Inverta-Bolts from Wixroyd
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Associated Product
Positioning Clamping Pins for quick clamping and fastening. Available in heat treated steel (tempered and blackened) or precipitation hardened stainless steel.
Easy Locating Unit. It installs and locks in seconds. Heat treated steel. Self-extracting mechanism eliminates the need for prying.
Easy Locating Unit. It installs and locks in seconds. Heat treated steel. Self-extracting mechanism eliminates the need for prying.
Press-fit Expansion Pin made from stainless steel. Provides discrete workholding to allow full tool access on the work surface without external clamping interference.
General Guidance
Introduction
Get rid of clamps and bolts, replace them with Invert-a-bolt (IVB) fasteners. These unique, flush mounted, captive fasteners eliminate obstructions to machining, reduce vibration in your setup and lower cost.
Think of them as a quick change bolt, with the added benefits of never wasting time to grind a bolt to size, nor stop your machine to change clamps. No more warped components due to clamp being over tightened.
IVBs are always in your fixture and are always consistently the same length. Simply screw the larger housing diameter into the fixture plate and bring the inner diameter or stud up into your component's stock material for a superior holding solution.
In high-speed horizontal applications, IVBs are often incorporated for workholding to reduce the risk of tooling clashes. The tiny foot print and "base up" holding power means the IVB presents little risk to high speed spindles.
Great for high speed machining
- Eliminate vibration in the setup. Stable setups enable use of optimal feed-rates for most efficient use of the machine tool.
- Eliminate obstructions to the work environment. Obstructions create hazards which ultimately incur additional and unnecessary costs.
Better than a clamp
- Won't induce warping or other stresses into components.
- Eliminate clamp obstruction.
- Eliminate clamp changes.
- Quick and easy to install and use - clamp and unclamp in seconds.
Better than a bolt
- Tiny footprint of the IVB almost completely eliminates it from the tool path.
- Machine right over the top of an IVB, while continuing to hold securely.
Features
How they work
- Larger outer (housing) diameter screws into the fixture plate, until flush with the surface.
- The smaller (stud) diameter screws in and out of the larger housing diameter.
- When in use, the smaller stud diameter screws into the component material to hold it in place while machining.
- When not in use, the smaller stud diameter can be locked inside the outer diameter, below the fixture surface.
The Invert-a-Bolt solution
- Self contained.
- Easy to install.
- Easy to maintain.
- Low cost.
- Proven track record of use in the Aerospace industry.
Invert-a-Bolt advantages
- Reduce stock size/wastage on every component.
- Reduce number of setups by eliminating clamp changes.
- Reduce fixture size by eliminating clamps.
- Eliminate bridge fixtures.
- Reduce programming headaches.
