Threaded-Body Work Supports

Hydraulic work supports are used to provide a self-adjusting rest for the workpiece during the machining operations. They compensate the workpiece surface irregularities, also vibration and deflection under machining loads. The threaded-body design allows for space-saving and direct installation into the fixture body. Oil supply is made through drilled channels. In case of the double-acting version the return stroke of the support plunger is effected in a precisely defined time, that is above all advantageous in cycle-dependent installations.

In the body of the threaded-body work support a thin-walled locking bush is integrated, which locks cylindrically around the freely-movable support plunger when pressurising the element with hydraulic oil.
The support plunger is extended and retracted by means of a small double-acting cylinder. The threaded-body work supports are protected against swarf by a metallic wiper and sealed against liquids.