Threaded-Body Work Supports

Hydraulic work supports are used to provide a self-adjusting rest for workpieces and avoid their vibration and deflection under machining loads.
This series offers high support forces already at 70 bar and can directly be connected to the low-pressure hydraulics of the machine tool. In case of the double-acting version, the return stroke of the support plunger is effected in a precisely defined time, that is above all advantageous in cycle-dependent installations.

The support plunger is hydraulically extended and retracted by means of a small double-acting cylinder. Contact to the workpiece is made by spring force. The pressure can be easily exchanged.
Locking of the support plunger through the slotted clamping sleeve is made by means of a ring-shaped conical hydraulic piston where the locking force is transmitted by a low-friction ball shell. Unlocking of the support plunger is made by spring force.

The support plunger is retracted in off-position. When pressurised, the piston of the double-acting cylinder extends against an internal stop and the support plunger contacts the already clamped workpiece with spring force.
With continuing pressure increase, the conical hydraulic piston moves downwards. The support plunger will be radially locked by the slotted locking bush using a low-friction spherical shell and can then compensate load forces in axis direction.
For unclamping, hydraulic pressure will be released. The conical hydraulic piston is pushed upwards by spring force, whereby the locking of the support plunger disengages. At the same time, the return line is pressurised and the piston of the double-acting cylinder retracts the support plunger back to the off-position.