Fixture Base Plates for Vision Inspection Stations

Requirement

The customer’s vision inspection station needs a base plate carrying camera brackets, lighting and product locators. Any flatness error transfers into working distance, model changeovers are frequent and locators must swap without re-dialling the camera, and volumes are low across many variants.

Our approach

The plate is CNC-machined, roughed then finished with flatness correction, and datum and pin holes are machined where the locators sit. Locators are swappable modules pinned and screwed down, so a changeover replaces modules without touching the camera; pin fits are held to H7 for repeatable location. Clear anodizing reduces reflections that disturb imaging.

Delivery and inspection

The first station shipped complete with datum-hole records; later models ship as modules only, on a common base plate.

Project summary

Changeover dropped from hours to minutes with no camera re-dial, working distance stayed stable and inspection repeatability met the customer requirement. The base plate is now a standard part.