ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL—Specifications for a new BIG PLUS dual contact modular tooling system especially engineered for turning operations on the Mazak® Integrex and Integrex “e” Series CNC multi-tasking machines are now available in a 12-page color catalog from BIG Kaiser Precision Tooling Inc.

The catalog offers easy-to-understand illustrations and usage charts detailing how multiple tool holders, Kaiser KAB shanks, collets, boring bar holders, chucks, and endmills combine to make Integrex machines achieve the highest performance.

It includes model numbers and clamping ranges for Micro and New Baby Collets, as well as specific cutter shank diameters required when using the Mega Perfect Seal.

The BIG PLUS taper and flange contact spindle system for Mazak Integrex “e”-Series offers the first modular tooling system for mill-turning applications, in either a 45 degree tilt style or a 90 degree right angle style. It also includes a wide variety of rotary tool holders and a complete MTC® tooling system—a full range of tool holders for milling, drilling, tapping, reaming, and boring.

Simultaneous spindle and flange contact greatly enhances rigidity and repeatability, which yields many benefits in higher metal removal rates, higher accuracy, improved surface finish, and extended tool life. It will also minimize vibration to prevent fretting corrosion; eliminate axial movement during high speed operation; and resist cutter deflection, improving accuracy and finish.

BIG Kaiser Precision Tooling, based in the Chicago suburb of Elk Grove Village, is the exclusive sales and marketing arm in North America for Heinz Kaiser, AG, Rümlang, Switzerland, a worldwide developer and manufacturer of precision boring tools of unmatched quality for thousands of applications in metalworking. BIG Kaiser is owned by BIG Daishowa Seiki, one of the world’s leading producers of precision tool holders and measuring accessories.

BIG Kaiser is a market leader in the development, manufacture and distribution of high precision boring tools, precision tool holders including BIG PLUS systems, modular tooling systems, carbide and indexable drills and endmills, precision tool measurement and presetting systems, workholding systems and machine accessories.

To receive a copy of the Mazak Integrex & Integrex “e” Series catalog, or for information on other BIG Kaiser products, contact BIG Kaiser at 641 Fargo Avenue, Elk Grove Village, IL 60007, telephone 847-228-7660, fax 847-228-0881, e-mail BIGKaiser@bigkaiser.com, visit our Website www.bigkaiser.com or contact the BIG Kaiser tool distributor in your area.