Modular fixturing emerges and holds its place in the market.
Since coordinate measuring machines (CMMs) began to be used, CMM operators have searched for more practical methods to hold and clamp products. Dedicated fixturing is the traditional way to hold a part, but emerging fixture technology can bring features and benefits to the workplace that traditional fixturing cannot. These fixtures, which are often referred to as adaptable, modular, re-usable and reclaimable, bring benefits such as shorter design and build time, faster set up, higher accuracies, cleaner work place and less manufacturing processes, and they are financially, ergonomically and ecologically sound.