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THE DESIGN OF FIXTURE FOR PRODUCT BEARING 97 FOR CNC MACHINE
LEE WAN INN
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
2002TJ 230 L482 2002
PKHICMAT MAKLUMA T AKACEMIK
11111 I1111 Ifl1lTIiJ 111111 II II 0000107204
SOTang P~ n yc r~hJn L aporan Projek Univcrsili Ital 3ysia Suawak
R 13~
BORANG PErWERAH AN LA PO RAN P RO EK
Judul THE DES IGN OF FI XTURE FOR PRO DUCT BEARING 97 FOR CNC MACHINE
199912002 _ _ ___ _SESI PENGAJI AN
Saya LEE WAN INN
(HURUF BE$AR)
mengaku me mbenarka l1 LCsis ini d isimpan d Pusa Khidnul Maklumal Akade llllk liniversili Malaysia $arnwak dell ll syaral-syanll kegullJan sepeni ~nkul
I Haknullk k( rUs proJek ada lah mlill penulls dan UN IMAS
1 Naskhah salillan dl da larn benruk kcrus aUI mi lcro han)ll hold l J ibual dengan kehenaran bcflUhs da rip3d1 G~ IMAS 31au penulis
J usal Khidm31 MaklurTIa l Ak3demlk UN IMAS dibenarkan mt mbual sa liI1 ll unl ltk pcngaj iall mcrcka
4 Kc ctas projek hanya bold l ducrbitbu dcngan kebenaran penu lis 3V1U UNfM AS Bayaran ro)lthi adalali mc ogiku kadar )ling d lPCTSCluJu i kelak
S bull Saya mcmhcn ukall dak mc rnbenarkall Perpustakaan mcmbu al salin all kectas projck in i sehag~1 h han pcrtukaran d i a illaTl innilUSl pengaJlan lllgSi
6 bullbull Sila tandakan ( ) d l mana kOl3k png hcrkenaan
~ SUUT (vleng3ndllllb maklumal yang bcrda rp h kcsc lanl lan alu kepm lmgarr
Mala ys ia sqeni yang termaktub dr d2ian AKTA RAHS IA RASMI I(71)
~ TERHAD ( ell~md llllbi maklulll~ 1 TERHA D yang le lal] dtte llhl lan a lell o rganisasil
badilll d i rltla na ~nydiJikan dljai311kl rl)
~ T IDAK TERHAD
Oisahk I olch
(TANDAT AgtGAN PENUU $) (T A14DAT ~N PENYEL IA) -shy -
Ala lll leUp 179 JALAN S ANOAR HI UR
75000 M ELAKA SYEO T ARM 1Z I SY ED SHAZALI Nama PCQyeha
l anklt l ankh
CATATAN POlone va ll i Ida berken a ll J t- l Ktrl u PrOlek 1111 SULI T alau TERHAD s la lam pl rlo l n sural d a r lp d ~ pihak bukuau1 org amsul berkenu n d ~ni 1 n men ~middotr l a k a n seka ll Irmpoh kerl a projek lni per lU d ikcljlln ~tb1 g n SULI T a lau T ERHAD
SUPERVISORS CERTIFICATION
This project report entitled THE DESIGN OF FIXTURE FOR PRODUCT
BEARlNG 97 FOR CNC MACHINE was prepared by Lee Wan Inn as a partial
fulfillment of the requirement for Bachelor of Engineering with Honours (Mechanical
Engineering and Manufacturing System) is hereby read and approved by
bJ-cI J-oe Lshyr I
Sye Tamfzi Syed Shazali Date
THE DESIGN OF FIXTURE FOR PRODUCT BEARING 97 FOR CNC MACHINE
LEE WAN INN
This report is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the Degree of Bachelor of Engineering (Hons)
Mechanical E ngineering and Manufacturing System from the Faculty of Engineering
University Malaysia Sarawak 2002
Acknowledgement
The author would like to acknowledge the guidance and supervi sion that
offered by Encik Syed Talmizi Syed Shazali as a supervisor through out the
completion of this project report Acknowledgement is given to the staff of Winco
Precision Engineering (Melaka) Sdn Bhd for their important assistance Thanks to Mr
Lor Thim Soon production manager of the company who offered a lot of help
guidance and suggestion in developing th~ design
The author aknowledgememt would not be completed without recognizing Cik
Rubiyah bt Hj Baini Programme Coordinator of Mechanical Engineering and
Manufacturing System who prepared many letters requesting pennission to visit the
conpany Thanks also to the staff and technicians of Faculty Engineering for their
help
Finally the author would like to acknowledge to her family and friends who
have given so much encouragement and support along the completion of this project
Abstract
Fixture plaJ1]ing is an important element in prClduction planning Process plans
for machiling operations are prepared Wiel an assumption that jigs and fixtures would
be readily available for locating and holding all job-machine combinations Fixture
planning determines the fixture that holds a workpiece firmly in position in a
particular set up and provides a means to reference and align the cutting tool or -probe
to the workpiece The objective of this project is to identify and design a suitable
fixture system for the production of a particular product called Bearing 97 It involves
the analysi s of the machine specification machining process workpiece and finished
product specifications to identify the parameters needed for the fixture Then detailed
designs of the fixture with the variou components are produced according to the
parameters that have been determined earlier The prototype is produced and tested for
its efficiency The result is obtained and presented
ii
Abstrak
Perancangan fixture adalah elemen penting dalam perancangan pembuata
Proses merancang untuk operasi pemesimn adalah dirancang dengan anggapan fixture
telah bersedia untuk memegang semua kombillasi produk dan mesin Perancangan
