Leader Chuck Systems recently announced a partnership with Turin-based tailor-made workholding and component manipulation specialist, Rotomors.

The new collaboration allows Leader to exclusively offer Rotomors bespoke solutions to manufacturing and precision engineering companies in the UK and Ireland.
Rotomors was established in Turin in 1966 as a company that focused initially on the design and manufacture of special self-centring chucks for lathes used by the automotive industry. Today, the company specialises in the design and manufacture of workholding systems, the development of automatic pallet-changing systems for vertical lathes and machining centres, and die-change shuttles for presses.
“Each project is developed according to the specific requirements of the individual customer,” explains Mark Jones, managing director of Leader Chuck Systems. “As the offerings are specially designed, they extend the range offered by Leader with pneumatic and hydraulically operated systems. Chucks start at 200 mm diameter and go all the way up to 7000 mm diameter, with many different styles to clamp just about any shape with variable clamping forces for thin-walled components, as well as heavy-duty clamping when required for aggressive machining applications. For example, the six-jaw chuck we would define as two-plus-two-plus-two, where each of the three pairs of jaws work together to compensate for any out-of-roundness without distorting the workpiece.”
Turning and milling centres, both horizontal and vertical, represent the natural opportunities for Rotomors equipment to make a positive impact on productivity. Each of the workholding and manipulation systems can synchronise with the Rotomors pallet changing systems to support automation and the drive towards Industry 4.0.
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