Advanced Machine and Engineering www.amrok.com TOMBSTONES, CUSTOM FIXTURES, & WORKHOLDING COMPONENTS AMERICAN WORKHOLDING WISDOM

Every manufacturer requires repeatable, precise, and productive workholding solutions that offer simplified, versatile designs. In fact, it was that exact need that encouraged our founders to create what is now known as the AMROK division, located in the heart of one of America’s largest manufacturing hubs—Rockford, Illinois. A BRIEF HISTORY In the 1960's, we found ourselves utilizing our internal engineering teams to design improved and custom fixturing solutions due to the lacking designs of what was being offered in the industry. Over the years, shop managers watched the innovative designs...

131 | Chain/Cable Clamp Systems 11 | Tombstones Made to Order 137 | Locators, Spacers, and Risers 148 | Spring Support Systems 46 | NEW Epoxy Mineral Tombstones 158 | SAFE System Accessories 181 | Universal Accessories 66 | Workholding Systems Overview 188 | Custom Machining Fixtures 88 | Triag International Modular Vise Systems ADVANCED MANUFACTURING “My entire life I have been involved in Advanced Machine and Engineering—that is just what happens when you are born into a tightlyknit, family-owned business. My career here started when I was young, running various machines—manual lathes, mills,...

WORKHOLDING WISDOM AMROK has evolved over years of innovation, growth, and continuous improvement. Our partnerships with some of the brightest minds in workholding allow us to deliver the products, systems, and know-how that will optimize your setup and simplify your processes. We know there are countless ways to hold a part during the machining process, so our workholding and custom fixturing experts work closely with you to understand your manufacturing challenges first-hand. It is through these personal relationships that we are able to find the right solution for your application while also...

WORKHOLDING WISDOM As part of our mission, we developed an educational blog that offers tools, tips, and tactics for the workholding and fixturing communities at www.workholdingwisdom.com. Workholding Wisdom is designed for new machinists, seasoned engineers, c-suite executives, and everyone in between. Want to join our expert panel as a contributing author? Contact Nick Goellner—Marketing Director at [email protected] for more information. 3

Image: Epoxy mineral Tombstone with Centering Dovetail Vises (CDV)—Reduce overall weight in your workholding foundation by utilizing Epoxy mineral tombstones, a lighter alternative with improved vibration damping. Epoxy Tombstones—Page 46 Centering Dovetail Vise—Page 68

WORKHOLDING FOUNDATIONS 10 BUILD ON THE ROCK 11 TOMBSTONES MADE TO ORDER 46 EPOXY MINERAL TOMBSTONES Building Fixtures on a Rock Solid Foundation Custom Design Capabilities Foundational Workholding NEW, Lightweight Foundational Workholding Foundational Workholding 22 DOUBLE ANGLE Tombstone

WORKHOLDING FOUNDATIONS TOMBSTONES Continued Tombstone Base

NEW EPOXY MINERAL TOMBSTONES 48 CUBE NEW Lightweight Epoxy Mineral Tombstone 52 CROSS NEW Lightweight Epoxy Mineral Tombstone 56 DOUBLE ANGLE NEW Lightweight Epoxy Mineral Tombstone

BUILT ON A SOLID FOUNDATION

BUILD ON THE ROCK THE LEADER IN TURN-KEY WORKHOLDING SOLUTIONS Advanced Machine and Engineering designs and manufactures standard and custom tombstones and sub-plates for virtually any workholding application. By holding the industry’s tightest tolerances for flatness, parallelism, perpendicularity, surface finish, and hole location, we have developed a highly-regarded reputation for being a leader in the workholding industry. BACKED BY PRECISION We offer a fully operational manufacturing facility equipped with milling, boring, turning, EDM, OD and ID grinding, and two of Hexagon’s DEA large-format...

TOMBSTONES MADE TO ORDER MATERIAL OF YOUR CHOICE AMROK tombstones are available in a variety of materials, including cast iron, aluminum, steel, and AMROK’s NEW epoxy mineral. INDUSTRY STANDARD The support of industry standard 2.0000" grid spacing utilizes hardened, threaded inserts and bushings for long-term durability. Customize your tombstone to optimize a specific application with custom hole patterns, t-slots, or other locating/fastening systems—or start with a plain-faced tombstone. Special sizes are also available upon request. 1

• Industry standard 2" grid pattern provides flexibility in fixturing setups • Offered as plain-face, or ^"-13 or /"-11 grid systems offering hardened, threaded inserts and precision bushings • Manufactured to a higher standard of quality with best-in-class precision tolerancing—see full table of precision tolerancing standards (page 8) • Hardened, threaded inserts allow for clamping in every hole while offering quick and easy replaceability • Hardened, precision bushings are accurately located to ensure easy locating coupled with high wear resistance ADDITIONAL OPTIONS AVAILABLE Note: CAD models...

Higher plate thickness tolerances are available upon request. Note: Geometric tolerances shown are precision. Please specify aluminum or steel when ordering. For full tolerancing and precision table, reference page 8.

TOM BSTON E cube, cast iron • Industry standard 2" grid pattern provides flexibility in fixturing setups • Offered as plain-face, or ^"-13 or /"-11 grid systems offering hardened, threaded inserts and precision bushings • Manufactured to a higher standard of quality with best-in-class precision tolerancing—see full table of precision tolerancing standards (page 8) • Standard face widths up to 25" and heights up to 40"—custom sizes available • Hardened, threaded inserts allow for clamping in every hole while offering quick and easy replaceability • Hardened, precision bushings are accurately located...