This is the same power steer gear housing used in; it's a second
operation fixture, again it's a two-position fixture. We're using the
Continuous Pressure Hydraulics again. We've got part seated detection;
that it is different from part presence sensing. We have part presence
sensing on this fixture as well, again because of the robot, but on
both of these fixtures we've also used an error detect system through
our CPH that we call part seated detection. And it is simply as what it
states. We wanna make sure that the part is seated down completely
against the locators prior to machining the part. If we get an
introduction of a chip on top of a locator that the part then is
clamped on top of that chip, that chip may be thick enough to influence
the second operation cuts such that we would make a bad part. So with
the part seated detection we're able to determine whether we, whether
the part is completely seated on the locators prior to sending it into
the work zone. Again, the goal is trying to reduce down time, reduce
scrap, maximize the utilization of the machine as automatic as we can.
Both these two fixtures again also use the coolant through the fixture,
through the CPH, like Tim mentioned. When the robot unloads the fixture
we flush the tops of the rust pads with a coolant wash while the robot
is taking the parts out of the fixture and we continuously flush the
fixture until the robot brings the next two parts into position for
clamping.






