Automated  Rapid Welding Fixture/Crating Design

Accelerate your welding processes by creating jigs & fixtures, faster.

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Nucleo Fixture Cost Analysis (ROI) Tool

Fixtures are a necessary evil. 
Make designing them easier.

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How it Works

Nucleo Fixture creates an interlocked grid of X and Y  fixture blades connected to a mating base plate from an imported solid CAD model. The top profile of each X or Y blade matches the underside of the component at the blade’s insertion position, creating a “cradle” into which the component is located. Nucleo Fixture includes a range of standard CAD translators and optional translators for most popular CAD systems. These include IGES, Solidworks, SolidEdge, IronCAD, Inventor DWG and DXF, CATIA, Pro Engineer, STEP and Unigraphics.

Return on Investment

Compared to traditional fixture costs, Nucleo Fixture results in enough overall savings to pay for itself within a small number of fixture runs. 


Dewys Manufacturing saved over $6700 in the first 3 months of use, click the tile below for their ROI.

Nucleo Fixture Cost Analysis (ROI) Tool

Nucleo in Action

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Tacking Stage
Full Weld-out Stage
Tacking Stage


Below is an example of a two step fixture courtesy of Clean Air America. The righthand station is the initial tacking fixture,  the other the full weld-out process.

Full Weld-out Stage


Below is an example of a two step fixture courtesy of Clean Air America. The righthand station is the initial tacking fixture,  the other the full weld-out process.

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"This software has changed the game for our fixtures in accuracy and development time. 

Installing them is a breeze and I would highly recommend. 

For example, I finished 32 fixtures in 2 weeks. Before, it would’ve taken 2 weeks for a smaller fixture. 

I’ve also made line fixtures for work holding while installing other components. 

They also have a jigsaw feature that breaks up the base plate on larger items that dovetail together."

- Jordan Miller

American Landmaster Website

Apex Tool Group used Nucleo to help automate the manufacture of toolboxes in their robot cell.  The design included pneumatic clamps into the fixture.

Apex Website

Gilbert manufacture heavy equipment for industries including forestry and construction. This FaaS® project used 0.25" material for the heavy-weight part and "gripper points" to offset the fixture from the part surface. These radii - spaced along the fixture blade peripheries - allow for any adjustment that may be necessary and less friction/heat transfer between the weldment and fixture.

Gilbert Website

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