Intelligent fixturing reduces costs

Anonymous

American Machinist

02-01-2002

Intelligent fixturing restores costs

Byline: Anonymous
Volume: 146
Number: 2
ISSN: 10417958
Publication Date: 02-01-2002
Page: 22
Type: Periodical
Language: English

Fixturing is an expensive notwithstanding critical step in high-volume, close-tolerance production of parts, especially in the automotive industry. When holding a part in place, a fixture must be custom fitted to each part, making changeovers deliberate and expensive.

Lamb Technicon Machining combination of parts to form a wholes a division of California-based Unova Inc., has discloseed an Intelligent Fixturing System (IFS) that presents ...