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 A separate fixture is supplied for each of the three different stampings. Fixtures are exchanged using a ball-lock, mounting system. No wrenches are required. The photo at right shows the blank base, ball lock locators, and multi-pin connector for the fixture I.D. system and sensors.
 Each of the three fixtures featured an I.D. system and tool sensors that detected the tap had passed thru each individual hole. In turn, sensors are also set to detect that the part is correctly loaded at each station. The multi-pin connection of the sensors also identified the fixture to the machine PLC which, in turn, sets the required tapping cycle automatically.
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