Masa Introduces the new F20M10 Cartridge for Swiss Lathes

Masa Tool has just introduced the F20M10 Cartridge as the latest expansion of  the Microconic™ system . The System was developed specifically for holding workpieces from Ø0.15mm to 10mm (Ø0.006" to 0.390") in any machine that has a collet-type chuck.

The push type F20 Cartridge replaces the standard TF20 collet in your CNC spindle. This enables you to use the Microconic collets to achieve concentricity guaranteed to be within 5µm (0.0002") in production use.

The system consists of two major components: The Microconic™ cartridge, replaces the standard TF20 collets and  fits into your CNC machine with no modifications to the spindle required.  The second component to the system is the  Microconic™ collets which have capacities of 0,22mm - 10,00mm ( 0.0086" - 0.3949") and -Over-Grip collets which can open up to 4mm over the chucking diameter and run within 5 µm/.0002" TIR

F20M10 Microconic Cartridge

The new F20M10 Cartridge is compatible with spindles that accept Schaublin F20,  Southwick & Meister TF20, KEB (MasWerks) MC20,  Hardinge TF20 / 4611 collets to name but a few.

F20M10 Cartridge. Standard single piece construction extended nose

F20M10 Cartridge with a UM10 Collet installed

The Microconic™ system and F20M10 Cartridge has unsurpassed concentricity: Our manufacturing tolerance is 3µm(.0001") and we guarantee  our cartridges to be within 5µm (0.0002") in production use in your machine.  

The F20M10 Cartridge fits the  following models of Swiss Machines as well as several others.

• Citizen Models:  A16, C16, K16, M16.
• Maier Models:  ML-16A/16B, ML-16C/16D.
• Star Models:  ECAS 12/16, JNC16, KJR16B, RNC16 & II, RNC16B & II, SA12, SA16/16R, SB16/16S, SE12, SE16, SH12, SH16, SI 12/12C, SNC15DX, SR16/16R, SST16 STM32, SV12, VNC12.
• Tornos Models: DECO 2000 13, Elector16, ENC16, ENC162, ENC164.
• Traub Models: TNL-16G
• Tsugami Models: NMP16II, NP16/16 II, NT12, NT16 II/16 III, 600, 600P.​ 

• Tornos CAM Models: M15, R16

F20M10 Cartridge with standard TF20 Pull Type closing system

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Micrograd™ Face Dial Wrench permits accurate clamping pressure adjustment

As with all Microconic Cartridges, the F20M10 comes standard wit a Micrograd™ Face Dial Wrench.  The Micrograd wrench  gives you the ability to to set your collet clamping pressure. 

The Micrograd™ Face dial Wrench provides a method of precisely setting clamping pressure on both the Microconic collets and an Microconic overgrip collets .  It can be adjusted in metric increments of 0,02mm and imperial increments of .001"

Micrograd Face Dial Wrench to to set clamping pressure

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About Masa Tool
Masa Tool is an international rotary workholding manufacturer of a unique clamping system called Microconic which is designed for small diameter, high tolerance part machining. Based in Oceanside, California, Masa Tool serves the automotive, aerospace, defense, medical, electronics, energy, composites and other industries. The Microconic system replaces existing sub-spindle collets with the Microconic system in an ever-increasing number of CNC swiss machine tool OEM’s worldwide by providing 5µm (0.0002") clamping concentricity.