fixture mengenalpasti fixture yang dapat memegang produk dengan rapat di posisinya
untuk penggunaan tertentu dan memberi rujukan dan susunan alat pemotong kepada
produk Projek in bertujuan mengenalpasti dan mencipta saru sistem fiXture yang
sesuai untuk penghasilan produk tertentu iaitu Bearing 97 Ia meEbatkan analisa cirishy
Cili mesin proses pemesinan ciri middotmiddotc iri b3han mentah dan produk akhir untuk
mengenalpasti parameter-parameter yang diperlukan unluk flXlure Selepas itu ciptaan
yang terperinci dengan pelbagai componen dihasilkan berdaarkan parametershy
parameter yang ditetapkan Model dihasilkan dan diuji untuk memperolehi
keberkesanannya Keputusan diperhatikan dan dibentang
iii
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title
Acknowledgement
Abstract
Abstrak
List of Figures
List of Tables
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
11 History of numerical contro l machine
12 Fixture planning and designing
13 Definition of design
14 Background of the company
15 Objectives
CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW
21 Qualityand design
22 Fixture and jig
22 I Degree 0 f freedom
222 Fixture hardware
22 3 Classification of fixture
224 Analyzing the machining operation
2 3 Fixture design principles
23 1 Type oflocation
232 Methods of location
233 General guidelines or rules
Page
II
III
Vll
x
2
3
4
5
7
8
9
10
12
J3
16
17
18
19
[ y
234 Locating and positioning 20
235 Chips and di11 cleaning 2 1
236 Locator wear 23
237 Supporting the part 24
24 Clamping methods 24
CHAPTER 3 METHODOLOGY
31 Define the problem 26
32 Analyze the problem 26
33 Data collection from research 27
34 Con~eptual design 27
35 Design generation 28
36 Design construction 28
37 Material selection 29
38 Design construction 30
39 Evaluating of the final product 30
CHAPTER 4 IMPLEMENTA nON
41 Machining Processes 32
42 Machine specification 33
421 Travel axis 34
422 Turntable 34
43 Implementation 35
431 Design criteria and constraints 35
432 Detailed drawing 37
44 Chassis material 41
44 1 Steel 41
442 Carbon steel 41
45 Proto typing 43
v
451 Ve11icai Milling Machine 43
452 Drilling 50
453 Tapping 53
46 Assembly mechanism 55
CHAPTER 5 RESULT AND ANALYSIS
51 Loading-unloading mechanism 65
52 Inspecti0 n 72
CHAPTER 6 CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDA nONS
61 Conclusion 74
62 Recommendations 75
REFERENCES 78
APPENDIX 80
VI
List of Figures
Figure Page
21 Six degrees of freedom 9
41 Dimension of the workpiece after the second
stage of machining 57
42 Finished product after the third stage of machining
Process 58
43 Area of the worktable 34
44 Moullting plate 59
45 Bearing 97 locator 60
46 Bearing 97 shaft 61
47 WaslJer bush and locator pin 62
4 8 Isometri c assembly view 63
49 20 assembly view (A-A cross section of isometric
assembly view) 64
51 KlWAMI machine that used for drilling and
tapping machining process with the des igned fixture
set up on the machine 65
VII
52 The fixture is set on the worktable inside the
machine The machine is equipped with sliding
window for safety protection 66
53 Close look at the fixture Four locators are assembled
on the mounting plate with shafts locator pins and
stoppers fix on it 66
54 Close look at one of the four locators 67
55 Workpiece 67
56 Finished product 68
57 Restriction of six degree of freedom of the workpiece
by the fixture 69
58 It show~ the comparison before loading and after
loading process It shows how the worlplece is put
on the locators which fit on the stopper 70
59 Four products are placed on the fixture Washers are
put on it and clamping mechanism is obtained by
pushing the level to the right 70
510 Left The machining area when the machining
process is carried out
Right Close look at the machining area fixture and
spindle head 71
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CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
11 HISTORY OF NUMERICAL CONTROL MACHINE
T he introduction of numerical control was in the earl y aerospace industry and
owed much to the US Air Force The first development work in the area of numerical
control (NC) is attributed to John Parsons and an associate named Frank Stulen at
Parsons Corporation in Traverse City Mich igan The origina l NC concept involved
the use of coordinate positional data contained on punched cards to define the surface
contours of helicopter blades After that retrofitting a conventional tracer nUll with
rudimentary numerical controls developed the first NC machine In March 1952 the
machine was demonstrated at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Sponsoring additional research at MIT to design a part programrill ng language that
could be used for controlling NC machine tools continues development of NC This
research resulted ill the development of the Automaticall y Programmed Tooling
(APT) language
NC is a form of programmable automation in which the processing equipment
