Precision slide guiding is maintained by the close-tolerance, solid bronze, 8-point gibbing arrangement. Front and rear gibs are accurately squared with the press bed and set for proper clearance by laminated spacers under each main gib bolt ... eliminating trial and error adjustment.
Front to back ways have fixed bronze wear plates, machined square with the slide face. Left to right ways are adjusted and supported to their full length by tapered back-up bars. The extra-long gibs guide the slide fully within the gibs throughout the stroke even at maximum shutheight adjustments. This assures excellent slide-to-bed parallelism at all times, promoting clean piece part material fracture, high part accuracy, and increased die life.
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