16C Collet, Metric, Rectangle Smooth (3.175mm to 28.971875mm)

The Hardinge Collet is manufactured to exacting standards from special alloy steel. Threads are heat treated and the body is spring tempered to assure accuracy and durability at low cost. A wide range of standard sizes and shapes (and some not so standard) are available for off-the-shelf delivery. 5C decimal collets are available in .001" increments from .015" up to and including 1.0625". All collets are available in fractional sizes of round, hexagon and square to capacity. In addition, many round collets are stocked in metric, decimal, letter and number sizes. Most of the popular sizes of round serrated, taper hole and rectangular collets are available from stock. Many collets include precision internal threads for the Hardinge threaded positive stops.