Recent Patents on Flexible Fixture for Parts Machining

Background: Flexible fixture is widely used in the diversification processing and personalized processing of parts. The research on the structure and working principle of the flexible fixture is beneficial to improving the clamping efficiency and clamping stability of parts and enhancing the processing efficiency and processing quality of parts. Objective: The aim of this study is to meet the growing demands for the processing of parts with different sizes and different shapes, to observe that the clamping stability and clamping efficiency of the fixture for the processed parts are continuously improved, and then the processing efficiency and the processing quality of parts have been improved continuously. Methods: This paper reviews various representative patents related to the structural device of flexible fixture for parts machining. Results: Through retracing the characteristics of the different structural device of the flexible fixture, the main existing problems in the structure and design principles of flexible fixtures are concluded and analyzed, and the development trend of flexible fixtures in structural design is discussed in the future. Conclusion: The optimization and development of the structural device of the flexible fixture are conducive to improving the processing efficiency and processing quality of the parts machining. More related patents on the flexible fixture for parts machining will be invented.