Toyota showed off its super compact, C-segment iQ to the world a few days ago. The car was first shown in concept form at Frankfurt last year, and will be produced in late 2008 at Paris Motor Show. Toyota is touting the iQ as the ultimate refined mode of transportation and at less than 118 inches (2.895...

In the majority of cases, the fastening of parts on checking fixture is made as follows: the supporting of the part is made with a support block and a clamp, the centring with a conic centring pin in a circular hole, and the anti-rotation with a diamond-shaped pin in a slot. Yet, to do this fastening...

Sometimes, we receive from our customers industrial drawings where the datum features are not always correctly indicated. Datum features are essential for the designing and manufacturing of checking fixtures, and if they are not taken into account correctly, the mounting of the part on the fixture may...

Since this video is the fourth one we make, I hope you will note an improvement in its quality. This video shows the example of a checking fixture for a large part, made of plastic, that can be easily deformed. The functioning principle of the checking fixture is to use the fixation points of the part...

Today, we would like to present you the video of a cubing-style checking fixture for the checking of three different versions of a bumper assembly. Since all the versions have the same fixations to the car body, the same checking fixture will be used for their dimensional verification by only swapping...

In this article we would like to show you one of the latest checking fixtures we made in Tecnomatrix that proposes the ideal solution to check plastic parts with clips. In this case, the part checked is a rear-view mirror cover, with 5 clips. In order to carry out repeatability studies with satisfactory...

In the industry, a lot of people have heard at least once the terms “Cpk study”. But when it comes to define it, not so much can provide a simple and clear definition, which is why we have decided to make our own inquiry. The function of the Cpk study can be explained through this image, that was...

There are three types of checking fixtures for large parts: (1) Welded-structure display fixture (2) Aluminium-profiled-structure display fixture (3) Cubing fixture representing all the adjacent elements The former two have the same function, their difference is in the type of manufacturing material...

Burrs are a raised edge or an excess of material on the edges of an object triggered by the mould juncture (plastics), or the gap between the punch and the matrix on the cutting area of a metal part. If their presence is not taken into account, they may be very disturbing to get repeatability in a checking...

This video, presented by Don Day from Tec-Ease Inc., shows very clearly the importance of referencing correctly the plans of parts according to their future function. This case shows a common mistake, a design mistake that meant huge costs for the company that made it. Customers often make the same...