is controlled by means of numbers letters and other symbols The numbers letters and
symbols are coded in an appropri ate fonnat to define a program of instructions for a
particular workpart or job [Mikell P Groover 1987) The program of instructio ns is
changed when job changes The capabiJity to change the program is what makes NC
suitable for low and medium volume production A numerica l contro l system consists
of three components they are program of instructions machine control unit and
processing equipmert The development of numerical control was a significant
achievement from technological and a commercial viewpoint in both batch and job
shop manufacturing
The extensions of NC technology include direct numerical control (DNC) and
computer numerical control (CNC) DNC was offered in the mid to late 1960s and
CNC systems were commercially introduced during the earl y 1970s DNC involves
the use of large central comput~r to direct the operations of a number of separate NC
machines This gave a great advantages in computer technology over the years and
resulted in smaller less costiy yet more powerful computers The developme1t
cortinued to result in new configuration called computer numerical control Accord ing
to Mikell P Groover (1987) CNC denotes a numerical control system that uses a
dedicated stored-program computer to perform some or all of the basic NC contru l
functions CNC is a NC system using a dedicated microcomputer as the machine
control unit Due to the programmable fl exible and interchangeable characteristics of
the CNC machine it is used to produce workpieces with high accuracy and
repeatability
12 FIXTURE PLANNING AND DESIGNING
The manufacturing planning activities are traditionally classified as design
process planning and production planning In this thesis attention is focused on the
fi xture design for specific product design on CNC machine Fixture plaruung is an
2
important issue in small batch manufacturing which requires the flexibility Fixture
planning determines the fixture that holds a workpiece finnly in position iil a
particular setup and provides a mean to reference and ~lign the cUlling tool or probe to
the workpiece Proper location of the workpiece is essential to ensure accllracy and
repeatability of the machining Fixture planning is difficult because there are many
different types of fixtures and fixture elements Fixture has to satisfy many constraints
on stability location restraint accessibility and cost Fixture plarning is important
because it contributes significantly to the overall manufacturing cost and process
Fixtures that are specially designed and built for a particular workpiece are called
dedicated fixtUlcs
13 DEFINITION OF DESIGN
According to George E Dieter design can be categorized as to create
something that has never been or arrange existing things in a new way to satisfy a
recognized need ofsociety
From the manufacturing view design can mean establishing the basic
parameters of a system It involves detailing the materials shapes and tolerance of the
individual parts of a product It is an activity that starts with sketches of parts and
assemblies and progresses to the drawing board or CAD workstation where assembly
drawings and detailed part drawings are produced [Geoffrey Boothroyd 1994]
Hollins and Pugh (1990) describe total design as a multidiSCiplinary iterative
process thaI takes an idea or market need forward inlO a successful product Design
3
does not end with production but with product disposal Middendorf (1990) defines
design as an iterative decision-making activity whereby scientific and technological
information is used to produce a system device or process which is different in some
degree from what the designer knows to have been done before and which is meant to
meet human needs Bebb (1988) describes design as the set ofprocess that translates
customer reqll irements into manufacturable outcomes
Generally design is creative multidiscipline process need to be iterative
evolutionary and serves human needs Quality is meeting the customers requirement
Therefore design for quality is the processes and activity that need to be carried out to
enable the manufacture of a product that fully meets customer requirements
A good design requires both analysis and synthesis Analysis is to calculate as
much about the part behaviors as possible by using Li)e approlriate diciplines of
science and engineering science and the necessary computationa l tools in order to
understand how part will perform in service Synthesis involves the identifi cation of
the design elements that will compri se the product its decompos ition into parts and
the combination of the part so lution in total workable system
14 BACKGROUND OF THE COMPANY
WTNCO Precision Engineering Sdn Bhd in Malacca provides precision
engineering contract services These include
a) Precision CNC Tum Process
