ME5635

DESIGN OF JIGS, FIXTURES AND PRESS

TOOLS

UNIT – II (Part 1)
JIGS
(Drill Bushes) 1
 UNIT II
Drill bushes – Different types of jigs – Plate latch –
Channel, box- post- angle plate- angular post-
turnover- pot jigs – Automatic drill jigs – Rack and
pinion operated – Air operated Jigs components –
Design and development of Jigs for given
components.

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A Jig is a special device that holds the workpiece but also
guides the cutting tool as the operation is performed.
A device that holds the work and locates the path of the
tool.

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Elements of a Jig

1. Jig body

2. Jig feet

3. Drill bush

4. Jig plate

5. Locators

6. Clamps

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 1. JIG BODY
The jig body or base is the main element of the jig which
supports the workpiece.
It contains all the locating and clamping elements.
It is provided with jig feet which are used to rest the jig on the
machine table.
Jig bodies should be of proper strength and also it should be
economical to manufacture.

Types of Jig Body

1. Build-up body
2. Welded body
3. Cast body
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 2. JIG FEET
• The entire body of the jig should not be rest on the machine
table directly.
• The jig feet are used at the bottom of the jig.

• Jig feet are either cast with jig body or detachable or welded to
the base.

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 3. Drill Bush
• Drill bushes are used to guide drills, reamers and other cutting tools into
the proper position on the workpiece.
• They are made of tool steel and hardening carbon steel.
• Bushes are generally made with high precision
• They are fixed in the jig plates or straps.
• These bushes can be replaced when worn out with less cost than replacing
the entire jig plate or strap.
• The inside diameter of the bush is ground to precision running fit with drill/reamer
whereas the outside diameter is made as press fit.
• The length of the bush should be approximately twice the diameter of the
bushing hole

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 4. Jig Plate

• Jig plate carries the drill bush for guiding the tools.
• The jig plate may be of rigid one or it may be of leaf or
latch type.

5. Locators
6. Clamps

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DRILL BUSH

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 1. Fixed or Press Fit Bushes
• Pressed interference fit.
a. Plain or headless
- Cheapest of all
- Hole is produced by only one tool.
- Used when the free surface is required on the top
face of the jig plate.

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 1. Fixed or Press Fit Bushes
b. Flanged or headed
- It has flange or head on the top face of the bush
- It is employed when the jig plate into which is
installed in thin.
- It has increasing length of the bush which provides
longer guiding portion to the bush
- It also acts as a stop for the tool

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2. Renewable Bush
• In continuous or mass production
works, the inside diameter of the
bush is subjected to severe wear
due to continuous contact with
cutting tool.
• This requires periodic replacement.
• These bushes are made for light
press fit.
• To prevent the bush from rotation
and coming with the tool, when it is
withdrawn, set screw is provided for
retaining the bush with the jig plate.
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 • When a hole in the workpiece
3. Slip Bushes requires two operation such as
drilling and reaming with the
same jig, it is necessary to use
two different guide bushes for
different tools.
• Hole is first drilled – Drill bush
• Second is reamer – reamer bush
• It is made with a knurled head
with a provision for a locking
device.

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 4. Threaded or Screwed Bushes

• Used for locating purposes

• It can be tightened down to give clamping pressure when
required

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 5. Liner Bushes or Master Bushes

• They are permanently fixed into the jig body.

• Used to guide both renewable and slip bushes and
sometimes to guide the tools.
• Bushes can be with or without heads.

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6. Special Bushes or Non-Standard Bushes

• To meet the requirements of the workpiece.

• Long bush – drill friction is considerable. To overcome
this, the bush can be counter bored.

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• When the holes to be drilled are of different sizes and
also close to each other.
• A single bush with two holes.

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1. Boring Jigs
2. Drill Jigs Types of JIGS
3. Template Jigs
4. Plate Jigs
5. Sandwich Jigs
6. Latch or Leaf Jigs
7. Channel Jigs
8. Box Jigs
9. Post Jigs or Angle Plate Jigs
10.Angular Post Jigs
11.Turnover Jigs
12.Pot Jigs
13.Solid Jigs
14.Trunion Jigs
15.Indexing Jigs
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16.Universal Jigs