Configure 3D category
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 everything 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, and most orders are small enough that an engineer's afternoon is hard to justify. Each one still needs dimensions checked against a chuck table, material confirmed and a price built.
A configurator does that work in the browser. The buyer picks the chuck, sets the grip and material, dimensional rules confirm the jaw fits before a price appears and the seller receives a priced, exportable order instead of an email thread.
How it divides
The buyer configures. You stay in control.
A configurator moves the typing to the buyer and keeps every rule, rate and limit in the seller's hands.
What the buyer sets
- Chuck brand and model
- Jaw style and grip direction
- Workpiece diameter and grip depth
- Material and quantity
What stays in your hands
- The chuck compatibility tables the AI cites
- Blank sizes and materials
- Rates, formulas and quantity breaks
- Engineering limits on every parameter
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
Inside a configurator
From parameters to a dispatched order
One runtime carries every category: typed inputs, a cited AI, live 3D, a priced breakdown, manufacturing files and dispatch into your systems.
Parameters
Typed inputs with live rule checks
AI
Cites its source or abstains
3D model
Rebuilds as values change
Price
Line-by-line breakdown
Export
Manufacturing files and PDF
Dispatch
Into your ERP or CRM
Live today
What a workholding and production tooling order looks like
Real widgets from the live configurator, running on clearly labelled example data until a seller loads their own.
Sets the chuck, grip direction, workpiece diameter and grip depth, with blank sizes from the chuck table.
Source: Chuck compatibility table, Kitagawa B-208 row (example data)
That chuck is not in the loaded compatibility table, so I cannot set the mounting or envelope. Ask the seller to add it.
Every answer cites a loaded source or abstains. Enforced in code, not in a prompt.
What an order produces
- STLVerified download, configuration id in the file header
- GLBVerified download with configuration metadata
- PDFSpecification and quote sheet stating the serration spec
STEP export is generated and structurally valid but stays in verification until it is confirmed dimension-perfect in independent CAD software.
Questions
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.