The present disclosure provides a jaw assembly for mounting to a lathe spindle. The jaw assembly comprises a first jaw set with at least one axially extending jaw portion which comprises a channel extending in the same axial direction as the jaw portion, and a second jaw set locatable within and releasably attached to the first jaw set via at least one fastener locatable in the channel.

The invention relates to a method for creating a press connection arrangement and a clamping connection, the method including a plurality of steps, as well as a press connection arrangement and a clamping connection per se.

Machine chuck jaws, and a related method of manufacture, are provided. The machine chuck jaws are formed from an additive manufacturing process and include one or more gripping pads per chuck jaw. An axial stop is also formed from an additive manufacturing process and provides a flat surface for workpiece placement. The gripping pads equally distribute the clamping pressure, and the additive manufacturing process provides unique shaping capabilities and a honeycomb internal cross-section, thereby achieving a lightweight design. The reduction in weight allows for a decrease in pneumatic pressure used to actuate the jaws, resulting in a corresponding reduction in the clamping pressure which helps improve the form of the workpiece being machined.

There is disclosed a chuck jaw (10.1, 10.2, 10.3) for securing a workpiece (12) to a lathe chuck. The chuck jaw (10.1, 10.2, 10.3) includes a jaw body (16) adapted for operative mounting to the lathe chuck. The chuck jaw (10.1, 10.2, 10.3) further includes at least one holding element (18) operatively associated with the jaw body (16) and adapted to engage the workpiece (12). The at least one holding element (18) is moveable between (i) a release condition in which the holding element (18) is released from the workpiece (12), and (ii) an engaged position in which the holding element (18) engages a surface of the workpiece. The chuck jaw (10.1, 10.2, 10.3) further includes a clamping assembly (20) operatively adapted to secure the at least one holding element (18) in the engaged position.

A vehicle wheel lathe fixture, including an upper cover, a coupling base, a floating disc, a driving seat, a sliding sleeve, a finger-shaped press jaw, a rotating shaft, a sliding shaft, an end-face positioning block base, an end-face positioning block, a positioning pin, a radial positioning block, a radial pull rod, a hydraulic power chuck, a disc spring sleeve, a disc spring, a disc spring positioning column, a press cover, a hydraulic power chuck mounting base and a dust cover. Embodiments of the invention have the characteristics of reliable work, stable operation and wide compatibility range, and is applicable to vehicle wheel mechanical processing lathes.

An aluminum alloy hub lathe fixture, which includes a main plate, a mounting seat, a hydraulic power clamping head, a pull rod, a sliding seat, a connecting pin, a fan-shaped clamping jaw, a sealing cover, a deflection block, a deflection shaft, a centrifugal force balance block, a centrifugal mechanism base, a spring and screws, wherein the main plate and the mounting seat are connected together through screws, so that a housing of the entire fixture is formed; the hydraulic power clamping head is fixed on the mounting seat through screws; one end of the pull rod is mounted on the hydraulic power clamping head through screws, and the other end of the pull rod is connected with the sliding seat through the connecting pin; the fan-shaped clamping jaw is fixed on the sliding seat through screws.

A workpiece holding device for holding a workpiece in a heat treatment system while the workpiece undergoes a thermal expansion and/or contraction includes at least two clamping units configured to apply a radial and/or an axial clamping force to the workpiece to hold the workpiece in the workpiece holding device in a predefined position, and at least three support units configured to support the workpiece. A first one of the at least three support units includes a first cylinder configured to support the workpiece, the first cylinder having a longitudinal axis and being configured to rotate around the longitudinal axis.

A workpiece holding device for holding a workpiece in a heat treatment system while the workpiece undergoes a thermal expansion and/or contraction includes at least two clamping units configured to apply a radial and/or an axial clamping force to the workpiece to hold the workpiece in the workpiece holding device in a predefined position and a drive unit configured to rotate the workpiece in the workpiece holding device. The at least two clamping units may be configured to adjust their position relative to the holding device to maintain the clamping force during the thermal expansion and/or contraction of the workpiece.

A workpiece holding device for holding a workpiece in a heat treatment system while the workpiece undergoes a thermal expansion and/or contraction includes at least two clamping units configured to apply a radial and/or an axial clamping force to the workpiece to hold the workpiece in the workpiece holding device in a predefined position, and at least three support units configured to support the workpiece. At least one of the support units includes a carrier and an exchangeable support element attached to the carrier, the exchangeable support element being configured to contact and rotatably support the workpiece in the predefined position.

Machine chuck jaws, and a related method of manufacture, are provided. The machine chuck jaws are formed from an additive manufacturing process and include one or more gripping pads per chuck jaw. An axial stop is also formed from an additive manufacturing process and provides a flat surface for workpiece placement. The gripping pads equally distribute the clamping pressure, and the additive manufacturing process provides unique shaping capabilities and a honeycomb internal cross-section, thereby achieving a lightweight design. The reduction in weight allows for a decrease in pneumatic pressure used to actuate the jaws, resulting in a corresponding reduction in the clamping pressure which helps improve the form of the workpiece being machined.