
Clamping Components
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KM Clamping Components Functional Definitions 1. Clamping Unit Assembly 6. Lockrod
- Assembly is designed to adapt KM tooling
- Dual function:
| to a wide variety of machine tools. | a. Acts as a wedge when advanced between locking balls, |
| | causing them to move outward in the ball canister and pushing |
| 2. Clamping Unit Body | | the locking balls into the ball tracks of the cutting unit (not shown). |
- Primary detail of the clamping unit assembly, b. Acts as a wedge when retracted using a raised, tapered key to less additional hardware. force the bump-off pin against the cutting unit (not shown).
3. Canister Pin or Canister Screw 7. Locking Balls (2)
- Secures ball canister to clamping unit body.
- Precision, chrome alloy-steel hardened balls used to transmit pull-back force to the cutting unit.
4. Pin Canister or Screw Canister
- Main component of KM clamping mechanism holds and locates 8. Bump-Off Pin the locking balls and bump-off pin. Dual function:
a. Releases cutting unit from the clamping mechanism. 5. Torque Screw b. Prevents lockrod from rotating.
- Rotation moves the lockrod: a. Clockwise rotation advances lockrod, securing 9. Bump-Off Pin O-Ring cutting unit (not shown). Prevents coolant and contaminants from contacting b. Counterclockwise rotation retracts lockrod, releasing KM clamping components. cutting unit (not shown).
10. Bump-Off Pin Screws (2)
- Secures bump-off pin in ball canister.