Subject Outline / Syllabus: Types of jigs and fixtures and their applications. Concepts of referencing, locating and planes of movement.
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Design characteristics for locating, clamping, assembling. machining and operational devices. Templates, vices, angle-plate, boxes and channels, Designing around the human element Modular work holding, welding fixtures and manipulators, machining and assembly fixtures. Tooling for conventional machining and numerically controlled machines, setup devices. Tooling, jigs and fixtures for high quality production. Tool materials. Considerations for design economics.
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