Clamping · Fixturing · Zero-Point

The fixture is the part of the job nobody quotes

Every dovetail milled, every soft jaw cut, every setup dialled in twice — that is spindle time spent on holding the part instead of making it. We supply the German-engineered clamping that takes that work off the machine, plus the fixturing, clamps and locating hardware that keep a setup repeatable.

Form fitHWR SOLIDStamp stamping station pressing a tooth contour into a blank
SOLIDStamp® stamping
A stamping station presses a defined tooth contour into the blank outside the machine, so the part clamps by form fit on a 3 mm edge instead of by friction — no milled clamping points, and a vise with almost no collision contour.
HWRSOLIDStamp3 mm edgeOff-machine prep
CompensatingHWR INOFlex VL compensating four-jaw chuck with pendulum jaws
INOFlex® VL 4-jaw chuck
All four jaws compensate on two parallel axes, so round, square, rectangular and genuinely irregular parts clamp concentric to the rotary axis. 160–1200 mm, with centrifugal force compensation at speed.
INOFlex VL2 + 2160–1200 mmCFC
5-axisHWR SOLIDGrip centering vise
SOLIDGrip® centering vise
Self-centering vise with a low, slim body for five-axis work — the part sits high and clear of the jaws so the tool reaches five sides without the fixture getting in the way.
SOLIDGripSelf-centeringLow profile5-axis access
Quick changeHWR SOLIDClick 5-axis vise with quick jaw change
SOLIDClick® 5-axis vise
Jaws that change without tools and without re-dialling — so one vise body covers several jobs and the setup does not have to be proved out again every time the part changes.
SOLIDClickTool-free jawsRepeatable5-axis
HybridHWR INOTop TM040 hybrid chuck
INOTop® hybrid chuck
A hybrid between a chuck and a vise — the grip and repeatability of a chuck with jaw travel that suits prismatic parts, for shops that would otherwise own both.
INOTopINOLineUNIJawsPrismatic
Zero-point clamping
SOLIDPoint® and SOLIDBolt mechanical zero-point systems — pallets and fixtures that drop in and repeat, with both 96 and 52 mm grids in one plate so adapter plates are not needed.
SOLIDPointSOLIDBolt96 & 52 grid
Fixturing, clamps & locating
Jergens Ball Lock quick-change fixturing and vises; Mitee-Bite low-profile edge and fixture clamps; HALDER ball lock pins, spring plungers and locating elements.
JergensMitee-BiteHALDER
SOLIDLine catalog ↗ All HWR products ↗ Web catalog & downloads ↗ SOLIDStamp datasheet ↗
Workholding · HWR

Hold the part without spending the setup

German-engineered workholding from HWR — two ways to stop losing time and envelope to the fixture. SOLIDStamp moves clamping prep off the machine entirely; INOFlex VL clamps round, cubic and irregular parts concentric in one chuck.

New · HWR SOLIDStamp Stamping Technology

Prep a blank for clamping in seconds

A stamping station presses a defined tooth contour into the blank under high pressure. The part then clamps by form fit rather than friction — so the force-intensive work happens outside the machine, in non-productive time, and the vise can stay slim and accessible.

3 mmMinimum clamping depth · less material bought, less cut away as scrap
Form fitLower clamping pressure with higher holding force · less workpiece deformation, truer parts
SecondsBlanks prepped outside the machine · no milling clamping points before the real work starts
RepeatCenter marking positions parts accurately in series · no stops cluttering the table
Datasheet ↗
HWR · INOFlex VL HWR INOFlex VL compensating four-jaw chuck clamping a part on a 5-axis machining centre
HWR INOFlex® VL · Compensating 4-Jaw Chuck

One chuck for round, cubic and awkward

A conventional chuck drives every jaw around a common centre, so anything that isn’t round is over-determined — it clamps on two points and racks. The INOFlex drive moves on two parallel axes with the opposed slides linked, so all four jaws compensate. Round, square, rectangular and genuinely irregular parts all clamp concentric to the rotary axis, and thin-wall parts clamp without being squeezed out of shape.

2 + 2Compensating centric clamping · or centric on 2 jaws, or against 1 or 2 fixed stops
160–1200mm chuck range · one chuck replaces the 2-jaw, 3-jaw, 4-jaw and vice you were swapping between
Low profileWeight-optimised body and low overall height · more of the trunnion’s rated load left for the part
CFCCentrifugal force compensation · minimal clamping force loss at the top of the speed range
Product page ↗ Datasheet ↗

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Catalog · stamping & zero-point HWR SOLIDLine SOLIDStamp, SOLIDPoint, SOLIDBolt and SOLIDGrip — the full SOLIDLine catalog plus the SOLIDStamp datasheet.
Catalog · chucks & jaws HWR INOLine® INOFlex® compensating 4-jaw chucks, INOZet® pendulum bridge, INOTop® hybrid chuck and UNIJaws® standard clamping jaws.
Catalog · fixturing Jergens Workholding components, Ball Lock quick-change fixturing, vises and clamping — master catalog and brochures.
Catalog · clamps & locating Mitee-Bite & HALDER Low-profile edge and fixture clamps, plus ball lock pins, spring plungers and locating elements.
Machines · Lights Out Machinery
Pulling setups out of the job? The machine matters too.

Form-fit workholding pays off hardest on a 5-axis trunnion, where every bit of collision contour costs you reach. Our machinery side runs ten GEN MILL vertical machining centres — 3-axis, 5-axis trunnion and double-column bridge, 12″ to 63″ X travel.

See the 5-axis VMCs →
GEN MILL 5X-12 five-axis vertical machining centre with 12 inch trunnion
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