b) Precision CNC Milling Process
4
c) Precision CNC Auto-lathe Process
d) Production of Small High Precision Zinc Die-cast Components
WINCO usually receives orders from the customers and at the same time raw
materials are provided by the customers WINCO will provide the service of
machining the raw materials to the final products Then they wi ll be send back to the
customer In this project the product invo lved is Bearing 97 which is a new job
assigned to the company The product will go th ro ugh few machini ng processes before
it comes to the finished product
WINCO is equipped with 15 CNC m2chines with different purposes have the
ability to produce a workpiece up to micron precision They have CNC turning
machine CNC lathe machi ne CNC drilling-tapping machine CNC machining center
and etc In order to produce Bearing 97 wi th the spec ification of the customer the
machines used are CNC turn ing machine and drilling-tapping machine However the
drill ing and tapping process will be the main atlentio n of this project
15 OBJECTIVES
The drilling-tapping machine or called J(jwami machine is not equipped with
Jlg or fi xture Therefore the workpiece is unable to be hold in position on the
worktable This gives the difficulties for the machining processes In order to ho ld or
clamp the workpiece on the worktable a suffIcient fi xture system is needed Thus the
main objective of thi s project is to design a fixture sys tem for the partic ular product
5
Bearing 97 for CNC drilling-tapping machine in order to accomplish the process ing
task Besides that the purposes of thi s des ign are to
a) Detennine the material selection
b) Understand the mechanism and assembly within the worktable fi xture and
workpiece
c) Model the prototype
d) Test on the prototype to obtain resu lt by analysing the quality of the output
6
CHAPTER 2
LITERATURE REVIEW
21 QUALITY AND DESIGN
Quality is conformance to requirement or specification This is the definition
used by Crosby (1979) A more general definition of quality is fitness for use This
definition is attributed to Juran (1974) It places emphasis on the customer aspect of
quality including design quality
An addi tional formal definiti on of quality is quali ty is the totality of features
and characteristics of a product or service that bear on its ability to satisfy given needs
This definition is the consensus definition in ASNIIASQC standard A3 (1978) a
document that provides a comprehensive discussion of quality and related tem1S
In order to produce a quality product the design qua lity and manufactu red
quality must be considered respectively Design quality is an important aspect of
quality and must b~ considered carefully in planning the design manufactwing and
marketing of a product
But design quality is not the only aspect of quality After a product has been
designed and placed in manufacture it is found that the manufacturing process does
not always produces each unit in conionnity to the requirement The defects may be
related to the product design itself and also related to the poor manufacturing
processes planning and machine tools setup In this project the focus is on the flx ture
planning that w ili result in the level of quality of the workpiece Therefore in order to
7
produce a quality finished product a sufficient fixture system which will coordinate
with the manufacturing processes is required
22 FIXTURE AND JIG
The modem manufacturing of interchangeable parts is established on the fact
that each part wiJi be produced within a specified tolerance range By using a jig or
fixture the part is presented to the tool in a fixed relationship thus satisfying the
prescribed tolerances
Jigs and fixtures are used primarily for holding and positioning parts during
manufacturing Jigs physically hrnit and control (guide) the path of a cutting tool
during the machining process Fixtures do not guide the tool but allow it to find its
own path [Jerome C Lange 1984] Both jigs and fixtures eliminate the six degrees of
freedom of the part which is required during machining The main function of a jig or
fi xture is for locating and holding Locating here means attaining the required
positional relationship between the workpiece and processing equipment Holding
denotes maintaining the workpiece in required orientation and position [Sundar
Balasubramanian 1999]
Earl y stage of fixture system research began in 1940 s Then followed by the
deveiopment of manual and guidelines for jig and fixture design This usually depends
on the discretion and experience of the tool designer With the development of
technology emphasis has been towards eliminating human intervention and increasing
automation The planning of fixtures with using computer-aided method has been
8
growing In recent years There is some study in the overall automation of fix ture
configuration and assembly FUlthermore there is fix ture design automation for
