Inventors:
William Voet - Butler KY, US
Assignee:
Positrol Inc. - Cincinnati OH
International Classification:
B23B 31/10
Abstract:
A quick-change top tooling system is provided to accommodate various sized and configurations of workpieces to be chucked. The quick-change top tooling system includes a chuck body, at least one jaw assembly, and at least one workstop assembly. The jaw assembly comprises a master post fixed to a surface of the chuck body and a jaw releasably coupled to the master post. The workstop assembly comprises a workstop base mounted to the surface of the chuck body and a workstop releasably coupled to the workstop base. The at least one jaw and workstop may engage and clamp a workpiece to be chucked to maintain the concentricity and parallelism of the workpiece.