Jigs and fixtures are used in welding to precisely position components, hold them rigidly during welding to prevent movement, and ensure consistency and interchangeability between parts. They are designed specifically for each part or assembly and can be classified into assembly, precision fitting and welding, and robotic welding fixtures. Key considerations in the design of jigs and fixtures include ensuring easy access to the weld joint and preventing spatter on surrounding components. Their applications include reducing costs, increasing production and accuracy, enabling machining of complex parts, and improving quality control and workplace safety.
Jigs and fixtures are used in welding to precisely position components, hold them rigidly during welding to prevent movement, and ensure consistency and interchangeability between parts. They are designed specifically for each part or assembly and can be classified into assembly, precision fitting and welding, and robotic welding fixtures. Key considerations in the design of jigs and fixtures include ensuring easy access to the weld joint and preventing spatter on surrounding components. Their applications include reducing costs, increasing production and accuracy, enabling machining of complex parts, and improving quality control and workplace safety.
Jigs and fixtures are used in welding to precisely position components, hold them rigidly during welding to prevent movement, and ensure consistency and interchangeability between parts. They are designed specifically for each part or assembly and can be classified into assembly, precision fitting and welding, and robotic welding fixtures. Key considerations in the design of jigs and fixtures include ensuring easy access to the weld joint and preventing spatter on surrounding components. Their applications include reducing costs, increasing production and accuracy, enabling machining of complex parts, and improving quality control and workplace safety.
Jigs and fixtures are used in welding to precisely position components, hold them rigidly during welding to prevent movement, and ensure consistency and interchangeability between parts. They are designed specifically for each part or assembly and can be classified into assembly, precision fitting and welding, and robotic welding fixtures. Key considerations in the design of jigs and fixtures include ensuring easy access to the weld joint and preventing spatter on surrounding components. Their applications include reducing costs, increasing production and accuracy, enabling machining of complex parts, and improving quality control and workplace safety.
JIGS & FIXTURES FOR WELDING JIGS & FIXTURES Generally it is a work holding device that holds, supports and locates the work piece for a specific operation but
does not guide the tool. It provides only a reference surface or a device. What makes a fixture unique is that each
one is built to fit a particular part or shape. The main purpose of a fixture is to locate and hold a work piece during
either a machining operation or some other industrial process. A jig differs from a fixture in that as it guides the
tool to its correct position in addition to locating and supporting the work piece. In welding their main function is
to position components accurately, hold components rigidly and prevent movement during working in order to
ensure greater productivity and part accuracy. Jigs and fixtures are specially designed so that large no of
components can be machined or assembled identically and to ensure interchangeability of components. It promotes
good fitting tolerance in the final product and the quality of work piece is very high which are produced at low
cost. The fixtures can be classified into three categories, they are,
• Assembly fixtures
• precision fitting and welding fixtures
• robotic welding fixtures
Assembly fixture produces a satisfactory fit up quickly without any temporary welds to the work piece. Precision jigs
and welding fixtures are used to produce accurate fabrications. Robotic welding fixtures have several specific
requirements depending on the requirement of the work piece to be welded. They are usually made of hardened materials
to avoid frequent damage and to resist wear. Example-MS, Cast iron, Die steel, CS, HSS. The most commonly used
fixtures in welding are chucks.
DESIGN OF JIGS & FIXTURES There are certain standard fixtures and they can also be designed according to the requirement of the job which is to be used. There are some features to be considered during the time of design they are,
o Weld joint must be easily accessible
o Fixture must be more rigid than assembly
o All the other components surrounding the weld area should be prevented from weld spatter.
o The fixture should allow assembly of work with a minimum of temporary welds that are visible on completion
o The work piece must be easily fixed and removed before and after welding. Fixture carrying a ball valve on a positioner APPLICATION OF JIGS AND FIXTURES
∙ Jigs and fixtures are used to reduce the cost and increase the production.
∙ To assure the high accuracy on the components during the process.
∙ To provide for interchangeability of the work piece.
∙ To enables heavy and complex shaped parts to be machined by holding rigidly to a machine.
∙ To control quality control expenses.
∙ Less skilled labor.
∙ Saving labor.
∙ There use partially automates the machine tool.
∙ Improve the safety at work, thereby lowering the rate of accidents.
