PRECISION MACHINE COMPONENTS & SYSTEMS

Innovative products and services for machine design, manufacture, rebuild and repair.

A Culture of Innovation
Innovation is more than a concept at AME.
Its part of our culture. We continually look for innovative new ways to improve our products and services, and youll see the results in every corner of our organizationin our processes, our strategic alliances, our staff and, most importantly, in the high-quality, precision engineered components and machines we deliver to you. Here are some of the tangible ways weve fostered a culture of innovation at Advanced Machine & Engineering (AME) for over four decades:

Spindle Interface Solutions

Selective partnerships
At AME we partner with some of the most advanced technology companies in the machining industry. From day one, weve looked for strategic alliances with industry leaders so we can quickly bring new capabilities to your workplace.

Proven processes
As an early adopter of ISO-9001 standards, AME delivers proven, measurable quality within every work cell and on every project. We innovate within a framework of ISO compliance, and deliver precision components that meet or exceed every ISO metric.

As the exclusive U.S. distributor of OTTJakob steep taper or HSK drawbars and components, AME provides the most reliable and highest precision tool holding solutions in the world. OTT-Jakob is the gold standard, combining industry-leading technology with proven production processes to create durable, reliable tool holding products recognized worldwide for their accuracy, repeatability and uptime. You can count on OTTJakob products day after day, year after year. You can count on AME the same way. Our Spindle Interface Group backs every tool holding solution we sell with maintenance, repair and reconditioning services to ensure a long, productive life from your investment. AME engineers are also available for up-front application and integration assistance, so when you come to AME, you get a tool holding solution thats custom-tailored to your machines and your unique requirements.

OTT-JAKOB Power Drawbars and Components hold cutting tools

securely in place. Features include power-off clamping, intensified spring force with wedge mechanisms, compact design with minimal rotating mass, and quick-change design. AME is the exclusive North American distributor of OTT-JAKOB power drawbars and components.

State-of-the-art facility
AME engineers and technicians always have access to the most progressive technologies in the machining industry. Today our 133,000 square foot facility includes CNC turning machines, machining centers, boring mills, grinding machines and inspection equipment to fully manufacture and validate parts of any size. We put the best tools in the right hands, which means AME can manufacture custom components to any spec.

Specialty tool holders including steep taper, HSK and other designs are manufactured at AME for a variety of applications. Complete gauging capabilities ensure quality tooling. AMEs Spindle Interface Group Services
and repairs all spindle interface components. Complete services are available to repair, rebuild, re-engineer or manufacture any drawbar or spindle shaft to industry standards. Twenty-four hour turn-around is available on drawbar repairs. AME has the machining resources and skilled personnel on site to complete virtually any machining task.

The following pages provide a brief overview of the precision engineered components and services that are available today at AME, including:

The addition of new state-ofthe-art CNC machines allows AME to continually expand manufacturing capability while improving quality.

Real-world expertise
At AME, our product managers are trained engineers, so they have deep, technical understanding of how components are used in the real world, and how they need to be integrated with your machines for best results. Practical knowledge of machines and the machining industry creates a fertile environment for new ideas, fresh thinking, and true breakthroughs.

Spindle Interface Solutions (page 3) Machine Components (page 4) Rod Locks and Press Safety (page 5) Fixturing Solutions (page 6) Carbide Saws (page 7) Contract Manufacturing and Services (page 7)

This overview is just a beginning. To learn how AMEs innovative approach to precision products and machining can benefit your organization, please call or go online today.

Above: OTT-Jakob HSK and Steep Taper Power Drawbars. Above right: AMEs drawbar and spindle shaft repair service gets tools back online fast. Left: OTT-Jakob HSK Gripper.

Above: AMEs advanced quality management system allows continuous quality improvement. Left: Highly accurate large and small Coordinate Measuring Machines ensure the accuracy of machining process.

Machine Components
AME machine components are precision engineered for accuracy, long life, and optimal load-carrying capacity. These precision components are designed to perform as expected every time. AME engineers can make sure you get precisely the right components for your specific application.

Rod Locks and Press Safety

Tschudin and Heid Linear Roller Bearings use
a contoured cylindrical roller design to achieve line contact with the guideway rather than point contact with balls. This novel design results in play-free line contact with minimal pre-load, optimum rolling characteristics, long service life with low maintenance, and exceptional load-carrying capacity.

SITEMA Safety Catchers safeguard people and

machines against falling loads or tools if a hydraulic or pneumatic pressure system fails, or if a rope, chain, belt, toothed drive or other lifting member breaks. SITEMA Safety Catchers stop a falling load at any point of ascent and prevent it from crashing down. The system is ratchetless, mechanically safe and absolutely reliable. Its self-intensifying clamp design achieves a level of safety unmatched by any other technology.

