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expanding collet design - any guideline specs

expanding collet design - any guideline specs

expanding collet design - any guideline specs

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I need to design an expanding collet to fit on the arbor of a machine (so I have a stop with a retractable plunger thru the center of it) and have one that is a taper with alternating splits from each end. I can get it to tighten but not really hold without slipping. Is there a 'collet design' guide or some good rule of thumb references that I can make sure I meet? I've done collets before and just lucked out I guess - I'm looking for some type of collet design handbook I guess... Thanks in advance. Gus (gus_mouse@hotmail.com)

RE: expanding collet design - any guideline specs

Have a look at this old book ;
  
JIGS AND FIXTURES - Non-standard clamping devices
published by the McGraw-Hill Book Company and written by Hiram E Grant.

abebooks.com have secondhand copies from $24

             

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