Jig and Fixture Design

by Hoffman,Edward

• ISBN13: 9780827365964
• ISBN10: 0827365969
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-11-14
• Publisher: Cengage Learning

Summary

Keep up to date with this text that covers the advances in jigs and fixtures and provides an understanding of how and why jigs and fixtures are designed and built. Economy and simplicity in tool design principles are stressed throughout.

Table of Contents

Preface
Purpose of Tool Design	p. 1
Types and Functions of Jigs and Fixtures	p. 7
Supporting and Locating Principles	p. 20
Clamping and Workholding Principles	p. 40
Basic Construction Principles	p. 60
Design Economics	p. 78
Developing the Initial Design	p. 88
Tool Drawings	p. 96
Template Jigs	p. 125
Vise-Held and Plate Fixtures	p. 136
Plate Jigs	p. 156
Angle-Plate Jigs and Fixtures	p. 175
Channel and Box Jigs	p. 190
Vise-Jaw Jigs and Fixtures	p. 202
Power Workholding	p. 217
Modular Workholding	p. 225
Welding and Inspection Tooling	p. 243
Low-Cost Jigs and Fixtures	p. 253
Tooling for Numerically Controlled Machines	p. 288
Setup Reduction for Workholding	p. 299
Tool Materials	p. 309
Appendix	p. 323
Glossary	p. 325
Professional Organizations	p. 334
Index	p. 335
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