AMLOK RCH (Hydraulic) and RLN (Pneumatic) Rod Clamps provide power-off clamping on rods and
shafts, controlling common problems such as over travel, drift, bounce and reverse travel. The clamps are actuated by a spring mechanism and unclamped by hydraulic or pneumatic pressure. These rod clamps are designed to hold components securely in place after motion has stopped. Holding force depends on rod and piston diameter, and can be multiplied by attaching additional AMLOK clamps to the same rod.

Spieth Adjustable Locknuts provide vise-like locking without washers and keys. Nut face square with threads. Inch and metric. Spieth Clamping Sleeves provide keyless, shrink-fit
shaft connections. When axially compressed, Spieth clamping sleeves expand to provide a concentric shrink-fit connection between shaft, sleeve and hub. Inch and metric.

AMDISK Hydraulic Clamp Disks and Rings

are made of a high strength bronze piston disk with a vulcanized Viton seal, so they can be used with any high pressure hydraulic fluid. Pressures up to 4,000 psi. Diameter sizes from 16mm to 75mm.

Spieth Adjustable Hydrodynamic Guide Bushings allow accurate guiding of axially or rotoaxially moving machine components on shafts, quills, boring bars and more. When adjusted, a preloaded hydrodynamic guide is achieved. Inch and metric.

AMBUSH Hydraulic Squeeze Bushings clamp moving shafts to fixed housings and are capable of highly efficient clamping. Standard sizes 10mm 300mm (I.D.) with special sizes up to 600mm (I.D.) and 1,000mm length. Fixture, machine tool and general machine applications. Inch and metric. OTT Precision Worm Gears for backlash-free, highaccuracy index table applications. Excellent for use on CNC machines.

SITEMA Safety Locks are similar to Safety Catchers but with essential differences in the attributes of the clamping system. Rather than catching falling masses, Safety Locks are used for securing horizontal and vertical drives. Holding force is initiated by springs but completed by the load itself through the systems unique self-intensifying clamp design. Available for rod diameters from 12mm. SITEMA Locking Devices are used for clamping rods in applications that require fixing against external operating forces. They withstand forces exceeding 1500kN. The energy required for the clamping action is generated by pre-tensioned springs or by hydraulic or pneumatic pistons. Release is by hydraulic or pneumatic pressure. Locking available for rod diameters from 12mm to 250mm. SITEMA Safety Brakes are designed to hold a moved mass in one direction (against gravity). The mass is held to a round shaft, which could be an existing cylinder rod or a separate rod. High holding force is provided by the load itself thanks to the systems effective, self-intensifying clamp design. Pneumatically operated, for vertical loader axis or vertical/diagonal machine tool axes.

Series CCA Advanced NFPA-style Cylinders with Integrated AMLOK Rod Clamps provide
high locking force to hold a rod in any mid-stroke position. Clamping is accomplished with spring force, eliminating the possibility of drift due to lack of air pressure. Clamping is released by air pressure, max 60psi.

Spieth Hydraulically Actuated Guide and Clamping Sleeves allow automatic and concentric
guiding and clamping of quills, shafts, bars, and support posts. Inch and metric.

Spieth Hydrodynamic Expansion Gibs reduce the cost of machining and scraping, reduce vibration and chatter, and compensate for minor machining inaccuracy on machine slides. Inch and metric.

ODU Electrical Connectors provide precision interconnects for medical, scientific, automotive, heavyduty industrial, computers, electronics, circuit boards, telecom and other applications. Single contacts, cylindrical, modular, PCB.

Above: A Sitema Safety Catcher is applied on this hydraulic press to hold the press tool without a rachet. Photography: Mller-Weingarten AG, Esslingen, Germany. Left: AMLOK RLN Pneumatic Rod Lock.

From left to right: Spieth Components: Type DSK Clamping Sleeve, Type MSW Locknut, Type FSK Guide Bushing Far right: AMBUSH Squeeze Bushing

The Sitema family of products: Safety Catchers, Safety Locks, Safety Brakes, and Locking Units.

Fixturing Solutions
Workholding is a core competency at AME, and it shows in our expansive North American facility. Here youll find horizontal and vertical CNC machine centers, CNC ID/OD grinders, massive coordinate measuring machines (CMMs), and an extensive inventory of offthe-shelf components for modular or dedicated fixtures and assemblies. AME also provides a complete suite of dedicated engineering services including fixture design, repair, replacement, machine integration, shop floor implementation assistancein short, everything you expect from a world-class workholding partner. No matter what kind of fixture you need hydraulic or pneumatic, dedicated or manual, for machining or inspectionAME can deliver.

