AMROK Workholding Solutions

YOUR CNC WORKHOLDING EXPERTS—Designed, manufactured, inspected, and serviced in the USA.

CNC MACHINE TOOL WORKHOLDING SOLUTIONS

AMROK, AME’s workholding division, brings tailored workholding solutions that enable precision machining, ramp up productivity, and boost profitability in your shop.

Outfitting your CNC machine tool with workholding foundations and/or fixturing shouldn’t be complicated—but when a market is packed with thousands of products from hundreds of vendors, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed.

That’s where our expertise comes in

Our team knows how to intuitively design, build, and integrate complete workholding systems custom-designed around your machining requirements—with your team. There are so many ways to hold a workpiece. We collaborate with you to find the single best solution for you.

Already know what you need? Only need to purchase a tombstone or fixturing components? We will meet your needs.

Get ready for shorter lead times, optimized workflows, less scrapped parts, and better part quality.

SHOP-TESTED PRODUCTS MADE IN THE USA

Our manufacturing facility centrally located in America's midwest offers a wide range of manufacturing capabilties, including one of the industry's largest CMM's used to check the precision of each tombstone that goes through our doors. From CNC tombstones to workholding systems to custom design and build dedicated fixturing—our extensive portfolio of projects from a wide range of industries.

Workholding Foundations
Workholding Foundations
CNC Tombstones/Tooling Columns, Fixture Plates/Grid Plates, 4th-Axis Trunnion Tables, and 5th-Axis Pyramids.
Workholding Systems
Workholding Systems
In-house or partner-made, our workholding systems support pneumatic, hydraulic, and manual applications.
Custom Fixture Design & Build
Custom Fixture Design & Build
Custom and dedicated CNC workholding fixtures designed and built with AMROK's experts.

RESOURCE HUB

Empower yourself with the resources to make an informed decision and get up and running quickly.

Our team is here to help at every step. If you have questions or need guidance on selecting the right fixture, contact our workholding experts for personalized assistance. We’re happy to provide recommendations or even a custom fixture design review to ensure you get the most out of your investment.

who we work with

Our mission is to make you successful, which is why we work with the best workholding partners in the industry. When you Build on the Rock, you are designing, building, and integrating complete, custom workholding systems designed around your specific requirements.

OUR WORKHOLDING PARTNERS

Our Workholding Customers

frequently asked questions

The easiest way to get a quote is by using the "Request Quote" button found on the site. If possible, give a clear definition of the part number and quantity requested. Email and phone requests are also accepted.

  1. AMROK Foundations (tombstones, grid plates and trunnion tables): In addition to the part number you’re interested in, tell us your machine make and model.
  2. Custom Fixture Design and Build: Use the "Request Quote" button, and we’ll contact you directly. We’ll likely need prints and models of your parts at some point and will be happy to sign an NDA if needed.

  1. Standard Products: You’ll receive the quote within 1-2 business days.
  2. Custom Design and Build Workholding: These quotes can vary, depending upon design inputs and engineering requirements/workload. Our team will follow up and give you an estimate on how long your quote will take.

We can do both! More than 95% of tombstones are cast iron, but we do cast aluminum, epoxy mineral, and aluminum and steel weldment, depending on the application and its requirements.

  1. Tombstones: We keep stock of commonly ordered castings in specific sizes. We take these castings from stock and machine to your specification within 2-3 weeks. Our team generally does not stock finished tombstones.
  2. Design and Build Fixtures (manual, pneumatic or hydraulic): Projects for design and build can take 6-8 weeks or longer depending on the specification and the duration of the design and approval process.

Each tombstone and/or design and build fixture is inspected on our CMM’s to verify compliance to specification. Design and build fixtures have an additional approval and validation phase with the customer.

We use SOLIDWORKS 2018 for our designs, SOLIDWORKS CAM for cutting and programming, and Vericut for cutting path verification.

We can use a variety of brands depending on the specific application or customer preference. In addition to integrating our own products, our team utilizes fixturing options from our Build on the Rock (BOTR) partners: 5th Axis, Martin Trunnion, Mitee-Bite, Schunk, Triag, and Vektek.

Yes! We have developed many hydraulic and pneumatic fixtures.

There are many different variables that are considered when choosing a tombstone material. Review our whitepaper on Tombstone Testing for Dynamic Performance compiled by Tony Schmitz, PhD. to learn more about how to choose the best material for your application, including analysis on vibration, damping, and more. Download it here.

Custom Hydraulic Fixtures start with AMRH-XXXX or BOR-XXXX

Custom Manual Fixtures start with AMRM-XXXX or BOR-XXXXX

Custom Pneumatic Fixtures start with AMRP-XXXX or BOR-XXXX