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31.01.2024
B - Equipment
Clamping workpieces with just one hand
Mahr Engineered Solutions (MES) has developed a clamping device for single-handed use for the MarSurf CNC Series 1200 contour and surface measuring station.
This special solution was requested by a german customer to enable employees with physical disabilities to operate the machine.
Among other things, the customer manufactures high-precision workpieces for hydrogen technology. In order to measure the workpieces fully automatically, they needed to be clamped securely and reproducibly on a five-axis positioner of the MarSurf CNC Series 1200 measuring station. For three very small components, one of them about the diameter of a one-cent coin, the company was looking for a way to clamp them with just one hand. Normally, the clamping of such filigree components requires two-handed operation: The operator inserts the part to be tested into the workpiece fixture with one hand and has to hold it in place until he closes the clamping device with the second and thus fixes the component – awkward and ultimately impossible for someone who is missing one hand.
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