AMSAW Carbide Saws

AMEs Carbide Saw Group provides end-to-end sales and service for high-performance carbide-tipped saws that provide years of reliable operation in high-volume metal cutting. Saws are built to order or available in standard configurations to meet your precise specifications. AME was the first company to develop carbide billet saws for the world market and has specialized in carbide saws since 1970. Today were the only company in the U.S. to offer turnkey solutions for saw blades, machines and automated systems under one roof. Only AME can provide a total performance guarantee, and back it up with advanced CAD modeling, critical problem-solving capabilities, and four decades of carbide saw design/build experience. AMSAW Carbide-Tipped Cut-Off Saws in standard or automated configurations can saw ferrous and non-ferrous materials with speed and precision. Straight or miter cutting on bars or billets up to 600mm, or rectangles, rails (with optional drill units), profiles, plates, and pipes or tubes (single or in layers). Automatic bar loading, unloading and stacking available on automated machines. Design/Build/Support Services are available for every AME saw. Saws can be designed and built to any spec. Repair, refurbishing and rebuild services are available as needed for any saw in the world. Speedcut, a division of AMEs Carbide Saw Group, provides sales and services for circular carbide-tipped blades, including on-site blade sharpening and repair. Diameters up to 78 inches can be manufactured and serviced on-site. A variety of tooth configurations are available.

Top: High performance CAD systems are used to design and verify custom workholding configurations for any type part Right: Four-station dedicated hydraulic fixture holds four parts per station using on-machine hydraulics.

Dedicated Fixtures from AME can be created from a

sketch, concept or CAD drawing and built to your exact specifications for full ISO-9001:2000 compliance. AME fixtures are 3D CAD modeled for extreme accuracy and durability, and designed to hold the tightest tolerances run after run. Every fixture is verified in-house before it ships to you. A full CMM report available on request).

AMFLEX Self-Aligning Fixture Elements (S.A.F.E.) feature self-aligning ball elements that
automatically adjust to the contours of a workpiece, virtually eliminating the effects of parts distortion during machining.

AMFORCE Power-Off Mechanical Clamping Cylinders provide an innovative way to safeguard

fixtures, machines, workpieces and operators. Parts are mechanically clamped and hydraulically unclamped, so if hydraulic power is lost for any reason, workpieces are held securely in place.

S.A.F.E.-Lock Fixture Plates can be mounted quickly and securely on any AMFLEX grid base. The plates mount horizontally or vertically for dedicated machining. TRIAG Modular Workholding Systems
combine the characteristics and performance of a dedicated fixture in a platform that is completely modular and can be retooled as needed. TRIAG base rails mount to AME standard grids. AME is the exclusive U.S. distributor of TRIAG products.

AMROK Tombstones are available in standard or

custom configurations, from semi-finished plain face to full-grid patterns with precision bushings and threaded inserts. AMROK tombstones are precision engineered to hold the tightest tolerances for flatness, parallelism, perpendicularity and surface finish. Virtually any size or style is available.

Contract Manufacturing and Services

You tell us what you need, we make it happen. That simple premise is behind a suite of contract services available from AME. By outsourcing to AME, you bring critical skill sets into your organization cost-effectively on an as-needed basis.

Contract Inspection at AME features two large DEA coordinate measuring machines (CMMs) to inspect very large partsliterally up to the size of a pickup truck. The CMMs operate in a temperature controlled facility to ensure extremely precise measurements. Computer-Aided Design/Build Services are
available for special machines and components. AME designers can work for you or with you to develop expertly designed fixtures, machines, handling equipment and systems.

Contract Manufacturing at AME features a full

complement of CNC equipment to produce precision machine components, from small round parts as small as a half-inch in diameter up to large machine base components. AME engineers work with your CAD drawings, and can build complex precision parts exactly to spec per ISO-9001 guidelines. Contract manufacturing has been a core competency at AME since the late 1960s.

Left to Right: - Triag modular fixturing components are shown mounted on a Triag Epoxy-mineral tombstone - AME S.A.F.E.-Lock fixture plates on an indexer are for a truck manufacturer. - NEW! Dovetail vise - innovative clamping component allows unobstructed 5-sided machining for increased productivity and fewer setups. - This large cast iron fixture, created for a commercial military aircraft builder, weighs 15,015 lbs and stands 70 tall.

Innovative People, Products and Processes

At AME, innovation is part of our culture. You can see the result in our processes, partnerships, people and servicesand in the precision engineered components, machines and services showcased here. To learn more about AME and our innovative approach to precision machining, please call 815-962-6076 or visit www.ame.com today.

Perfect Machine Protection. For 50 years, AMEs sister company, Hennig, has been designing and producing custom machine protection and chip/coolant management products for state-of-the-art machine tools. Hennig products are reliable, durable, and perfectly tailored to protect against corrosion, debris and common workplace contaminants. Theres no better way to protect your investment on the shop floor. Visit www.hennigworldwide.com.

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