In making the announcement, Richard Ruscio, President, stated, “In this time of difficult economic decisions, replacing existing worn or damaged chucks with new chucks is not always the best decision. Reconditioning a chuck costs less than 50% of buying a new chuck. This allows having two chucks reconditioned like new for the same price as a new replacement chuck and includes a one year full warranty (the same as a new chuck).

“And this is exactly the reason we’ve expanded our reconditioning and repairing services…to assist our customers in making the right decision when chucks become worn or damaged.”

“First, contact us to discuss your requirements. Then, we will evaluate your chucks at no charge. Should they not be too badly worn or damaged, we will recommend either reconditioning or repairing and then provide a cost estimate. Once the decision is made to go ahead, we will quickly deliver the reconditioned chuck with like- new tolerances…and with a one year full warranty.”

Reconditioning or Repairing…time to consider is when a chuck begins to perform improperly.

“Obviously, safety considerations are first and foremost in determining the overall results to be achieved.” stated, John Darling, Chief Engineer. “Then it must be decided whether the chuck has to be operated for a short period of time or for a long period of trouble-free use. And, most importantly, how will the cost difference between a new replacement compared to the less than 50% cost for a reconditioned chuck, effect your overall decision.”

Faulty Chuck

“In addition to the savings in cost, there are four specific reasons to consider reconditioning or repairing a chuck:

1. does the chuck visibly appear to be worn?
2. has an accident broken something
   in the chuck?
3. has the chuck begun to lose its gripping force or its accuracy?
4. is the chuck design incapable of holding a part specifically designed to meet the part’s process and tolerances.”

Making the Right Decision – Reconditioning or Repairing

Darling further stated, “The final decision must be based on what is functionally and financially best for the situation.”

Reconditioning

“This is the preferred choice for less than 50% of the price of purchasing a new chuck. A correctly maintained and lubricated power chuck will usually age gracefully and only show wear by loss of accuracy and/or gripping force. When sent in for an examination and/or testing, all the major wear surfaces will be inspected. If found to be worn, they will require rebuilding of one form or another.”

“The forms for building up worn surfaces are either chrome plating or welding. After the worn surfaces are built-up and the parts are carefully checked for any possible cracks, the new surfaces are ground to like-new chuck tolerances. Master jaws are also qualified to like-new chuck tolerances.

1. It is important to note that once an original chuck has been reconditioned to new chuck standards, it has a one year full warranty (the same as a new chuck)…and for most situations is equal to new chucks in reliability.
2. It usually can be done in half the time it takes to have a new chuck built and it may be such that a part has to be replaced, welded or plated. However, you have most of the chuck already completed. “

Repairing

“Usually, this is the least expensive service and the quickest to get back in production. If there is a broken master jaw or a broken jaw activator caused by an accident, then replacing the broken part and cleaning up some damaged surfaces can make the chuck serviceable at little expense.”

“However, an exception to this service is when the broken part is a special part. Then it may have to be reverse engineered and manufactured which is more time consuming and costly.”

Repaired Chuck

“The repairing procedure provides a very serviceable chuck….returned to its original condition prior to breaking. However, the repaired chuck is still a somewhat worn chuck with a warranty only on the replaced parts and workmanship. A final consideration is that replacement parts may not have the same fit with worn parts which, in turn, may not provide the best situation for holding parts.”

Expanded Service Provides the Advantages of an Efficient Team Approach.

“Our workholding customers are able to draw from a team of varied backgrounds and experience in engineering, designing and machining. Each individual’s analysis will be reviewed and discussed among team members having over 100 total years workholding experience serving the needs of specialized groups including the aerospace, ammunitions, automotive, firearm, medical, recreational, flow control and petroleum industries.”
stated Bernie McAloon, Sales Manager.

For complete information on Royal Machine’s reconditioning/repairing of chucks, contact Royal Machine & Tool Corporation at (860) 828-6555 or
at www.royalworkholding.com.

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Specially Designed Hydraulic Fixture.

Berlin, CT – Realizing the ever-increasing importance of the Aerospace Industry and its demands and needs for innovative workholding engineering, designs, products and services, Royal Machine & Tool Corporation has announced the expanding of its aerospace workholding services.

In making the announcement, Richard Ruscio, President, said, “Our workholding specialists are experienced In the engineering, designing, machining and providing of highly specialized and custom-built hydraulic and manual operated fixtures designed to conform to the unique (and exotic) shapes and sizes found in today’s Aerospace Industry. These specially designed fixtures provide the rigid clamping forces required when machining ultra quality aerospace materials.”

Over 100 years workholding experience.

“Our aerospace customers are able to draw from workholding specialists with varied engineering backgrounds and experience. The ideas generated can be reviewed and discussed among specialists having over 100 total years workholding experience serving the needs of specialized groups including the aerospace, automotive, firearm, medical, recreational, flow control and petroleum industries.” stated Bernie McAloon, Sales Manager.

New Equipment and Software purchased…New Building Addition…to meet the increased fixturing needs of the Aerospace Industry.

In the past 12 months, Royal has invested in five new pieces of equipment for their turning and milling departments to expand their capabilities in capacity and machining. The engineering department has upgraded to Solid Works Software which enables solid modeling in their designs…a features most vital in optimizing the fixture at the design phase by the offering of 3-dimensional viewing.

A 1,200 square foot building addition has been recently completed to provide additional manufacturing space by consolidating operations and improving work flow.

Complete information on the newly expanded aerospace services can be obtained by telephoning Sales & Marketing at (860) 828-6555.

Royal Machine & Tool Corporation is ISO9001:2000 & AS9100 Rev. “B” Certified and serves the world’s leading industries by designing and building custom and standard workholding devices from simple manual fixtures to sophisticated hydraulic fixtures with multiple faces. In addition, Royal provides custom and standard chucks of all types for rotating and non-rotating applications…as well as a complete range of Contract Machining options and services from single prototype machining to high volume production requirements.

A Wide Variety of Production Components.

Berlin, CT- Over 35 precision CNC Lathes, Vertical and Horizontal Machining Centers provide a wide range of manufacturing capabilities…from single prototype machining to high volume, sophisticated production requirements.

“The recent additions of automatic bar feed and sub-spindle capabilities to Royal’s Turning Centers now allow us to offer faster service and even more competitive pricing”, stated Bernie McAloon, Sales Manager. “In addition, the acquisition of five (5) Coordinate Measuring Machines…including larger capacity and programmable features…insures our customers of receiving the quality product expected in today’s highly precision market.”

In making the announcement of expanded service, Richard Ruscio, President of Royal Machine & Tool stated, “the combination of 50 years in providing contract machining service utilizing our workholding experience …and our having over 40,000 square feet of modern manufacturing facilities in CT…allows us to provide our customers high quality finished products and time-sensitive delivery.”

Complete information on the newly expanded program can be obtained by contacting Sales and Marketing at (860)828-6555.

Royal Machine & Tool Corporation is ISO9001:2000 & AS9100 Rev. “B” certified and serves the world’s leading industries by designing and building custom and standard workholding devices from simple manual fixtures to sophisticated hydraulic fixtures with multiple faces. In addition, Royal provides custom and standard chucks of all types for rotating and non-rotating applications.