WEST BOYLSTON, MA, USA, Sep 9, 2025 – EMUGE-FRANKEN USA, a leading manufacturer of high-performance taps, thread mills, end mills, drills, gages, other rotary tools, and precision clamping solutions has introduced new EMUGE EvoGrip, a uniquely designed breakthrough modular workholding solution which includes its first standard high performance centering vise system. Designed to deliver maximum clamping force and full 5-Axis access in a compact solution setup, EvoGrip is ideal for aggressive milling operations. Three basic vise widths include 70 mm, 100 mm, and 120mm, and EvoGrip offers 25kN, 50kN and an exceptionally high 75kN clamping force. Starting at the mid-size 100 mm wide vise which is capable of 50kN clamping forces, EvoGrip vises are unmatched in the industry.
“Until now, EMUGE has been known for its custom workholding solutions to clamp the most challenging applications,” said Mr. David Jones, Precision Workholding Product Manager, EMUGE-FRANKEN USA. “We are very pleased to now offer our customers the rigidity and precision they expect from EMUGE in a standard, consistent workholding system with tremendous clamping forces.”
EvoGrip Centering Vises are manually operated and engineered for precise centric clamping, creating an extreme holding force of up to 75 kN despite a slimmer design than comparable products, so pre-embossing is not necessary. The slim, modular design enables multi-sided machining and facilitates easy integration into machining setups. Interchangeable top jaws can be mounted to the base jaw for use with different workpieces and machining requirements. Highly robust and stable guideways for the base jaws are precisely machined with EMUGE’s own end mills. Also, an integrated interface for automation provides two holding bores on either side of the basic vise body for machine gripper interfacing. This affords quick robot-controlled changeovers to the next workpiece, or even a totally different workpiece altogether.
When EvoGrip Centering Vises are combined with the EMUGE EvoPoint Zero-Point Clamping System, setup times can be reduced by up to 80% versus when having to bolt down a clamping system. The modular EvoGrip System is scalable so that vises and zero-point interfaces can be configured to fit any machine tool or job. An integrated, robust EvoPoint zero-point clamping system provides automatic alignment using geometry similar to a pull stud, enabling fast, precise and repeatable clamping in the micron range, and the referencing of devices and workpieces on machine tools, machining centers and CMM’s. Repeatable accuracy of 0.005 mm and concentricity of ±0.02 mm is achievable with the EvoPoint System. The combination of EvoGrip with EvoPoint enables fast changeovers, high positioning accuracy, and exceptional holding force.
In addition, the reliable, repeatable EMUGE EvoGrip Workholding System includes EvoBlock solutions for machine table connections and riser options ranging from base plates to one-piece spacers. For customizing a solution to accommodate workpiece height requirements, machinable VarioBlock multi-piece spacers are available.
For more information on the new EvoGrip Modular Workholding Solution, click here.
About EMUGE-FRANKEN USA
EMUGE-FRANKEN USA is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the 1,950 employee German company EMUGE-Werk Richard Glimpel GmbH & Co. KG (Lauf, Germany). EMUGE-FRANKEN USA offers end-user technical support through a network of in-the-field engineers and in-house product specialists, all with extensive tooling and application experience. Over 10,000 types of cutting tools and accessories are stocked in the company’s U.S. and Canadian Headquarters located in West Boylston, MA, U.S.A. The recently expanded 50,000+ sq. ft. facility includes a technology center with a machining and tooling demonstration showroom and classroom, tool manufacturing and coating, reconditioning, warehouse, sales, support, and administrative offices. For more information on EMUGE-FRANKEN USA, call 800-323-3013, at 1800 Century Drive, West Boylston, MA 01583-2121, or visit www.emuge-franken-group.com.
About EMUGE-FRANKEN
For over 100 years, the German company group EMUGE-FRANKEN has been one of the world’s leading manufacturers of precision tools for thread cutting, drilling, gaging, clamping, and milling. With 1,950 employees, EMUGE-FRANKEN offers an innovative product program with 40,000 in-stock items and a multiple of that with customer-specific tools. The product range focuses on applications in the automotive industry, power plants, aerospace industry and medical technology as well as general manufacturing. As a complete system supplier for the machining industry, EMUGE-FRANKEN has branch offices or sales partners in 52 countries.
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