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Modular Fixturing (Manufacturing method)

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Modular fixturing offers manufacturers a versatile and viable alternative to traditional welded tools and available for coordinate measuring machines  (CMMs) and machine vision systems. Modular fixturing uses  components that can be reused and rearranged. Regardless of  size, shape or material, the fixturing can hold virtually any part.  Many different parts can be set up on the fixture at once, saving  operator time and fixturing expense. To maintain consistency  with future setups, operators can document the setup with the company’s software.

The buzzwords—adaptable, adjustable, modular, reusable, reclaimable— describe just a few of the technology’s  attributes, and much has been written  about modular fi xturing’s use in automotive applications.

Modular fixturing also lends itself  to the aerospace tooling industry. For  example, it could be used for the duplication and replacement of a set of tools  used in a remanufacturing and reconditioning process for airplane parts

 (Quality, March 1, 2009)

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Modular fixturing is often used tfor small or moderate lot sizes, especially when the cost of dedicated fixtures and the time required to produce them are difficult to justify. Complex workpieces can be located within machines through fixtures produced quickly from a Standard components and can be disassembled when a production run is completed. Modular fixtures usually are based on tooling plates or blocks configured with grid holes or T-slots upon which a fixture is constructed. 

(Manufacturing Engineering and Technology-Serope kalpakjian, page 1175-1176)