spec ified application domains
221 DEGREE OF FREEDOM
For a part to be statically s table wh ile it is being machined it must be in
equ ilibri ~m in the x y and z direct ions [Jerome C Lange 1984] There fore the sum
of the machining forces in the x y and z d irections must be equal to zero Also the
sum of the moments about the x y and z-axes must be equal to zero if the part is to be
in equilibrium [n other words the free body of the part must be in equilibrium
Since a part may have three degree offreedom of translation and three degrees
of fr-edom of rotal ion it is the Pdrpose of a jig or fixture to restrict these six degrees
of freedom of a part during the machining operation These six degrees o f freedom are
shown in Figure 2 1
z Rotation
x
y
Figure 2 1 Six degrees of freedom (Courtesy of Design Dimensioning with Computer Graphi cs AppJ ication Jerome C Lange)
9
222 FIXTURE HARDWARE
Basic components are
i) Mounting components - mounting blocks are a form of locating and
supporting elements that are used to position locators and clamping devices at
specific heights off the mounting base Eg base plates angles plates
mounting or riser blocks and rotary tables bases
ii) Locating uni t - external and intemal locators
External locators are devices which are used to locate a part by its external
surfaces There are fixed and adjustab le
Fixed extemal locators are solid locators that establish a fixed position fo r the
workpiece Some instances of fi xed locators are
~ Integral locators are machined into the body of the work holder Hene-e it
requires added time to machine the locator and additional material has to
be provided to allow for machining of the locator
~ Locating pins are the simplest and most basic forms of locating element
~ V -locators
~ Locating nests involve a cavity in the work holder into which the
workpiece is placed and located No supplementary locating devices are
required
~ Edge ba rs and edge blocks
10
Adjustable external locators are movable locators that are freque ntl y used for
roughcast parts or simi lar parts with surface irregularities They are
~ Threaded locato rs
~ Spring pressure locators
raquo Equalizing locators
Internal locators are locating features such as holes Or bored diameters are
used to locate a part by its internal surfaces There are two types of internal
locators fixed and compensating
Fixed locatOrs are made to a specific size to suit certain holes diameter Eg
machine locators pin locators
Compensating locators are used to centralize the location of a part or to allow
for larger variations in hole sizes Two typical forms are conical and selfshy
adjusting locators
iii) Clamping units such as toe-clamps strap clamps screw clamps cam clamps
wedge-action clamps toggle clamps swing clamps and hook clamps
iv) Locating and clamping units are vises collets chucks and indexing units
II
PKHICMAT MAKLUMA T AKACEMIK
11111 I1111 Ifl1lTIiJ 111111 II II 0000107204
SOTang P~ n yc r~hJn L aporan Projek Univcrsili Ital 3ysia Suawak
R 13~
BORANG PErWERAH AN LA PO RAN P RO EK
Judul THE DES IGN OF FI XTURE FOR PRO DUCT BEARING 97 FOR CNC MACHINE
199912002 _ _ ___ _SESI PENGAJI AN
Saya LEE WAN INN
(HURUF BE$AR)
mengaku me mbenarka l1 LCsis ini d isimpan d Pusa Khidnul Maklumal Akade llllk liniversili Malaysia $arnwak dell ll syaral-syanll kegullJan sepeni ~nkul
I Haknullk k( rUs proJek ada lah mlill penulls dan UN IMAS
1 Naskhah salillan dl da larn benruk kcrus aUI mi lcro han)ll hold l J ibual dengan kehenaran bcflUhs da rip3d1 G~ IMAS 31au penulis
J usal Khidm31 MaklurTIa l Ak3demlk UN IMAS dibenarkan mt mbual sa liI1 ll unl ltk pcngaj iall mcrcka
4 Kc ctas projek hanya bold l ducrbitbu dcngan kebenaran penu lis 3V1U UNfM AS Bayaran ro)lthi adalali mc ogiku kadar )ling d lPCTSCluJu i kelak
S bull Saya mcmhcn ukall dak mc rnbenarkall Perpustakaan mcmbu al salin all kectas projck in i sehag~1 h han pcrtukaran d i a illaTl innilUSl pengaJlan lllgSi
6 bullbull Sila tandakan ( ) d l mana kOl3k png hcrkenaan
~ SUUT (vleng3ndllllb maklumal yang bcrda rp h kcsc lanl lan alu kepm lmgarr
Mala ys ia sqeni yang termaktub dr d2ian AKTA RAHS IA RASMI I(71)
~ TERHAD ( ell~md llllbi maklulll~ 1 TERHA D yang le lal] dtte llhl lan a lell o rganisasil
badilll d i rltla na ~nydiJikan dljai311kl rl)
~ T IDAK TERHAD
Oisahk I olch
(TANDAT AgtGAN PENUU $) (T A14DAT ~N PENYEL IA) -shy -
Ala lll leUp 179 JALAN S ANOAR HI UR
75000 M ELAKA SYEO T ARM 1Z I SY ED SHAZALI Nama PCQyeha
l anklt l ankh
CATATAN POlone va ll i Ida berken a ll J t- l Ktrl u PrOlek 1111 SULI T alau TERHAD s la lam pl rlo l n sural d a r lp d ~ pihak bukuau1 org amsul berkenu n d ~ni 1 n men ~middotr l a k a n seka ll Irmpoh kerl a projek lni per lU d ikcljlln ~tb1 g n SULI T a lau T ERHAD
SUPERVISORS CERTIFICATION
This project report entitled THE DESIGN OF FIXTURE FOR PRODUCT
BEARlNG 97 FOR CNC MACHINE was prepared by Lee Wan Inn as a partial
