Design of Jigs Fixtures and Press Tools 2/E

This book Design of Jigs Fixtures and Press Tools is aimed at providing the introductory knowledge on the subject to the undergraduate students studying mechanical and manufacturing engineering at most universities. Many of the universities prescribe a syllabus that contains both Design of Jigs and Fixtures and Design of Press Tools in a single semester course. Keeping the above in mind this book is designed in two parts. Part-I deals with Jigs and Fixtures and Part-II is earmarked exclusively for the study of Press Tools. Both these subjects are built progressively in successive chapters. A separate appendix in each part provides short answer questions with answers which will help the students in clarifying doubts and strengthen their knowledge base. The explanatory notes and illustrations provided in the book will serve the purpose of awakening the interest of the students and invoking in them the passion for tooling in their study of mechanical manufacturing or production engineering.<font color=red>Contents</font> : Foreword Preface PART I—JIGS AND FIXTURES 1. Introduction to Jigs and Fixtures 2. Design of Locators 3. Design of Clamps 4. Drilling Jigs 5. Design of Milling Fixtures 6. Other Types of Fixtures Design Exercises for Jigs and Fixtures Worked Examples for Jigs and Fixtures Appendix A: Metal Cutting Tools Appendix B: Fits and Tolerances Appendix C: Suggested Questions and Answers PART II—PRESS TOOLS 1. Introduction to Presses and Auxiliary Equipment 2. Sheet Metal Forming Processes 3. Introduction to Press Tools 4. Introduction to the Design of Blanking Piercing Progressive and Compound Dies 5. Bending Drawing and Forming Dies Design Exercises for Press Tools Appendix A: Properties of Materials Appendix B: Drawing Speeds and Lubricants Appendix C: Press Tools–Suggested Questions and Answers References Index<font color=red>About the Author</font> : K. Venkataraman is a Mechanical Engineer by training. He did his graduation from College of Engineering Guindy (presently Anna University) and post-graduation from Concordia University Canada. He did his graduate apprenticeship in Durgapur Steel Plant of SAIL in the year 1971–72 and later worked with renowned engineering consultancy organisation MECON for nearly 30 years. He was associated with steel oil defense and general industries. He got separated from MECON in October 2000 under the voluntary retirement scheme and joined as a faculty member in Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology Chennai and later on moved into the Mechanical Engineering department of Anna University. From the year 2005 he was a faculty of BITS Pilani Chennai centre and was involved in the off-campus activities until 2014. His wide experience extends from industry to academia. He is a member of the Institution of Engineers (India) and American Society of Mechanical Engineers.