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Workholding and production tooling
Workholding and production tooling covers the jaws, chucks, fixtures, jigs and clamping that hold a workpiece during machining, plus the moulds, dies and press tools that production runs on.
Almost every item in this category is made or modified to order: a soft jaw is machined for one chuck and one workpiece, a fixture is designed around one part. That makes quoting constant. Workholding is one of the most populated doors in the machining world, with a modelled 1,000 to 2,000 UK makers in jigs, fixtures and workholding alone.
The buying pattern is high frequency and low value: a set of jaw blanks or a simple fixture rarely justifies an engineer's afternoon, yet each order needs dimensions checked against a chuck table, material confirmed and a price built. A configurator does that work in the browser and returns a priced, exportable item the buyer can order.
What it covers
Example configurable products
- Soft jaws machined for a specific chuck and workpiece
- Chuck jaw blanks in aluminium, mild steel or stainless
- Dedicated milling fixtures and modular jig plates
- Press tool and die components to drawing
The market
Sized and graded, never overstated
Every figure carries its confidence label. Measured comes from a named source; modelled is our own estimate and says so.
| Jigs, fixtures and workholding UK revenue | £0.3bn | modelled |
|---|---|---|
| Moulds, dies and press tools UK revenue | £0.7bn | modelled |
| Workholding maker count | 1,000 to 2,000 | modelled |
| Fragmentation tier | Very high | modelled |
Soft Jaws Configurator
Configure the exact jaws for a chuck and workpiece, see a live price and export the files without an email thread.
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About this category
- What can I configure in this category today?
- The Soft Jaws Configurator is live: pick the chuck, set the grip and material, see a live 3D model and price, then export files. Fixtures, jigs and press tooling are served through the bespoke build service.
- Who is the configurator for?
- Sellers are workholding suppliers, toolmakers and machine tool accessory dealers who make or machine soft jaws to order. Their customers are CNC machine shops who currently order by email.
- Can you build a configurator for our own tooling range?
- Yes. Bespoke builds run on the same runtime as the launch configurators, so they inherit pricing, engineering rules, exports, AI grounding and ERP or CRM dispatch.
Configure a workholding and production tooling product now
The configurator prices it, checks the rules and exports the files. Start free with example data.