Abstract:
Machine tool industry has undergone with various
changes to meet the requirement of customer and to manufacture
the complex parts. The fixtures were developed for various
machining process. Fixture study had begun in 1940’s. The basic
requirement of the fixture is to locate and hold the component in
correct orientation to constrain degree of freedom so that
manufacturing processes can be easily carried out. According to
the use of fixtures, dedicated and modular fixtures can be
generated. To design a fixture, various phases for fixture designing
such that planning, design and assembly are to be explored. Over
the past decade, much focus has been put on intelligent methods
for computer aided fixture design to seek a technical breakthrough
in embedding more design knowledge into semiautomatic or
automatic systems
