How to distinguish tooling/fixture/fixture

In a modern factory, many aspects of assembly and testing are very complicated. Even a very skilled assembly worker, it is difficult to quickly, accurately and safely assemble the parts that he wants to install in place. In this case, a fixture (tooling) is needed to assist positioning, adjust the installation direction, or control the force. This is also the most important application of tooling fixtures in the production process. But what is the difference between tooling, jigs and fixtures, the following simple definition can help distinguish.

 Tooling, that is, process equipment, refers to the general term for various tools used in the manufacturing process, including tools/fixtures/molds/measuring tools/checking tools/auxiliary tools/fitting tools/stationary tools, etc. Tooling is the abbreviation of universal, and tooling can be divided into special tooling/general tooling/standard tooling (similar to standard parts).

 Fixtures and manufacturing equipment can be called fixtures, sometimes agreed with tooling, sometimes also refers to fixtures, general Taiwanese/Korean/Japanese investment and other electronic companies use the term (corresponding English fixture).

 Fixtures are also called fixtures. Broadly speaking, in any process of the process, the device used to quickly, conveniently and safely install the workpiece can be called a fixture. For example, welding fixture, inspection fixture, assembly fixture, machine tool fixture, etc. Among them, machine tool fixtures are the most common, often referred to as fixtures, and fixtures belong to tooling. Machine tool fixture is a process device used to fasten the workpiece quickly during processing, so as to maintain the correct relative position of the machine tool, tool and workpiece. Machine tool fixtures are indispensable parts for mechanical processing. Driven by the development of machine tool technology in the direction of high speed, high efficiency, precision, compound, intelligence and environmental protection, fixture technology is also moving towards high precision, high efficiency, module, combination, general purpose and economical. Direction development.