Fixture Design Pros

Detroit, Michigan

Designed to be made.

Fixtures, tooling and structures engineered for manufacturing.

Fixture rendering. A fixture base plate holding a part on rest pads against two locating pins, one amber, with a clamp on top.

Fixture Design

Locate the part right, every time.

Test nest rendering. A test nest fixture with a pocket, an amber locator and two toggle clamps.

Tooling Design

Jigs, gauges and nests as simple as the job allows.

Drill jig rendering. A drill jig with uprights, a top plate and hardened bushings above a workpiece.

80/20 T-Slot Framing

Frames, guarding, lockout stations and workstations.

T-slot frame rendering. A T-slot aluminum frame with translucent guard panels, a door handle and an amber marker.

Prototyping

Printed in-house, machined by partners, or design-only.

Prototype rendering. A layered 3D-printed prototype beside a smooth machined version of the same part.

Simulation

Stress, deflection, stack-ups and clearance, checked before build.

Simulation rendering. A cantilever arm fixed to a wall block with an amber-to-gray stress gradient.

Free DFM Review

Send a design. We'll show you what's driving its cost.

DFM review sheet. A clean engineering drawing of a plate with one feature circled in amber.