Collet maintenance is one of the most common causes of inadequate tool life or breakage. There are up to six links in the chain that comprise this critical tool-holding system, known as a collet.

Rego-Fix (www.rego-fix.com) has expanded its line of ER collets with a range of metallic sealed collets. These collets are designed for applications that require throughthe- tool coolant pressures to ...

Shops are realizing significant advantages in using collet blocks rather than standard vises or 3-jaw chucks to grip round, hex, square or odd-shaped parts. A collet automatically centers the ...