fulfillment of the requirement for Bachelor of Engineering with Honours (Mechanical
Engineering and Manufacturing System) is hereby read and approved by
bJ-cI J-oe Lshyr I
Sye Tamfzi Syed Shazali Date
THE DESIGN OF FIXTURE FOR PRODUCT BEARING 97 FOR CNC MACHINE
LEE WAN INN
This report is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the Degree of Bachelor of Engineering (Hons)
Mechanical E ngineering and Manufacturing System from the Faculty of Engineering
University Malaysia Sarawak 2002
Acknowledgement
The author would like to acknowledge the guidance and supervi sion that
offered by Encik Syed Talmizi Syed Shazali as a supervisor through out the
completion of this project report Acknowledgement is given to the staff of Winco
Precision Engineering (Melaka) Sdn Bhd for their important assistance Thanks to Mr
Lor Thim Soon production manager of the company who offered a lot of help
guidance and suggestion in developing th~ design
The author aknowledgememt would not be completed without recognizing Cik
Rubiyah bt Hj Baini Programme Coordinator of Mechanical Engineering and
Manufacturing System who prepared many letters requesting pennission to visit the
conpany Thanks also to the staff and technicians of Faculty Engineering for their
help
Finally the author would like to acknowledge to her family and friends who
have given so much encouragement and support along the completion of this project
Abstract
Fixture plaJ1]ing is an important element in prClduction planning Process plans
for machiling operations are prepared Wiel an assumption that jigs and fixtures would
be readily available for locating and holding all job-machine combinations Fixture
planning determines the fixture that holds a workpiece firmly in position in a
particular set up and provides a means to reference and align the cutting tool or -probe
to the workpiece The objective of this project is to identify and design a suitable
fixture system for the production of a particular product called Bearing 97 It involves
the analysi s of the machine specification machining process workpiece and finished
product specifications to identify the parameters needed for the fixture Then detailed
designs of the fixture with the variou components are produced according to the
parameters that have been determined earlier The prototype is produced and tested for
its efficiency The result is obtained and presented
ii
Abstrak
Perancangan fixture adalah elemen penting dalam perancangan pembuata
Proses merancang untuk operasi pemesimn adalah dirancang dengan anggapan fixture
telah bersedia untuk memegang semua kombillasi produk dan mesin Perancangan
fixture mengenalpasti fixture yang dapat memegang produk dengan rapat di posisinya
untuk penggunaan tertentu dan memberi rujukan dan susunan alat pemotong kepada
produk Projek in bertujuan mengenalpasti dan mencipta saru sistem fiXture yang
sesuai untuk penghasilan produk tertentu iaitu Bearing 97 Ia meEbatkan analisa cirishy
Cili mesin proses pemesinan ciri middotmiddotc iri b3han mentah dan produk akhir untuk
mengenalpasti parameter-parameter yang diperlukan unluk flXlure Selepas itu ciptaan
yang terperinci dengan pelbagai componen dihasilkan berdaarkan parametershy
parameter yang ditetapkan Model dihasilkan dan diuji untuk memperolehi
keberkesanannya Keputusan diperhatikan dan dibentang
iii
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title
Acknowledgement
Abstract
Abstrak
List of Figures
List of Tables
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
11 History of numerical contro l machine
12 Fixture planning and designing
13 Definition of design
14 Background of the company
15 Objectives
CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW
21 Qualityand design
22 Fixture and jig
22 I Degree 0 f freedom
222 Fixture hardware
22 3 Classification of fixture
224 Analyzing the machining operation
2 3 Fixture design principles
23 1 Type oflocation
232 Methods of location
233 General guidelines or rules
Page
II
III
Vll
x
2
3
4
5
7
8
9
10
12
J3
16
17
18
19
[ y
234 Locating and positioning 20
235 Chips and di11 cleaning 2 1
236 Locator wear 23
237 Supporting the part 24
24 Clamping methods 24
CHAPTER 3 METHODOLOGY
31 Define the problem 26
32 Analyze the problem 26
33 Data collection from research 27
34 Con~eptual design 27
35 Design generation 28
36 Design construction 28
37 Material selection 29
38 Design construction 30
39 Evaluating of the final product 30
CHAPTER 4 IMPLEMENTA nON
41 Machining Processes 32
42 Machine specification 33
421 Travel axis 34
422 Turntable 34
43 Implementation 35
431 Design criteria and constraints 35
432 Detailed drawing 37
44 Chassis material 41
44 1 Steel 41
442 Carbon steel 41
45 Proto typing 43
v
451 Ve11icai Milling Machine 43
452 Drilling 50
453 Tapping 53
46 Assembly mechanism 55
CHAPTER 5 RESULT AND ANALYSIS
51 Loading-unloading mechanism 65
