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A literature survey of fixturedesign automation

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This paper gives a review of fixture-design research, most of it done in the 1980s. The major topics of the review are the fixturing principles (supporting, locating and clamping), automated fixture design (configuration, assembly and verification), and fixture hardware design (dedicated, modular and electric/magnetic types).

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Trappey, J.C., Liu, C.R. A literature survey of fixturedesign automation. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 5, 240–255 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02601534

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