What is Flexible Tooling Fixture?

The Flexible Tooling Fixture is a device used to quickly fasten the workpiece during processing. It can keep the machine tool, the tool, and the workpiece in the correct relative position. Therefore, Flexible Tooling Fixtures are an indispensable part of mechanical processing. Under the direction of high-speed, high-efficiency, intelligent, and environmentally friendly machine tool technology, fixture technology is developing in the direction of high-precision, high-efficiency, combination, universal and economical.

Flexible Tooling Fixtures can also become fixtures. In any process of the process, devices used to quickly, conveniently and safely install workpieces can be called fixtures, such as welding fixtures, inspection fixtures, assembly fixtures, machine tool fixtures, etc. Among them, machine tool fixtures are the most common.

When processing the workpiece on the machine tool, in order to make the workpiece meet the requirements of the size specified in the drawing, the assembly shape and the mutual position accuracy of other surfaces, the workpiece must be installed and clamped before processing.

When using fixtures, it is helpful to ensure the processing accuracy of the workpiece, stabilize the quality of the product, improve labor productivity and reduce labor costs, and help improve the working conditions of workers, ensure safe production, and help expand the process range of the machine tool. One machine is multipurpose.

The fixture is usually composed of positioning elements, clamping devices, tool setting guide elements, indexing devices, link elements and fixture bases. The positioning element can determine the position of the workpiece in the fixture, the tool setting guide element can determine the relative position of the tool and the workpiece or the direction of guiding the tool, the indexing device can make the workpiece can complete the processing of several stations in one installation. There are two types of rotary indexing device and linear moving indexing device.

Flexible Tooling Fixtures are also widely used in electronics factories. In order to improve production efficiency and product quality in production, fixtures are often used for functional testing or auxiliary assembly in the middle and late stages of production. In fact, in electronics manufacturers The use is very wide.