The function of this checking fixture is to check the mountability of the part, and measure its width with two dial indicator points. The difficulty of this part is that, like many dashboard subassemblies, it has many clips located in all the outline of the part, and not all of them are positionned...

Living this experience has been worthwhile, although I would not be keen on living it again. We have had to deal with a lot of pressure, the tension was high, but finally we have been able to meet the requirements of our customer. Our CMM machine is fully operational since the beginning of July, and...

This week we have lived through a tough experience. One week before delivering a cubing for a bumper, as we where finishing the adjustings, our large CMM machine broke down. Three months of work, with a team of more than 15 people specialised in several areas, and this breakdown had to happen now… The...

Here is a video of a checking fixture we made for an armrest, a part we do not always pay attention to once it is mounted in the vehicle, but that present some difficulties to deal with if you want to simulate its mountability, and check it correctly. As I have done a few days ago in the article about...

You will find bellow the transcription of the comments of this video of a checking fixture we made for a bumper lateral grille. Hi, I’m Gladys Becerra, Tecnomatrix export manager. Today, I will present you one of our latest gauges for plastic grilles. This gauge checks the essential features...

This is a simple question with a complicated answer. There have been various tendencies over time, and they have been changing according to the point of view established by OEMs. At the beginning, checking fixtures used to be designed and manufactured by OEMs. They were the ones who began to impose...

This video presents a checking fixture for a rear-view mirror assembly that simulates the area of the door where the support of the part is mounted.