Product
Part of the turret-lathe tooling system used with HMT and similar machines — holding the tool at the correct centre height and orientation, without a stack of shims underneath it.
Best for
Turning, facing and boring on turret lathes
You send
Holder designation, tool shank size and turret details
You get back
Holders inspected for centre height and squareness
How it starts
Offset confirmed against the operation
The situation
Every packed shank is a rigidity loss and a repeatability loss, repeated at every setup.
What you get
Holders for square-shank turning and boring tools on turret lathes and VTLs.
The machine interface, tool interface and working envelope are checked before manufacture, so holders arrive ready to run.
Supplied from range where a standard suits the job, made to order where it does not, or reproduced from your sample where the original is unavailable.
Locating and clamping features are ground and the dimensions governing runout and repeatability are inspected before dispatch.
Repeat orders and modifications are handled in Bengaluru rather than through an import cycle.
SLA and SLB designations belong to the turret-lathe and VTL tooling system used with HMT and similar machines. They hold square-shank tools at the correct centre height and orientation in the turret, in straight and offset forms for turning, facing and boring.
Sizes to suit common shank sections and turret slots. The verified designation table follows CMTA's confirmation.
Match the turret slot and clamping, the tool shank section, and the offset the cut requires.
Alloy steel, heat treated, ground on locating and tool seat faces, with centre height inspected.
Before you enquire
The inputs that make a useful review, plus the related pages worth reading first.
FAQ
The questions engineers and buyers ask before sending a drawing. If yours is not here, ask it directly — you will get an engineer's answer, not a brochure.
Still have a question?
Talk to Anita M.N, Managing Partner, or send the drawing and let the review answer it.
Holder designation (SLA or SLB), Tool shank size, Machine and turret details, Reach and offset, Cutting direction. If you are unsure of any of these, send a photograph of the current holder and the machine nameplate — that is usually enough for us to confirm the rest.
Yes. Variations in length, reach, interface, clamping or tool size are manufactured to order. Fully custom variants go through the custom tool holder process, with a drawing approved by you before manufacture.
Against three things: the machine interface, the tool interface and the working envelope. Where an existing item is being replaced, matching it to your sample or original part number is the most reliable route of all.
Yes. A drawing is manufactured to its stated tolerances; a sample is measured and reverse engineered into a drawing for your approval, and then manufactured.
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