Top jaws should be designed to hold the workpiece as close to the chuck face as possible. Excessive jaw height reduces the effective gripping force available and is detrimental to accuracy.
Imported from the CTE archive to seed discussion on MFGAxis.
Originally published on CTE: 2017-09-25
CTE source: https://ctemag.com/news/guide-top-tooling/
Legacy path: /guide-top-tooling