This is achieved by the special dovetail profile – 40mm wide extending the entire length – which features on all V-Lock components. All you need to join two components is a specially designed bracket and two screws which simply join the two dovetails.

Automated production lines, pick and place handling systems and machine tooling companies often need to change the application and manufacture different types of products for which the machine was not originally designed. Metal Work says that with traditional systems this is not easy as the machine has to be re-engineered and new adaptors designed and built.  With V-Lock System all you have to decide is the application set-up needed.

The system can be dismantled quickly and efficiently and reassembled with minimal downtime, allowing inter-changeability both in the number and position of elements that can be assembled.

The V-Lock system can be used with any aluminium structure made up of extruded sections such as the ones by Bosch, Metra and Item. It allows for accurate repositioning. The connection is robust, precise and repeatable. In addition, the V-Lock system comes with a series of modules and accessories, all designed to allow free positioning of components.

The system is easy to connect, quick to lock and accessible from all sides and there is no need for adaptor plates between the connections. The continuously expanding V-Lock catalogue now includes precision slides, ISO15552 and 6432 cylinders, rodless cylinders, electric linear actuators and numerous other accessories.