• The objective of this challenge is to design palletized fixturing for a machining process, related to the following scenario:

  • You are tasked with manufacturing dice (shown above), and your objective is to create a fixture that performs all (8) machining operations in a single cycle, such that after every cycle you end with a single finished product (one piece flow).

    • Machine = 3-Axis VMC (ex: Haas Mini Mill)

    • Determine fixturing devices/hardware (hint: look for existing designs, rather than trying to reinvent the wheel!)

    • Visually create & present your final fixture design(s) via CAD

      • Include your design process, iterations, roadblocks that you ran into & overcame 

    • Explore the following considerations related to fixturing & workflows, and document your ideas/results:

      • How do you locate, secure, & support all 8 dice through all operations within this fixture?

      • Clearly identify all 8 steps in the cycle of fixturing for your fixture

      • Would your fixture/pallet be loaded into & out of the CNC machine via a human or robot, and how would they/it do so?

      • What tool(s) would be needed to load/unload the parts to the fixture?

      • Define your production workflow and each step within it (from raw material to finished product, in your customer's hands)?

To receive credit on this challenge, submit the URL link to the page on your portfolio website that documents your project