Manufacturer of clamping technology and gripping systems for machine tools: power chucks, chucks, tool holders and automation.
SMW Autoblok Group
Caprie (IT) · Meckenbeuren (DE) · Wheeling, IL (US) · Shanghai (CN) · Pune (IN)New on Amplifa
About SMW Autoblok
SMW-Autoblok is a globally active workholding (clamping technology) group that traces back to the 1942 founding of Autoblok SpA in Italy. The product portfolio includes power chucks, manual chucks, static chucks, stationary clamping systems, cylinders, mandrels, steady rests, gripping systems as well as rotating and static tool holders (live tooling). In addition, the company offers customer-specific special jaw adaptations, Customer Engineered Solutions, tooling and automation solutions, such as the Quick-Jaw-Change system RR/KIT-RR for rapid jaw changeover. The production sites are located in Caprie (Italy), Meckenbeuren (Germany), Wheeling IL (USA), Shanghai (China) and Pune (India); further subsidiaries exist, among others, in France, the United Kingdom, Spain, Mexico, Taiwan, the Czech Republic, Russia and Japan. The group serves customers worldwide with technical support and application-oriented products for machine tools and automation technology. With the acquisition of Mario Pinto and OML as well as the brands Mag-Autoblok Tecnomagnete and SMW-electronics, the group's portfolio was expanded.
- Site
- Caprie (TO), Italy
- Processes
- Manufacture of tool holders (tooling): rotating and static tool holders (live tooling), Customer-specific engineering solutions (Customer Engineered Solutions), Special clamping jaw customization, Customer Engineered Solutions, Tooling, Live Tools, Automation solutions
- Materials
- Power Chucks, Static and stationary clamping systems, Cylinders and mandrels, Steady Rests, Live Tooling / Tool Holders, Gripping Systems
- Founded
- 1942
- Employees
- 501–1,000
- Industries
- Workpiece clamping technology / Workholding, Machine tools, Automation technology
- 01
Engineering and Customer Engineered Solutions
- 02
Manufacturing of clamping devices and tool holders
- 03
Special clamping jaw customization
- 04
Tooling
- 05
Assembly and automation solutions
- 06
Sales and technical support
Products and Technologies
Power Chucks
Hydraulically actuated chucks for lathes, also available as quick jaw change versions (Quick Jaw Change).
Static and stationary clamping systems
Clamping solutions for stationary applications, including PT-RR with quick-change jaws in hydraulic and pneumatic versions.
Cylinders and mandrels
Drive components for clamping systems on lathes.
Steady Rests
Self-centering steady rests, such as the SR premium line, for supporting long, slender workpieces.
Live Tooling / Tool Holders
Rotating and static tool holders for turning machining centers, manufactured on modern machines and tested and certified.
Gripping Systems
Universal two- and three-finger grippers with spring-force-generated clamping for external and internal gripping.
Locations
Caprie
ITHeadquarters / Production
Meckenbeuren
DEBranch / Production
Wheeling, IL
USProduction
Shanghai
CNProduction
Pune
INProduction
Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joining | – | – | – | – | – |
| Manufacture of tool holders (tooling): rotating and static tool holders (live tooling)Engineering | high-precision (exact values not specified) | – | – | – | – |
| Customer-specific engineering solutions (Customer Engineered Solutions)Engineering | – | – | – | – | – |
Additional services
Reference customers
History
- 1942
Founding of Autoblok SpA in Italy, later Europe's largest power chuck manufacturer.
- 1970er
Founding of AUTOBLOK France, UK and Germany.
- 1990er
Founding of AUTOBLOK USA and AUTOBLOK Japan as well as acquisition of SMW (Germany).
Acquisition of Mario Pinto and OML; expansion of the group with brands such as Mag-Autoblok Tecnomagnete and SMW-electronics.