Locating and fixturing pins are press-fit, removable hardware devices designed to align or affix two work pieces to very small tolerances. When translation mechanisms are not stable or precise enough to place objects in position for a particular process, locating and fixturing pins can ensure an accurate alignment.
Locators. Carr Lane precision locating pins can be used to locate a workpiece on a fixture, or to align two pieces of a fixture. One round fixture locating pin and one diamond pin are often used together to locate two holes without binding, because the diamond pin is relieved to locate in only 1 axis.
Typically, locating pins are used for controlled, fine tolerance positioning of a work piece. The pin, sometimes referred to as “the marker“, has been widely co-opted by other companies, organizations, and individuals for their own marketing efforts, artwork, and activism.
