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Tooltec – Tool technology

General Information
about Tooltec

The term Tooltec covers the tool technology that ARNOLD currently supplies to its customers. It is very
complex and requires specific technical knowledge. The illustration below clarifies the complexity of
machine tool technology. It deals solely with the processing of square pierce-clinch nuts. A different
tool configuration would be needed for other items.

Punching head PICASSO I
Connection technology PICASSO II
Quick coupling Variants
Stroke compensation
Tooltec Feeder tube
Die-plate and retainer
Multi-distributor
Connection technology

Punching head on a line of progressive compound machine tools.
on a line of transfer tools.
ARNOLD punching heads are distinctive for their straight- with manual insertion tools without component monitor-
forward modular and very robust construction, and for their ing.
ease of assembly. PICASSO II punching heads have no lock on the nut feed.
In principle, nut punching heads come in two different func- After each punching stroke nuts can slide, or move forward,
tional designs: PICASSO I punching heads generally have a to the nut ram. This principle is used for all applications
mechanical lock (pneumatically driven) on the nut feeder. So where there is no possibility of a punching stroke taking place
it is possible to supply nuts to the pierce-nut ram as required. without a component.
This principle is used for all applications where the possibility This is the case with:
of a punching stroke occurring without a component cannot C-frame applications.
be excluded. manual insertion tools with component monitoring.
This can be the case, for example:

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