by REGO-FIX Team | Oct 9, 2020 | Blog
As most shops know, collet-type toolholder assembly and setup have relied on cumbersome, complicated and error-prone manual methods costing valuable production time and money. With increasing demands for tighter tolerances in such industries as aerospace and medical...
by REGO-FIX Team | Sep 25, 2020 | Uncategorized
Like many manufacturing companies, REGO-FIX makes safety its top priority, and we’re proud to offer a number of products that make it easy to achieve secure, safe operations, including the original ER collet and the powRgrip® System. But given the speed of modern...
by REGO-FIX Team | Sep 11, 2020 | Blog
Remember your initial impressions of Internet 1.0? Did you take one look at its dial-up modems and proprietary networks and immediately picture today’s always-on, always-connected world? Most people wondered how it possibly could offer them anything of value,...
by REGO-FIX Team | Aug 21, 2020 | Blog
Just as shops try to reduce the fixed costs of production, they also look for ways to reduce non-cut time, including tool assembly and setup. Automation can speed these and other tooling tasks, while eliminating the need for doing them manually. From tool cleaning and...
by REGO-FIX Team | Aug 7, 2020 | Blog
For powRgrip users, any degree of runout is unacceptable. That’s why they chose a toolholding solution with a total indicated runout (TIR) less than or equal to 3 µm at 3xD. But even a tiny chip floating in coolant swarf that has dried onto a toolholder’s taper can...
by REGO-FIX Team | Jul 24, 2020 | Blog
Apprenticeships keep manufacturing strong and productive, and all parties involved would benefit if they were implemented throughout the United States. In 2018, more than 261,000 people in the U.S. began or registered for apprenticeships, and at least 3,229 new...
by REGO-FIX Team | Jul 10, 2020 | Blog
The concept of the fully automated toolroom has moved from wish list to workable reality now that virtually every aspect of tool management, cleaning, assembly, presetting and delivery can happen with little operator intervention. Through unattended lights-out...
by REGO-FIX Team | Jun 19, 2020 | Blog
In the world of manufacturing, every day can present new challenges. It’s up to innovators, like REGO-FIX and SolidCAM, to turn them into successes. In one such recent success, the REGO-FIX PowRgrip clamping system played a key role in helping SolidCAM, a leader in...
by REGO-FIX Team | Jun 5, 2020 | Blog
Fritz Weber founded REGO-FIX in 1950. His curious, innovative and entrepreneurial spirit fueled the company’s culture and led to the development of many innovations, including the popular powRgrip toolholding system. That system, in particular, was designed for easy,...
by REGO-FIX Team | May 22, 2020 | Blog
REGO-FIX designs, manufactures and tests all its toolholders in a state-of-the-art, ISO-certified facility in Tenniken, Switzerland. These toolholders are then shipped around the world and to the REGO-FIX North American headquarters in Whitestown, Indiana, where they...
