Jigs and Fixtures

Jigs and Fixtures are production devices that increase the rate of manufacturing. This highly useful book for Design and Production engineers provides:

Detailed discussions on the basic principles of tool design

Checkpoints for common errors in design

Large number of component drawings for practice

Guidelines on surface grinding layouts

Important standards for elements of jigs and Fixtures

What's new in this edition

The primary focus of this edition is on Numerically Controlled (NC)/Computerized Numerical Control (CNC) machines and different practical problems faced by professionals in design shops. The book also contains

Solutions to the problem of broken drills in deep angular oil holes

Pitfalls to be avoided while locating castings and forgings

Case study on drilling scores of linear holes with equal pitch

Construction details of large jigs

Modular fixture concepts

Slitless hydraulic collets and expanding mandrels

The book contains over 250 illustrations, including 2D/3D views of different jigs.

Jigs and Fixtures is an indispensable reference for design and production engineers on the shop floor. The students of production engineering will also find this book very useful.