Delivering Higher Performance

The development of VDP - vibration-damped palletization - is an example of an advanced development in order to set new standards in metalcutting machining. The typical machining system is a closed circle where the elastic structure broadly consists of three components - a machine tool, a cutting tool and a workpiece clamping system - which together dictate the stability of the system. The quality of the manufactured product and the capability of the machining process depend largely on the dynamic stability of every component of this structure.

Ever more stringent demands on metalcutting machining - new materials, better surface finish, closer tolerances - have made the vibration problem more and more urgent. System 3R has worked to improve the entire machining process by improving the dynamic properties of their pallet system.

The VDP range includes both manual and automatic chucks - Macro, Macro-Magnum and Dynafix - which:

• improve surface finish-reducing the need for finishing;
• reduce tool wear - lengthening tool life;
• allow machining with a higher removal rate - giving shorter lead times;
• reduce wear on the machine spindle - cutting the maintenance costs of the machine; and
• reduce noise level - improving the working environment.