After over 10 years of sales and consulting with coordinate measurement machines (CMM) and 3D scanning, it became obvious that most systems were not being utilized to full potential for efficiency, ease of use and repeatability. Fixturing held the key.

In 2010 Snapfixture began developing a line of off-the-shelf base fixtures for a wide range of measurement systems like Micro-Vu. These standardized items support a customized solution to match each client’s particular part’s geometry. In addition, many CMM manufactures had created highly functional systems with powerful software, but chose not to offer specialty positioning axis or kinematic fixturing to meet the needs of certain highly specialized, demanding sectors of their customer base. Snapfixture picks up where the CMM manufacture left off.