Why buy a bigger clamp when our bracket rocks before clamping?

LeahAbbott0060 · 4 Apr 2026, 23:43 UTC

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LeahAbbott0060
I put the bracket into the FR10 inspection nest mock-up and it rocks between two corners. Next sample sits differently. The proposed answer is a stronger clamp, but I'd like the trainer to have a better explanation than push harder. The drawing shows several pads and a side rail touching the part. What should I get our fixture designer and quality person to compare on the bench? Happy to spend on the right tooling. Less happy to spend twice.

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JuliaBrown0935
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Compare the actual contact points with the drawing datums using identified, checked brackets. Ask whether the side rail prevents a bracket reaching its locating pads. Include how the loader will recognise incomplete seating; otherwise the stronger clamp suggestion may return on the first awkward shift

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