TLDR

Multiple 3D fixtures designed on SolidWorks and printed with FDM 3D printers.

Objectives

• Decrease cycle time of analysis procedure

• Improve repeatability of analysis by standardizing position of test artifact.

• Improve data integrity

• Features

• Minimum material conditions, reducing cost

• Interlocking fixtures

• Assembly to other equipment

Summary

During my time conducting research at the W.M. Keck Center for 3D Innovation I developed 4 different fixtures to support different procedures for analysis of the artifact in the Global Test Artifact Data Exchange Program (GTADExP).