52 Inspecti0 n 72
CHAPTER 6 CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDA nONS
61 Conclusion 74
62 Recommendations 75
REFERENCES 78
APPENDIX 80
VI
List of Figures
Figure Page
21 Six degrees of freedom 9
41 Dimension of the workpiece after the second
stage of machining 57
42 Finished product after the third stage of machining
Process 58
43 Area of the worktable 34
44 Moullting plate 59
45 Bearing 97 locator 60
46 Bearing 97 shaft 61
47 WaslJer bush and locator pin 62
4 8 Isometri c assembly view 63
49 20 assembly view (A-A cross section of isometric
assembly view) 64
51 KlWAMI machine that used for drilling and
tapping machining process with the des igned fixture
set up on the machine 65
VII
52 The fixture is set on the worktable inside the
machine The machine is equipped with sliding
window for safety protection 66
53 Close look at the fixture Four locators are assembled
on the mounting plate with shafts locator pins and
stoppers fix on it 66
54 Close look at one of the four locators 67
55 Workpiece 67
56 Finished product 68
57 Restriction of six degree of freedom of the workpiece
by the fixture 69
58 It show~ the comparison before loading and after
loading process It shows how the worlplece is put
on the locators which fit on the stopper 70
59 Four products are placed on the fixture Washers are
put on it and clamping mechanism is obtained by
pushing the level to the right 70
510 Left The machining area when the machining
process is carried out
Right Close look at the machining area fixture and
spindle head 71
viii
CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
11 HISTORY OF NUMERICAL CONTROL MACHINE
T he introduction of numerical control was in the earl y aerospace industry and
owed much to the US Air Force The first development work in the area of numerical
control (NC) is attributed to John Parsons and an associate named Frank Stulen at
Parsons Corporation in Traverse City Mich igan The origina l NC concept involved
the use of coordinate positional data contained on punched cards to define the surface
contours of helicopter blades After that retrofitting a conventional tracer nUll with
rudimentary numerical controls developed the first NC machine In March 1952 the
machine was demonstrated at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Sponsoring additional research at MIT to design a part programrill ng language that
could be used for controlling NC machine tools continues development of NC This
research resulted ill the development of the Automaticall y Programmed Tooling
(APT) language
NC is a form of programmable automation in which the processing equipment
is controlled by means of numbers letters and other symbols The numbers letters and
symbols are coded in an appropri ate fonnat to define a program of instructions for a
particular workpart or job [Mikell P Groover 1987) The program of instructio ns is
changed when job changes The capabiJity to change the program is what makes NC
suitable for low and medium volume production A numerica l contro l system consists
of three components they are program of instructions machine control unit and
processing equipmert The development of numerical control was a significant
achievement from technological and a commercial viewpoint in both batch and job
shop manufacturing
The extensions of NC technology include direct numerical control (DNC) and
computer numerical control (CNC) DNC was offered in the mid to late 1960s and
CNC systems were commercially introduced during the earl y 1970s DNC involves
the use of large central comput~r to direct the operations of a number of separate NC
machines This gave a great advantages in computer technology over the years and
resulted in smaller less costiy yet more powerful computers The developme1t
cortinued to result in new configuration called computer numerical control Accord ing
to Mikell P Groover (1987) CNC denotes a numerical control system that uses a
dedicated stored-program computer to perform some or all of the basic NC contru l
functions CNC is a NC system using a dedicated microcomputer as the machine
control unit Due to the programmable fl exible and interchangeable characteristics of
the CNC machine it is used to produce workpieces with high accuracy and
repeatability
12 FIXTURE PLANNING AND DESIGNING
The manufacturing planning activities are traditionally classified as design
process planning and production planning In this thesis attention is focused on the
fi xture design for specific product design on CNC machine Fixture plaruung is an
2
important issue in small batch manufacturing which requires the flexibility Fixture
planning determines the fixture that holds a workpiece finnly in position iil a
particular setup and provides a mean to reference and ~lign the cUlling tool or probe to
the workpiece Proper location of the workpiece is essential to ensure accllracy and
