New name, new workholding products

Available in January 2021, this new line of vices, bases, and mounting systems maximises holding power in a compact, quick-change modular design that reduces set-up time and process variability. It is designed for 3-, 4- and 5-axis machining centres.

“We are very pleased to introduce a new era of workholding,” said Mate chairman and CEO Dean Sundquist. “As a precision technology company, Mate has used many types of workholding over the years but we were never completely satisfied with the workholding available on the market. Our machinists knew exactly what they wanted so we decided to develop a new, high quality, high performance workholding system.”

Leveraging nearly six decades of machining experience producing precision, high quality steel products for customers around the world, Mate’s own machinists and product engineers collaborated to create a new level of innovative workholding.

Mate’s workholding line offers an impressive selection of options:

• Mate DynoGrip self-centring vices feature maximum holding power in a compact system with minimal part movement and zero-point quality engagement with a four-post pull stud pattern


• Mate DynoLock quick change bases provide zero-point quality engagement with a four-post stud pattern and high levels of centre accuracy and repeatability


• Mate DynoMount system includes tombstones, pyramids, risers, and dual right-angle mounts that feature zero-point quality engagement for four-point stud patterns

Mr Sundquist continues: “What’s really sets this system apart is that our workholding is designed and built by Mate machinists in our Anoka, Minnesota, facility. They know what machinists want in a workholding system because they want those same things themselves.”

The Mate 52/96 workholding system includes QuickSpecs, Mate’s innovative product identification system. QuickSpecs allows real-time access to critical user data, CAD models and potential integration into business systems. Additionally, the product supports common robotic interfaces and palletising systems to support factory automation.

This new line is designed and manufactured with accuracy and repeatability in mind. The workholding system is backed by the company’s exemplary technical support, proven product quality, responsive customer service, and 100% satisfaction guarantee. Learn more online: mate.com/products/workholding.

The workholding announcement comes shortly after Mate changed its corporate name to Mate Precision Technologies to reflect the company's broader commitment to metalworking and using its expertise to drive innovations to shape the future of factory productivity.

In describing the name change, Mr Sundquist comments: “It truly supports our mission statement, which focuses on improving our customers’ factory productivity, and we are now better positioned to extend our skills and technologies to other markets like the metalcutting and machining industry.”

Mate Precision Technologies www.matetoolingsolutions.co.uk