Why and How You Can Create Self-Locating and Self-Fixturing

This will generate a tab that sticks out from the mating component by a distance of in, which will make alignment and welding of the two

Tab-Slot and Lock construction makes the structural components link fully together After welding tab-slot and lock and tube steel components together, you get

tabletop slot machine When a tab or slot is added to a part, the stress flow is disrupted These can lead to large stress concentrations Tabs and slot joints should

tab and slot joint Designed using proprietary Tab & Slot methodology for building stiff and accurate welding fixtures that has been proven in real world manufacturing setups for