The power of the WIDIA™ enterprise Tooling Systems WIDIA proudly offers premium quality Erickson™ toolholder products, so you can be sure that you’re buying the best the industry has to offer. The entire portfolio — including steep taper, HSK, straight shank extensions, collets, sleeves, and accompanying products — offers high productivity, increased accuracy, and application flexibility. Designed for both manual and automatic tool changing, Erickson interfaces are ideally suited for most machine tools and feature a compact and rigid construction guaranteed to handle high torque and deliver optimal metal removal rates. Machinists have relied on the Erickson name for more than 60 years. With one of the broadest product offerings in the industry, Erickson tools may be used on all types of machine tools and in applications ranging from low-speed, heavy-milling jobs to high-speed operations greater than 20,000 RPMs. WIDIA Shrink Fit Technology Advantages of Shrink Fit Tooling Heat shrinking is not new technology in the tooling industry, but onlyrecently has it been applied to quick-change toolholding systems.•Evenly distributed pressure 360° along the lengthof the cutting tool. Shrink fitting works by having toolholders with an internal bore • Slim and short toolholder designs can be achieved that is slightly smaller than the connecting end of a cutting shank. due to the lack of moveable parts. • Absolute symmetry of the grip provides the best possible When the toolholder is heated, the bore expands and the shank is balance for high-speed operations. able to slip inside the bore. As the toolholder cools, it shrinks, clamping • Stronger clamping force than collet or hydraulic chucks. the two pieces together. This creates evenly distributed pressure with minimal vibration between the toolholder and shank that resembles • Can be repeated thousands of times. a monoblock tool. • Capable of greater speeds and feeds. • Adapts to various shank types. • Increased productivity. ® B2 WWW.WIDIA.COM