Tower Workholding Systems HILMA.TS

• clamping against the fixed jaw
• HILMA.TS with 4 clamping sides
  HILMA.TS TriStar with 3 clamping sides
• mechanically operated
• jaw widths 100 and 125 mm

Application
HILMA.TS tower workholding systems are used on horizontal machining centres, in vertical machining in connection with 4th axis, but also on 5-axis machining centres. The applications range from manually equipped machines to pallet stations and fully automated systems.

Description
The tower workholding systems HILMA.TS convince with their durability and precision. The patented guidance and sealing principle works without any delicate sheet metal covers or plastic wipers. The design as a monoblock, without interfaces to individually screwed workholding systems, stands for high stability and high accuracy. The centrally arranged fixed jaw as a central jaw is without load and thus absolutely zero point stable. The workpieces are positioned close to each other, thus reducing the travel paths of the machining centre to a minimum. The purely mechanical operation enables clamping also with low and always reproducible clamping forces. These characteristics turn the tower workholding systems HILMA.TS into a flexible standard fixture for a wide variety of applications in modern production.

Advantages

• 2 sizes for optimum design to the machining centre
• Clamping of 4, 8 or 16 workpieces with standard jaws
• Clamping of different workpiece dimensions also on one side
• Purely mechanical build up of the clamping force
• Easy and safe operation
• Large jaw openings and high flexibility due to extensive range of clamping jaws
• Highest stability by design as a monoblock
• Optimum protection against contamination and wear through patented guidance and sealing
• Process-safe application of clamping force, also when using grip jaws

The pneumatic clamping unit greatly improves the operating facility to an unrivalled extent. The operator triggers the clamping and unclamping process by actuating a foot-operated switch. Thus, he can use both hands for handling workpieces, which is especially important in the case of heavy workpieces. The torque for clamping the clamping system HILMA.TS must not be applied manually. The pneumatic screwdriver which has almost no weight, is suspended from two balancers and can be freely moved. The pneumatic clamping unit combines the reliable and simple mechanical features of the clamping system HILMA.TS with the user friendliness provided by a hydraulic system.
The clamping system HILMA.TS can also be used in automated processes.

Mechanically-operated square clamping tower "HILMA.TS 125" with workpiece-specific special jaws for workpieces with irregular contours. The tower clamping system is suitable for clamping of up to 16 workpieces and the simultaneous machining of components with identical and different dimensions in horizontal machining centres. The patented guide and sealing system guarantees maximum process safety, even for complex machining tasks. The aluminium base plate can be adapted to a wide variety of machine pallets. 

Mechanically-operated square clamping tower "HILMA.TS 125" for use in series production with floating central jaw for 16 workpieces. The machine runtime is considerably increased. The tower clamping system is also suitable for clamping of complex workpiece contours and the simultaneous machining of components with identical and different dimensions in horizontal machining centres. The patented guide and sealing system guarantees maximum process safety, even for complex machining tasks. The aluminium base plate can be adapted to a wide variety of machine pallets.