Mapal says its Uniq hydraulic chucks have secured a further design award. Following the IF Design Award 2020 and the Good Design Award 2021, the Uniq series has won the sustainability-oriented Green Design Award.

When Mapal completely revised its hydraulic chucks in 2020, the focus was on making the entire product range even more efficient and durable in daily use. The new hydraulic chucks were given a uniform appearance – the requirement being that the design should guarantee the greatest possible stability with optimum use of resources.

In collaboration with design agency Ottenwaelder and Ottenwaelder, product managers at Mapal developed a new design concept for the product family. In order to emphasise the uniqueness of the revised chucks, the naming was based on the English word ‘unique’.

The two hydraulic chuck series – Uniq Mill Chuck and Uniq DReaM Chuck – combine Mapal’s performance promise of quality and function, in particular through the interplay of geometric and functional properties. Thanks to a polishing process newly developed for the Uniq series, the high-gloss surface of the chuck is more resistant to dirt and corrosion.

Mapal also attached great importance to making the use of process reliability. Here, the blue colouring of the actuating screw provides a key contribution. Specially created signatures also contain handling instructions.

“We are proud that we have won several internationally recognised awards our Uniq,” says Tobias Bayerle. “The development of the series proves that you can not only win through practicality, but also thanks to product design and the added value it offers customers. If you can impress with performance and design, you’ve done a lot of things right.”

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