Clamping chuck Maprox AIR – for automation
The new Maprox chuck combines all the advantages of our manual chucks with pneumatic clamping | This makes the chuck fully automatic and controllable via your measuring machine | A true all-rounder with the well known Maprox quantity and flexibility – product flyer
Specifications
Your advantages
- Automatic: By simple on-off control via measuring machine (eg robot loading)
- Rotating feed: Mounting on turntables welcome! Pneumatic supply via rotary union feedthrough
- Low profile: Overall height of the chuck body only 60 mm
- Flexible clamping range: Through our proven top jaw or pin jaw concept, or depending on customer request
- Adjustable clamping force: Chuck opens pneumatically against spring force. Adjustable pre-tension of the spring at the top cover to desired force –> resulting in perfect repeatable clamping
- Inner and outer clamping: Changeover time of only 3 min. through a unique change system by Maprox
- Interface flexible: Shanks, intermediate plates, adaptation depending on the customer‘s machine set-up
Technical details
- Diameter Ø = 160 mm (further diameters in planning)
- Open with compressed air through the chuck center, with max. 6 bar
- Clamp by means of spring-tension (standard part, exchangeable)
- Jaw travel path (OPEN-CLOSE, not to be confused with clamping range): Approx. 8 mm
Options
- Top jaws for inner and outer clamping
- Standard stepped jaws
- Or with pin jaws, as desired
- Jaws made of steel, coated or aluminum, plastic, etc.
Video
In this video Adrian Zwirner vividly shows the various advantages and functions of the Maprox AIR – really worth seeing!
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Maprox AIR – for automation

Type | Item no.
- Maprox AIR 160 | 197100.00
(picture: Air chuck without top jaws)