Raptor brochure

Raptor brochure

Raptor brochure

Product catalog summary
Introduction
Raptor Workholding offers a flexible solution for 5-axis machining, allowing manufacturers to machine five full sides of a workpiece in one setup. The system uses a patent-pending dovetail design for strong and rigid clamping with minimal material waste.

Key Features
  • Dovetail Design: Provides extreme clamping strength and rigidity, ensuring accurate positioning with a locating pin.
  • Spring-Loaded Clamp: Can be tightened with a T-handle wrench, simplifying the process.
  • Material Efficiency: Less material is wasted compared to traditional bulky holding vices.
  • Adaptability: Fits any machine with various adapters, risers, and fixtures available.

Benefits
  • Faster Setup: Reduces changeover time by eliminating the need for custom fixtures.
  • Ease of Use: Simple loading and unloading of workpieces with hand-tightened clamps.
  • Strength and Durability: Made from stainless steel or lightweight aluminum for repeated use.

Product Range
Raptor offers a variety of products including Micro-Raptors for small parts, Raptor Rails, Raptor Nests, and Raptor Tombstone solutions for larger or multiple workpieces.

Frequently Asked Questions
  • Strength of Clamping Area: The small clamping area allows greater clearance and less material waste, with the design enhancing holding strength and preventing chatter.
  • Why Choose Raptor: Provides access to all five sides of the workpiece, with easy engagement using a T-handle wrench.
  • Availability: Products can be purchased directly from the website or authorized retailers.

Contact Information
For more information, visit RaptorWorkholding.com or contact them at [email protected] or 1-800-824-8333.
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Catalog excerpts

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FLEXIBLE WORKHOLDING FOR 5-AXIS MACHINING NEVER BUILD ANOTHER FIXTURE. RaptorWorkholding.com

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A FULL ACCESS PASS. Speed up your manufacturing by machining ve, full sides of the workpiece in one set-up. Raptor’s patent-pending dovetail design quickly locks the part in place for extreme clamping strength and rigidity without wasting much material on the base. A locating pin ensures your part is positioned accurately and, unlike other products, the spring-loaded clamp can be tightened with a simple T-handle wrench. Quick and easy. Raptor gets out of your way so you can get the job done. Less tooling, more manufacturing. Spend your time making parts, not guring out how to hold them. Use our...

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RAPTOR IS SIMPLE. Simply load your workpiece onto the xture and hand-tighten the spring-loaded clamp. Unloading is just as easy. SIMPLE DOVETAIL A simple workpiece prep creates a dovetail that locks into the Raptor spring-loaded clamp. HAND TIGHTENED SPRING-LOADED CLAMP Raptor’s spring-loaded clamp works with you to hold the part strongly and makes releasing easy. Use a T-wrench to hand-tighten the clamp and you’re done. It’s quick, simple and strong. Solid, super-strong stainless steel or lightweight aluminum ensures that Raptor will hold up to repeated use. We have adapters, risers and versions...

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS The holding area looks small. Will this system be strong enough to hold my part? The small clamping area is a key feature of Raptor which allows greater clearance to the workpiece versus other solutions which clamp on the outside and get in your way. This also means far less wasted material over traditional bulky holding vices which require more material to achieve the same holding strength. Raptor dovetail xtures allow you to overhang your workpiece off of the top of the xture surface. Therefore, workpieces can be considerably larger than the actual xture itself. The...

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NEED DOVETAIL CUTTERS? We have a solution for that too. Our dovetail cutters are available in a variety of dovetail heights and diameters depending on your need. Raptor dovetail cutters machine the at on the dovetail edge of your workpiece in one pass. This prevents a sharp edge on the dovetail from pressing into the corner of the xture.

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