OK-VISE Oy Finland

A BRIEF INTRODUCTION OF OK-VISE COMPANYA Finnish company OK-VISE Oy invented original wedge clamps over 25 years ago and are a leading wedge clamp manufacturer in the world. Today we have a distribution network in over 40 countries and we are the only wedge clamp manufacturer granting a 10 year warranty for the raw material and craftsmanship of our clamps. COMPANY PROFILEOK-VISE low-profile clamp was originally designed to solve a specific workholding need in a production process of our parent company. This clamping method attracted the interest of other companies due to the obvious benefits it offers. Benefits like the possibility of three-directional machining, extreme clamping force and ultimate efficiency are just a few of the many features OK-VISE clamping method is known for. This unique workholding solution is designed to meet the demands of the modern metalworking, plastic, aerospace and electronics industries. As a result of a constant product development and dedicated customer service, our name stands for quality in every respect and today OK-VISE is a well recognized trademark around the globe with unbeatable 10 year warranty for raw material and craftsmanship. OK-VISE low-profile clamps function on the principle that when tightened down they expand, simultaneously thrusting the pieces to be machined against the guide and preventing any possibility of play and the sliding of the workpieces. These clamps are designed to fit between the pieces to be machined and take very little space on the fastening base. Small in size, yet possessing an excellent clamping force up to 150 kN these clamps guarantee a holding capacity which clearly exceeds the load imposed by machining forces. Our low-profile clamps can be used on single machines just as successfully as in large Flexible Manufacturing Systems. No additional investments other than fixed stoppers are required. OK-VISE low-profile clamps come in two basic models, one with a single-wedge construction and the other with a double-wedge construction creating a pull-down action. When the single-wedge clamps keep the workpieces steadily in place, not allowing upward or downward movement, the double-wedge clamps generate a pull-down action pressing the workpieces also towards the fixture base. We also offer a line of machinable jaw models for workpieces of irregular shape and a special model for castings and wire EDM applications. OK-VISE is a cost efficient choice because the accuracy of the fixture comes normally from the precision of the fixed stoppers, quideframes and location pins (so called 0-points) and not from the clamp itself which job is to generate the clamping force to hold the workpiece towards the 0-points. Therefore no additional investments other than fixed stoppers are needed. Todays sophisticated machines make tool changes in fractions of a second and are cutting at speeds we once thought nearly impossible. However, the effectiveness of a machining center does not lie in the number of pallets, but in the extent to which the capacity of each pallet can be utilized, in other words, how many pieces can be machine at the same time. With OK-VISE low-profile clamps it is possible to achieve the highest level of this effectiveness. The key feature of the OK-VISE low-profile clamp is its cross-wedge construction in both the horizontal and the vertical plane, which means that the clamp is locked firmly in every direction as it is tightened down, This cuts out all possibilities of measurement error due to sliding. Thanks to a small size these light-weight clamps are easy to lift and install. Moving around from one application or machine to another is virtually effortless. Universal design makes easy using a reality both in manual as well as in CNC machines. With excellent clamping force up to 150 kN OK-VISE low-profile clamps guarantee a holding capacity which clearly exceeds the load imposed by machining forces. Due to a low-pro