Masterpiece in the World #8
Tower vise capable of clamping 10 or more workpieces with different shapes at a time drastically reduces the number of setups.

Improvement of machine operation time is one of the challenging issues for every customer - especially those who require frequent setups in high-mix low-volume production. If one vise can clamp multiple workpieces, machine operation time can be increased, and if it could handle workpieces with different shapes, no special fixture is needed for every workpiece, which leads to higher efficiency. The “TS Series,” a tower vise for horizontal machining centers from Roemheld of Germany, realizes it for you.

Capable of clamping 10 workpieces or more to reduce setup time

The “TS Series” features the unique shape in which three or four vises vertically stand. The three-vise type is capable of clamping up to 12 workpieces, and four-vise type up to 16 workpieces. The frame and vises are integrated to achieve high rigidity as well as compactness, ensuring high machining accuracy.
Another feature of the “TS Series” is its movement. With the original “third hand mechanism,” the mousepiece clamps workpieces one by one by moving toward the center. It enables one operator to set up multiple workpieces easily and surely, so operators with less experience can also achieve high-accuracy clamping.

Various types of workpieces can be handled by mousepiece replacement. Special fixtures are no longer necessary.

An agricultural machine manufacturer in Europe employed the “TS Series” with dedicated mousepieces, which is capable of handling 90 percent of their workpieces, hydraulic valves. Before they had to use a special fixture for every product because the company produces various types and shapes of valves. It not only took time for them to set up and adjust the workpieces, but also cost them the manufacturing expense. With the “TS Series,” they need no time for setups and adjustments nor dedicated fixtures; and as a result, the cost for fixture was reduced and machine operation rate was improved.

The “TS Series” can bring the same benefits to Japanese companies that employ high-mix low-volume production. The series is especially for those of you who seek the maximum productivity from the production method.