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Fixture Components

The document describes various fixture components used in machining, including fixture bases, clamps, set blocks, and types of fixtures such as milling, turning, and welding fixtures. It also explains the function of a floating reamer holder and a machine vice, detailing their assembly and operational mechanisms. Additionally, it includes exercises for drawing assembly views of the described components.

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Fixture Components

The document describes various fixture components used in machining, including fixture bases, clamps, set blocks, and types of fixtures such as milling, turning, and welding fixtures. It also explains the function of a floating reamer holder and a machine vice, detailing their assembly and operational mechanisms. Additionally, it includes exercises for drawing assembly views of the described components.

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Fixture Components

1. Fixture Base
It is used to locate the fixture components and the
work piece. It is firmly fastened to the machine table
with clamps. In addition, they may be provided with
tongues (tenons) that enter table T-slots for aligning
the fixture properly with respect to spindle axis.
2. Clamps
Fixture clamps, apart from clamping the work
piece, are required to resist the cutting forces.
Hence, they must be sized heavily than the jig
clamps and must be properly located.
Set Block

Cutter set blocks are fastened to the fixture


body for proper positioning of the cutter/tool
(see the next figure). The locating surfaces of
the set blocks are off-set from the finished
surfaces to be machined. Feeler gauges, in
thickness equal to the off-set are used on the
locating surfaces of the set blocks and then
the fixture is adjusted until the cutter touches
the feeler gauges.
Milling Fixture (Indexing Type)
Type of Fixtures
1. Indexing Type Milling Fixture: See the previous
Figure.
2. Turning Fixture:
The next figure shows a turning fixture to drill and
finish a bearing block. The base of the fixture is
clamped to a face plate/back plate of lathe. To
compensate for the unbalanced loading over the
lathe spindle, a balance weight is provided on the
fixture base.
Turning Fixture
3. Welding Fixture
The next figure shows a welding fixture for a
pipe fabrication. The pipe fabrication consists
of 3 pipes, 2 channels and 1 gusset channel.
The pipes are located and supported by
blocks containing semi-circular grooves. They
are clamped by strap clamps. The channels
and gusset are located and supported by
brackets and aligning pins. Later, the welding
operation is carried out.
Welding Fixture
1. Floating Reamer Holder
A reamer provides a ready means of sizing and finishing a hole
after drilling or boring. However, greater accuracy is ensured when
the reamer is carried in a holder, which allows it to float or to have
a certain latitude of free movement. If the reamer is rigidly held
and if there is any small error in the alignment, the reamer will be
unable to follow the bored hole, resulting in inaccuracy. The
floating reamer holder, by permitting a certain amount of freedom,
allows the reamer to follow the axis of the hole it is reaming.
The details of a floating reamer holder are shown in Figure (a). The
sleeve 5 is rigidly fixed in the pivot 4 by the set screws 7. This
assembly is fitted into the body 1, by making use of the pivot plate
3, bearing ball seat 2 and the steel ball 9. This ensures floating
condition for the reamer holder. This assembly is held in place by
the cover plate 6 to the body of the holder.
Figure (b) shows the assembly drawing of the floating reamer
holder.
Exercise (1) Page 24 ( (‫كتاب المارين‬:
The details of a floating reamer holder
used on a lathe are shown in the figure.
Assemble the parts and draw the
following views to a suitable scale:
(i) Half sectional view from the front,
with top half in section, and
(ii) View from the left.
2. machine vice
The details of a plain machine vice are shown in
figure. It consists of the base 1 which is clamped to the
machine table using two T-bolts. The sliding block 3 is
fixed in the center slot of the base by means of the
guide screw 4. The movable jaw 2 is fixed to the
sliding block with four screws 8 and 7. One of the
serrated plates 5 is fixed to the jaw of the base by
means of screws 6 and the other to the movable jaw
by the screws 7. One end of the guide screw is fixed to
the base by means of the washer 9 and nut 10 (not
shown in figure). The movable jaw is operated by
means of a handle (not shown) which fits onto the
square end of the guide screw.
Exercise (2)
Figure shows the details of a machine vice.
Assemble the parts and draw,
(i) sectional view from the front,
(ii) view from above and
(iii)view from the left. Use suitable scale.
Figure represents the details of a swivel machine
vice. Assemble the parts and draw,
(i) sectional view from the front,
(ii) view from above and
(iii) sectional view from the left, with cutting
plane passing through the axis of the clamping
bolts.
Milling Fixture
Figure shows a simple milling fixture. The fixture is
located on the machine table by two tenons 7 and
clamped to the machine table in the T-slots. The
workpiece is located using the full diameter locating pin
8 and flattened locating pin 4. The job is clamped by two
heavy duty clamps 2 to the fixture base. The cutter
setting is obtained by using the setting block 3, for both
depth and transverse setting. The setting block is fixed
by means of locating pins 9 and dowel pins 10. The
clamps are positioned by guide pin 11 and rigidly fixed
by clamping screws 5 and clamping nuts 6.
Exercise (3)
The assembly drawing of a speed reducer is shown
in Figure. Draw the details of the following, to
suitable scale:
(i) Fixture base(1), (ii) tenons 7, (iii)

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