The challenge was to create a user friendly computer simulation of manufacturing systems back in the days before Windows. The simulation itself was generated by a software package that used a C-like language to create the simulations. The engineers needing the...
The challenge was to design a system to install the instrument cluster, heater control panel, and the radio into the automobile dash being carried by an Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV). The solution was a fixture that rode on top of the AGV along with a robotic cell...
The challenge was to make fine adjustments to a master fixture that was used to machine a mini-van space frame. The master was the same size as the actual mini-van and had 57 locating pads that needed to be located to better than 0.001″. A giant coordinate...
The challenge was to securely restrain the XYZ table described in Case #2 while still allowing for the table to be positioned in four axis. The solution was a locating pin that could float with the movement of the table and then be locked into position. As the table...
The challenge was to raise an entire vehicle body off of a conveyor system and located it in the X, Y, Z and Theta axes. The Z axis was required to raise 36 inches in order to lift the body off the carrier. The body also had to be located to less than 0.001″...
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