Platinum Tooling Begins Distributing Tecnicrafts Swiss-Type Collets, Guide Bushings
Tecnicrafts Industries is an India-based manufacturer of collets and guide bushings for Swiss-type CNC lathes.
Platinum Tooling Technologies Inc. has announced it will begin distributing products from Tecnicrafts Industries, a manufacturer of collets and guide bushings for Swiss-type CNC lathes.
Tecnicrafts is an ISO 9001:2015-certified company based in South India. Tecnicrafts’ collets and guide bushings are exclusively used for Swiss turning applications on Citizen-Cincom, Tsugami, Star, Tornos, Hanwha, Traub, Hardinge, Manurhin-Kmx, Miyano, Nomura and other machine brands.
The collets are offered in steel and carbide-lined versions with grooved, smooth, serrated bores in standard and long-nose types. Tecnicrafts produces specialized collets such as V-line, U-line, over-grip collets, for positive gripping of delicate parts without marks. The W-type collets are available for tool grinding applications on machines like Rollomatic, ANCA, Ewag and others. Other collets offered include 5C and 16C types.
Tecnicrafts also offers guide bushings with carbide lining, which provide bores with roughness values of less than 0.4 microns. These guide bushings include U-line, extended-nose and long carbide bores for turning applications. Additionally, the company’s bar-feeder collets are available for various bar feeders from Fedek, LNS, Ikura-seiki, Iemca, Citizen, FMB and other brands.
All collets and guide bushings are offered in standard and precision grades. The bore profiles include round, square, hexagon, rectangular and profile bores.
