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BIG-PLUS Tool Holders

KAISER Precision for high performance machiningDay by day machining centres with the BIG-PLUS machine spindle and tooling sys-tem are being successfully put into operation. The BIG-PLUS spindle system devel-oped by BIG DAISHOWA with taper- and flange contact provides an impressiverange of benefits: increased rigidity and vibration damping, better accuracy of auto-matic tool change and the elimination of tool movement in Z-Axis by high speed op-eration. Additionally BIG-PLUS tools can be used in standard spindles and vice versastandard tools in BIG-PLUS spindles - an important cost reducing factor when pro-curing a new machine tool.In order that the advantages of the BIG-PLUS system really yield benefits in metalremoval rates, accuracy, surface finish and tool life, the machine spindle as well asthe tool holder has to be manufactured ultra precisely according to the high tolerancegauges and measuring equipments of BIG DAISHOWA.Due to the successful launch of the BIG-PLUS system, Heinz Kaiser Ltd. renown asmanufacturer of the modular CKB/CKS tooling system, which stands for precision,high performance and durability and as sole agent for BIG tools in Switzerland,KAISER has obtained the license for the manufacturing of BIG-PLUS tools. Besidesmodular KAISER shanks, the Swiss enterprise also produces from now on high pre-cise tool holders in the BIG-PLUS execution and distributes them all over Europe.The range of BIG-PLUS tool holders “made in Switzerland” comprises the followingsteep taper tools SK40 and SK50 according to DIN and BT standards:Side lock holders (Weldon)Universal milling cutter holdersFace mill arborsShrink fit holdersBIG-PLUS by KAISER – legal doping for your workshop