Jergens Manufacturing Efficiency Blog : 2018

Monday, September 10, 2018, Chicago IL – Jergens Inc. displays its Quick Loc™ pallet systems for fixturing solutions on horizontal, vertical and rotary operations. These low-profile adapters and pallets ensure repeatability of 0.0003″ and provide clamping forces of nearly 14,000 lbs. Manufactured from case-hardened steel for high rigidity, Quick Loc™ is available in multiple configurations including square, rectangle and round receivers in both 52mm and 96mm patterns.

Monday, September 10, 2018, Chicago IL – Jergens Inc. announces four key additions to the company’s range of OK Vise® compact, low-profile edge clamps. Among them are Multi-Rail (MR), Knife Grip and Hydraulic Kits.

Monday, September 10, 2018, Chicago IL – Jergens Inc. introduces two new vises to its range of quick-change workholding systems – a 130mm self-centering vise and a new narrow vise. Both vises offer numerous features and provide reliable performance for general purpose machining.

Monday, September 10, 2018, Chicago IL – Jergens Inc. continues to highlight new products, processes and applications after nearly 80 years of providing manufacturing efficiency.

Monday, September 10, 2018, Chicago IL – Jergens Inc. announces fixture plate machining kits and new receiver bushing plugs for its popular line of Ball Lock® quick-change mounting systems. The fixture plate machining kits consist of extra-long Ball Lock® shanks and spacers permitting the fixture plate to be installed on a subplate with clearance between the two. This clearance allows cutting tools to ‘break through’ the fixture plate without damaging the subplate, making it possible to machine fixture plates while mounted to the same subplates they will be used with during production.

Monday, September 10, 2018, Chicago IL – Jergens Inc. highlights its custom design and build capabilities, drawing from decades of experience in engineering and manufacturing quick-change workholding systems. Fixture-Pro®, Multi Axis, and other standard workholding products serve as the basis for these augmented application-specific workholding solutions. The addition of custom design and build capabilities enhances Jergens’ time to market and allow customers to enhance their manufacturing productivity with efficient quick-change products.

With forty years under their belt, 120 employees, multiple customers with different machining and material demands, and a successful business, the shop turned to Jergens in 2015 to explore options for a better way. A better way to hold the large variety of components that the shop had grown to manufacture for its customers in the mold and die industry. They did, and they did it so well it earned them a reputation in the industry as ‘the aluminum experts’.