Gerardi Modular Elements allow you perfect clamping even of big workpieces which need the heaviest machining using the machine table as surface.
Modular elements are the best example of the extreme versatility of the Gerardi Modular System.
The availability of the broadest assortment program allows to build with standard solutions even the fixtures that you thought special.
They are the ideal solution for a lot of applications and, with many reference points available, a perfect complement or alternative to single or double vises.
QUICK CLAMPING
Thanks to the clamping device sliding in the vise base slide (compact rack type) till the proximity of the workpiece.
The clamping is completed with the main screw.
Besides the manual mechanic system, 4 further interchangeable and independent clamping systems are available:
Hydraulic
Pneumatic
Manual hydraulic
Electrical hydraulic
The change needs only few seconds.
2 POSITIONS FOR FIXED JAWS
2 Fixed jaw have the possibility to be positioned both with jaw plates inside the vise base (as shown in the picture) and with jaw plates externally from the vise base in order to be able to clamp even workpieces positioned on the machine table directly.
VISE BASE or BASE EXTENSIONS
are always built with longitudinal and cross keyways in order to be aligned with the machine axis.