Fixturing for mechanical prismatic parts with the input of 3D CADdata in the STEP standard

摘要

Fixturing plays an important role in process planning since it isthe key factor to precision manufacturing. An expert process planningand fixturing system has been developed and implemented in Prolog. Thispaper presents the fixturing techniques applied to find supporting,locating and clamping faces for 3D prismatic parts. The fixturingsystems are outlined and an example part is given