SWARM IT FIX

Today's smartest adaptable fixtures have limited adjustment capability, are mostly operated manually and are usually set up off-line with the help of external measuring equipment, e.g. laser.

Significant increase in effectiveness and decrease in cost may come from online fully actuated configuration / reconfiguration, large adaptability to different shapes and the capability to dynamically concentrate the support in the region where manufacturing is actually performed, doing that online and without moving / removing the part from the fixture.

SWARMITFIX has developed a new concept in the fixture technology field. Self-reconfigurable adaptable swarm fixtures is the envisioned concept that in the future may act as a benchmark and will drive the manufacturing industry trends to a new level in adaptability, reconfigurability and autonomy.

The system as envisioned in the concept is composed of mobile agents that can freely move on a bench and reposition below the supported part behaving as a swarm, all without moving / removing the part from the fixture.

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