OK-VISE at the Finnish National Skills Competition - Taitaja 2012

The Finnish National Skills Competition Taitaja is the largest annual event in which vocational students compete for Finnish Championships in various skills categories. In 2012, the event was held at the Paviljonki Congress and Trade Fair Centre in Jyväskylä on 24 – 26 April 2012 and attracted 42 027 visitors over three days.

The slogan of the event was “Find out what makes you tick”.

The Taitaja2012 Jyväskylä Event was organised by the Jyväskylä Educational Consortium in cooperation with Central Finland based companies, organisations and educational institutions.

OK-VISE was one of the sponsors of this competition and the OK-VISE grid-plate set with rails was used in the CNC milling competition.

The CNC Milling/Turning was an individual competition and it had 8 contestants. The milling competition focussed on chipping skills. The competitors were given a blank, some technical drawings and instructions. The competitors then made the required product using the materials provided by the organisers. The products were made by using a CNC Machining Centre and a manual turning lathe. The competitors used the CNC Machining Centre to make the necessary settings and programme for the machine tool in question, and then made their product. In manual turning, the competitors make a product on the basis of a technical drawing by using the turning tool they have chosen.

Montag, den 12. September 2011 um 12:06 Uhr

New approach in low-profile clamps

When our product range of low-profile clamps is expanding, we have now found out that it is more logical to change the way how we categorize our low- profile clamps.

In our new brochure, and also in www, we categorize our clamps based on their type, not their size (A,B,D,F) like before.

For time being, you can use in www both ways to find information of our low-profile clamps.

Freitag, den 09. September 2011 um 09:58 Uhr

Expanding the OK-VISE Product Family

OK-VISE has developed new products to meet the changing needs of our customers. These include a model with two self-adjustable jaws (instead of one self-adjustable jaw and one smooth jaw) which comes in three sizes, and two combo models: machinable + smooth jaw; additional piece + smooth jaw, which both come in four sizes. These new models create new possibilities for clamping different types of work-pieces.

Models with two self-adjustable jaws: BK2-VT-E, DK2-VT-E, DK2-VTI-E

Additional piece and smooth jaw combo models: BK2-VT-TS, DK2-VT-TS, DK2-VTI-TS, FK2-VT-TS

Machinable and smooth jaw combo models: BK2-VT+3S, DK2-VT+5S, DK2-VTI+5S, FK2-VT+5S

Freitag, den 01. April 2011 um 00:00 Uhr

Pull-down sets

OK-VISE single-wedge clamps can be transformed into single-wedge pull-down clamps by using a pull-down set.
Earlier bushings and plates were sold separately, now it is more economical to buy a set.

Sets are available for B-, D- and F-series single-wedge clamps.
For example, when used with the BK2-VT, DK2-VT or FK2-VT clamps, which we recommend, you get the very same clamp that is sold with the product codes BK2-VT-PD, DK2-VT-PD and FK2-VT-PD.

More info available on the product pages

Single-wedge pull-down sets
Pull-down clamps

Freitag, den 28. Januar 2011 um 08:57 Uhr

The New O-series

Some of our customers prefer our economy-series, which works sufficiently well in applications where absolute repeatability and accuracy of the clamp is not a necessity.

We have changed the design, so that now the most significant visual difference between BK2-VT-O and BK2-VT-SO clamps is the wedge top, which is no longer ground.
Our smallest series is only available as the economy model (AK2-VT-SO)

It is noteworthy that even with these technical specifications, which are rather modest in our standard, these clamps outperform most of the competition. However, we still recommend ground versions for professional use.

Donnerstag, den 09. September 2010 um 02:00 Uhr

Introduction of our new CEO

The CEO of Kytölä Group, Mr. Jari Moilanen organised an info meeting for Kytölä personnel at OK-VISE.
He presented his personal history in international business and shared his visions for the future.

OK-VISE welcomes Jari to our team.

Freitag, den 20. November 2009 um 02:00 Uhr

In Memoriam Olli Kytölä

Olli Kytölä
1927 - 2009
In Memoriam

With deep regret, we announce that the founder of Kytola Group, Mr. Olli Kytölä passed away in Jyväskylä, Finland on the 8th of November, 2009 at the age of 82.

Olli Kytölä’s personality uniquely combined a pronounced enthusiasm for innovation, respect for high-quality work, and genuine care for his employees. His life style was humble. Olli Kytölä derived deep personal satisfaction from overcoming complex technical challenges. His creativity extended over his whole lifetime, and was best fulfilled when technical solutions were productized to serve industry needs around the world.

Olli Kytölä was a second generation entrepreneur in his family, representing in total more than 100 years of entrepreneurship. His desire was to welcome the third generation on board to continue the prosperous family business. Therefore he organized a seasoned Board of Directors to complement the young age of his sons.

As sad as losing a great man always is, we assure our customers that Kytola companies will continue to operate according to the high standards, high customer respect, and highly innovative products as pioneered by Olli Kytölä.

Montag, den 04. Mai 2009 um 02:00 Uhr

New Sales & Marketing Director

Mr. Olavi Meriläinen has taken over Mr. Salilas job as Sales & Marketing Director. Sami Salila is now focusing on his family-business.

OK-Vise team wants to thank Sami of his excellent work during his 10 years career in our company, and also all the support he has given during the past training period.

Mittwoch, den 21. November 2007 um 02:00 Uhr

Volle 10 Jährige Garentie

OK-VISE Oy ist seit über 20 Jahren ein führender Hersteller von Keilklemmen für die Werkstückspannung. Einige unserer ersten Kunden verwenden immer noch täglich dieselben Klemmen. Aufgrund dieser Erfahrung und nachdem umfassende Tests mit unseren Klemmen ausgeführt wurden, geben wir eine volle 10-jährige Garantie für die Qualität des Rohmaterials und von allen Keil- und Backenteilen unserer Spannelemente.

Die Beschläge, Springfedern und seitlichen Platten sind von der Garantie ausgenommen. Sie senden nur das ganze Spannelement mit dem defekten Teil zu uns zurück und wir werden auf unsere Kosten diesen Teil austauschen und die komplette Klemme Ihnen zurückschicken.

Die Garantie gilt nicht für Defekte, die durch Funktionsstörungen, für Steuerungsfehler der Maschine und einen menschlichen Fehler eines Maschinisten und Fehlanwendung der Klemmen entstanden sind.