A vast need of current production industry is a significant increase of manufacturing precision and quality. A major step towards accomplishing these needs is MESACTIF (Modular Embedded System for ACTive Intelligent Fixtures), a fixture mounted underneath conventional part fixtures of milling machines. The goal is to significantly enhance the machine's accuracy and to enable the innovative manufacturing of complex shapes. A special requirement is modularity at all design levels to ensure high adaptability for a wide range of possible future applications. The result is a mechatronic system based on a RTLinux distributed embedded system.

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