Pneumatic Zero Point Plate
The Foundation for Automation.
Unlock maximum efficiency with the Nextas Pneumatic Zero Point Plate. This system creates a precise and repeatable foundation on your machine table, allowing fixtures and workpieces to be changed in seconds, not hours. By standardizing your setup process, you drastically reduce downtime, increase machine utilization, and pave the way for seamless automation.
Core Advantages
- Micron-Level Repeatability: Guarantees a repeat positioning accuracy of ≤ 0.005mm, eliminating the need for realignment after each changeover.
- Massive Clamping Force: The spring-actuated clamping mechanism provides enormous, failsafe holding power, ensuring rigidity even during heavy cutting.
- Seconds to Changeover: Pneumatic unlocking allows for near-instantaneous clamping and unclamping, drastically reducing non-productive machine time.
- Automation Ready: Features integrated ports for air sensing (clamped/unclamped) and cone cleaning, enabling reliable integration with robotic systems.
Main Features
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Patented New Product: A new product with our own patent, making its global debut, boasting unique technological advantages and innovative design.
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Standard Compatibility: Adopts 52/96mm industry-standard rivet hole distances, enabling compatibility with various products.
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Ultra-High Precision: Features repeat positioning accuracy of less than 0.005mm, ensuring ultra-high precision in operations.
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Powerful Performance: Clamping force exceeds 20KN, lifting capacity over 330KG, and maximum clamping load over 800KG.
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Enhanced Reliability: Equipped with air tightness testing and cleaning functions, enhancing operational reliability and cleanliness.
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Strengthened Clamping: Air pressure boosting function strengthens clamping force, improving stability during work processes.
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Convenient Operation: Automatically lifts the vice/pallet when unlocked, facilitating convenient and efficient operation.
Key Technical Parameters
| Parameter | Specification (Model Example: NPZP-150) |
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| Pull Stud Compatibility | Standard 52mm / 96mm pitch |
| Repeatability | ≤ 0.005 mm |
| Clamping Force (per module) | 25 kN (with turbo function) |
| Actuation | Pneumatic unlock, Spring lock |
| Operating Pressure | 6 bar |
| Automation Functions | Clamping/unclamping check, Cone cleaning |
| Body Material | Hardened Stainless Steel |
| Weight (4-module plate) | ~25 kg |
Precision by Design
The Nextas Pneumatic Zero Point Plate operates on a simple but incredibly precise principle. The system uses pneumatic pressure to unlock the clamping mechanism. When the air is released, a powerful set of internal springs drives the clamping slides, pulling the positioning studs on the fixture or pallet down into the tapered locating cones. This creates a secure, vibration-dampening connection with a precisely defined zero point. The "normally locked" state ensures that clamping force is maintained even if air pressure is lost, guaranteeing safety and reliability.
Built for the Modern Shop Floor
Constructed from hardened, corrosion-resistant stainless steel, our zero point plates are built to withstand the rigors of any manufacturing environment. The system is fully sealed to protect the internal mechanism from chips, coolant, and other debris. Integrated air-blast channels automatically clear the locating cones of any contaminants before clamping, ensuring that the ≤0.005mm repeatability is maintained every single time.
The Gateway to Unattended Machining
By providing a common, high-precision interface on all your machines—from milling centers to EDMs to CMMs—the zero point system unlocks true process optimization. Palletized workpieces can be moved between operations by a robot, clamped with repeatable accuracy, and machined without operator intervention. This is the key to lights-out manufacturing and maximizing the productivity of your capital equipment.
Typical Application Fields
Horizontal Machining Centers (HMC)
The perfect solution for pallet pools on HMCs. Fixtures can be prepared offline and loaded onto the machine's pallet changer, ensuring the machine is always cutting and never waiting.
5-Axis Machining
By raising the workpiece off the machine table, zero point plates provide superior tool access to all five sides of a part, eliminating multiple setups and improving accuracy.
Automated Production Cells
The core of any flexible manufacturing system (FMS). Robots can reliably exchange entire fixtures, enabling unattended, multi-part production around the clock.
Inspection & Quality Control
Use the same zero point reference on your CMM. Transfer finished parts directly from the CNC to inspection without re-clamping, eliminating measurement errors.
Automation Integration
Nextas Pneumatic Zero Point Plate streamlines robot automation: it synchronizes with robotic arms for fast, error‑free workpiece or fixture swaps, drastically reducing manual setup time. Its stable clamping — providing over 20 kN of force — allows robots to safely handle heavy loads.
The precision interface ensures consistent accuracy so robots can repeat tasks without any re‑calibration. By linking robots to machining tools for smooth, unattended factory workflows, the system enables 24/7 lights‑out operation.
Horizontal Machining Centers (HMC)
The perfect solution for pallet pools on HMCs. Fixtures can be prepared offline and loaded onto the machine’s pallet changer, ensuring the machine is always cutting and never waiting.
5‑Axis Machining
By raising the workpiece off the machine table, zero point plates provide superior tool access to all five sides of a part, eliminating multiple setups and improving accuracy.
Automated Production Cells
The core of any flexible manufacturing system (FMS). Robots can reliably exchange entire fixtures, enabling unattended, multi‑part production around the clock.
Inspection & Quality Control
Use the same zero point reference on your CMM. Transfer finished parts directly from the CNC to inspection without re‑clamping, eliminating measurement errors.
Case Study
Nextas Pneumatic Zero Point Plate works with self‑centering vices or other fixtures: it enables rapid changeover in industrial manufacturing, boosting changeover efficiency by over 90% and production efficiency by more than 30%. This significantly reduces labor costs and machine downtime losses, streamlining the overall manufacturing workflow.
Frequently Asked Questions
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