company also sells that an end user isnt restricted toholders, including ER collet, hydrau- apneumaticbreakaway-style one tool diameter per holder whilelic and shrink fit, but weve neverwrench that snaps to indicate when the holders metal-on-metal com- had the level of success like wevethe recommended torque value pression effectively grips the tool inhad with our FPC brand. is reached, as well as a hexagon the collet. One requirement for FPC hold- torque wrench for shops that have In one application where a cus- ers is the use of a torque wrenchrelatively large production cells with tomer experienced chatter issues,to achieve a torque value of 10frequent tool changes.Emuge-Franken offers a slim-line version of the FPC chuck.Emuge-Franken32OCTOBER 2022 Toolholding.indd 32 9/19/22 11:14 AM'