Why Universal Fixturing?
For many milling applications and manufacturing solutions, using universal fixturing is a very efficient use of resources and an excellent holding solution for many manufactured parts. Here are some of the advantages for using universal fixturing as opposed to conventional fixturing: Reduce overall tooling costs by: Eliminate dedicated fixturing and creating a “standard” tooling plate. Eliminate tool design and tool build for dedicated mill-fixtures. The tool once in service is used perpetually for all applicable part configurations. This has several advantages: • The tool is not stored “somewhere out there”, its always in use and doesn’t require additional storage area(s) to be utilized. (Not to mention, identification, indexing, and other inventory considerations.) • Eliminate maintenancing of dedicated mill-fixtures. • Eliminate perpetual capital investment in dedicated fixturing. • The cost of the tool can be spread over many parts to reduce “one-time” tooling expense. • Eliminate
