Patent ID: 8761920

Claim:
A method for properly locating a flexible fixture to a CNC machine comprising: mounting a flexible fixture on a table of the CNC machine; probing a plurality of locators on the flexible fixture to determine a locator position on a coordinate system for the CNC machine for each of the locators; determining if each of the plurality of locators is within a predetermined offset limit from a nominal position; programming a controller with an offset compensation amount based upon the determined locator position for each locator when all of the plurality of locators are within the predetermined offset limit; adjusting the position of at least one of the plurality of locators to adjust a position of the flexible fixture when the determined locator position for any of the plurality of locators is not within the predetermined offset limit; and wherein adjusting the position of at least one of the plurality of locators further comprises one of shimming the at least one of the plurality of locators, grinding the at least one of the plurality of locators and adjusting a spacer associated with the at least one of the plurality of locators.