Special chucks

Expanding mandrels for very large components

Special chucks brochure


A venture into new dimensions. Whenever and wherever in the technical world production challenges require innovative workholding solutions with maximum precision and reliability, FORKARDT is renowned worldwide for it’s experience of delivering solutions which work.



Highlights of this FORKARDT application technology:

  • Clamping diameter: 3m ft; height: 3.8m (12.5ft).
  • Clamping mode: centred, form retaining, program controlled
    changeover from centric to circular.
  • 24 hydraulically operated clamping jaws, each individually and
    synchronously controlled.
  • 24 vibration dampers.
  • 4 retractable hydrostatically compensating support units.


Clamping system
Clamping system for machining complex conical forms





Large mandrel for machining boosters
Large mandrel for machining
of Ariane boosters


Linie

Mandrels for large
components