Andy Mears is a regional applications manager at Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence. For more information, call (972) 506-8359 x5001, email [email protected] or visit www.hexagon.com.
Work holding fixtures for inspection devices have evolved over time and now have become, in some cases, as complex as the parts they are designed to hold. There was a day when some 1-2-3 blocks, knee blocks, double-sided tape and hot glue were all you needed to fixture parts for measurement on a coordinate measuring machine (CMM).
