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The state of the art in the technology of jigs and fixtures is reviewed. Heuristic and analytical principles of jig and fixture design are summarised. An interactive knowledge-based program for assisting designers of jigs and fixtures is described. The program incorporates design principles in the form of explicity declared facts and rules as well as numerical procedures. The declarative part of the program is implemented in an expert system shell with a powerful inference engine and comprehensive explanation and trace facilities. Details of these are given, together with a simplified example of a design session using the program.
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Pham, D.T., Nategh, M.J. & de Sam Lazaro, A. A knowledge-based jig-and-fixture designers' assistant. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 4, 26–45 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02601509
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