Mate’s Helping Hand: Workholding Application Specialists



Mate Workholding always delivers best-in-class accuracy, repeatability, and holding force. Did you know that Mate will also design a workholding setup for your specific application?

At Mate, we pride ourselves on supporting our customers throughout the entire process. We have a team of workholding application specialists with decades of experience as machinists, manufacturing engineers and shop supervisors who will help you select the appropriate Mate Workholding products or even design an entire workholding setup for your specific application.

Our Workholding Application Specialists Make Buying a Breeze

Mate’s purchasing process is easy. Supply our workholding application specialists with a drawing or model of your workpiece and the machine tool you plan to machine the part on. Then we will design a setup that works for your application. We will select the appropriate DynoLock™ zero-point base for your specific machine tool.  We will select the correct top tooling, such as DynoGrip™ self-centering vises, DynoGrip top pallets or DynoGrip ER collet chucks.

Furthermore, we can also produce custom, machinable soft or hard jaws to match your specific workpiece geometry, so your workholding setup is ready to go straight out of the box.  We will also specify the appropriate accessories, such as T-nuts and torque wrenches, to ensure nothing is missing when you are ready to start machining. Utilizing Mate’s team of workholding application specialists to design your workholding setup frees up your time to focus on manufacturing your parts for your customers.

Custom Workholding for More Complicated Jobs

For more complex applications, Mate’s workholding applications specialists are experts in designing custom workholding solutions. Mate can design and produce custom workholding, jaws, vises, adapter plates, tombstones and so much more. Once Mate has completed your custom workholding design, we will provide a drawing or model for your approval to ensure our design matches your requirements before we provide a quote.  Once you order, Mate delivers your custom workholding products quickly, often in 10 days or less!

No matter what the application, Mate has a workholding solution for your specific application. With Mate’s 100% customer satisfaction guarantee, our support for customers doesn’t end after the product is delivered; we are here to help for the entire life of the product.  With best-in-class product performance and customer support, you can be sure Mate always has your back.

Blog Author

Austin Heisick

Austin Heisick is Global Workholding Product Manager for Mate Precision Technologies.