TY - JOUR AU - Dalloul, Ahmad AU - Saleh, Tanveer PY - 2017/09/14 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Concept of a Programmable Fixture for 3-Axis CNC JF - International Journal of Engineering Materials and Manufacture JA - IJEMM VL - 2 IS - 3 SE - Articles DO - 10.26776/ijemm.02.03.2017.02 UR - https://deerhillpublishing.com/index.php/ijemm/article/view/27 SP - 49-57 AB - CNC machine is the one of the major reasons for industrial advancement in recent decades for its ability of producing accurate parts. The most commen CNC machines are of 3-axis and adopted widely in the industrial sector. However, for producing more complicated parts 5-axis CNC machines are required. Although the introduction of the 5-axis machine came after the 3-axis CNC machine has established itself and many manufacturers did not make the move toward the newer model and its high pricing compared to the 3-axis model did not help either. In this time the development of a fixture or a platform to help transfer the 3-axis to a 5-axis to some degree. This paper discusses the concept of a programmable fixture that gives 3-axis CNC machine the freedom to act in similar manner as the 5-axis. The paper describes the mechanism with some initial results of the testing. Result showed that the platform moves in translation manner with an average error of 5.58 % and 7.303% average error for rotation movement. ER -