Blockchain Promises In-Depth Traceability of Parts and Products
Remember your initial impressions of Internet 1.0? Did you take one look at its dial-up modems and proprietary networks and immediately picture today's always-on, always-connected world? Most people wondered how it possibly could offer them anything of value, although...
Reduce Non-Cut Time with Automated Tool Presetting Systems
Just as shops try to reduce the fixed costs of production, they also look for ways to reduce non-cut time, including tool assembly and setup. Automation can speed these and other tooling tasks, while eliminating the need for doing them manually. From tool cleaning and...
Five Toolholding Tips to Prevent Running Into Runout
For powRgrip users, any degree of runout is unacceptable. That’s why they chose a toolholding solution with a total indicated runout (TIR) less than or equal to 3 µm at 3xD. But even a tiny chip floating in coolant swarf that has dried onto a toolholder’s taper can...
Apprenticeships are a Win for Everyone Involved
Apprenticeships keep manufacturing strong and productive, and all parties involved would benefit if they were implemented throughout the United States. In 2018, more than 261,000 people in the U.S. began or registered for apprenticeships, and at least 3,229 new...
Fully Automated Toolrooms Are the Future – But Not for Shrink-fit
The concept of the fully automated toolroom has moved from wish list to workable reality now that virtually every aspect of tool management, cleaning, assembly, presetting and delivery can happen with little operator intervention. Through unattended lights-out...
REGO-FIX Tooling System Helps SolidCAM Tackle Unique Ceramics Challenge
In the world of manufacturing, every day can present new challenges. It’s up to innovators, like REGO-FIX and SolidCAM, to turn them into successes. In one such recent success, the REGO-FIX PowRgrip clamping system played a key role in helping SolidCAM, a leader in...
Nearly Two Decades of Toolholding Innovation with PowRgrip®
Fritz Weber founded REGO-FIX in 1950. His curious, innovative and entrepreneurial spirit fueled the company’s culture and led to the development of many innovations, including the popular powRgrip toolholding system. That system, in particular, was designed for easy,...
Having What Customers Want, When They Want It
REGO-FIX designs, manufactures and tests all its toolholders in a state-of-the-art, ISO-certified facility in Tenniken, Switzerland. These toolholders are then shipped around the world and to the REGO-FIX North American headquarters in Whitestown, Indiana, where they...
REGO-FIX ER Collets Still Set the Standard
Every toolholding system on the market today started as a solution to a problem. Now, manufacturers have access to a comprehensive range of products that overcome every challenge, from the instability of long tool overhangs to the high temperature issues of...
How to Improve Manufacturing With Streamlined Industrial Design
Straightforward toolholding setup procedures make it easy to achieve accurate results quickly and efficiently. When you're sitting in front of a cart filled with the tools you need for your daily workflow, you don't want to run through a lengthy sequence of...
Machining Memos isn’t just about REGO-FIX – it’s about what your shop needs to achieve manufacturing success, from how to handle runout and master high-speed machining to what things like blockchain technology or ergonomics have to do with your part-production operations.
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REGO-FIX Features Large Toolholding Solutions at WITS
WHITESTOWN, Ind., August 18, 2023 – REGO-FIX will showcase the latest addition to its powRgrip (PG) toolholding system designed specifically for large-tool applications up to 1.5 inches or 40 mm at the Wichita Industrial Trade Show (WITS) 2023, Oct. 17-19, in booth...