repeatability of the machining Fixture planning is difficult because there are many
different types of fixtures and fixture elements Fixture has to satisfy many constraints
on stability location restraint accessibility and cost Fixture plarning is important
because it contributes significantly to the overall manufacturing cost and process
Fixtures that are specially designed and built for a particular workpiece are called
dedicated fixtUlcs
13 DEFINITION OF DESIGN
According to George E Dieter design can be categorized as to create
something that has never been or arrange existing things in a new way to satisfy a
recognized need ofsociety
From the manufacturing view design can mean establishing the basic
parameters of a system It involves detailing the materials shapes and tolerance of the
individual parts of a product It is an activity that starts with sketches of parts and
assemblies and progresses to the drawing board or CAD workstation where assembly
drawings and detailed part drawings are produced [Geoffrey Boothroyd 1994]
Hollins and Pugh (1990) describe total design as a multidiSCiplinary iterative
process thaI takes an idea or market need forward inlO a successful product Design
3
does not end with production but with product disposal Middendorf (1990) defines
design as an iterative decision-making activity whereby scientific and technological
information is used to produce a system device or process which is different in some
degree from what the designer knows to have been done before and which is meant to
meet human needs Bebb (1988) describes design as the set ofprocess that translates
customer reqll irements into manufacturable outcomes
Generally design is creative multidiscipline process need to be iterative
evolutionary and serves human needs Quality is meeting the customers requirement
Therefore design for quality is the processes and activity that need to be carried out to
enable the manufacture of a product that fully meets customer requirements
A good design requires both analysis and synthesis Analysis is to calculate as
much about the part behaviors as possible by using Li)e approlriate diciplines of
science and engineering science and the necessary computationa l tools in order to
understand how part will perform in service Synthesis involves the identifi cation of
the design elements that will compri se the product its decompos ition into parts and
the combination of the part so lution in total workable system
14 BACKGROUND OF THE COMPANY
WTNCO Precision Engineering Sdn Bhd in Malacca provides precision
engineering contract services These include
a) Precision CNC Tum Process
b) Precision CNC Milling Process
4
c) Precision CNC Auto-lathe Process
d) Production of Small High Precision Zinc Die-cast Components
WINCO usually receives orders from the customers and at the same time raw
materials are provided by the customers WINCO will provide the service of
machining the raw materials to the final products Then they wi ll be send back to the
customer In this project the product invo lved is Bearing 97 which is a new job
assigned to the company The product will go th ro ugh few machini ng processes before
it comes to the finished product
WINCO is equipped with 15 CNC m2chines with different purposes have the
ability to produce a workpiece up to micron precision They have CNC turning
machine CNC lathe machi ne CNC drilling-tapping machine CNC machining center
and etc In order to produce Bearing 97 wi th the spec ification of the customer the
machines used are CNC turn ing machine and drilling-tapping machine However the
drill ing and tapping process will be the main atlentio n of this project
15 OBJECTIVES
The drilling-tapping machine or called J(jwami machine is not equipped with
Jlg or fi xture Therefore the workpiece is unable to be hold in position on the
worktable This gives the difficulties for the machining processes In order to ho ld or
clamp the workpiece on the worktable a suffIcient fi xture system is needed Thus the
main objective of thi s project is to design a fixture sys tem for the partic ular product
5
Bearing 97 for CNC drilling-tapping machine in order to accomplish the process ing
task Besides that the purposes of thi s des ign are to
a) Detennine the material selection
b) Understand the mechanism and assembly within the worktable fi xture and
workpiece
c) Model the prototype
d) Test on the prototype to obtain resu lt by analysing the quality of the output
6
CHAPTER 2
LITERATURE REVIEW
21 QUALITY AND DESIGN
Quality is conformance to requirement or specification This is the definition
used by Crosby (1979) A more general definition of quality is fitness for use This
definition is attributed to Juran (1974) It places emphasis on the customer aspect of
quality including design quality
An addi tional formal definiti on of quality is quali ty is the totality of features
and characteristics of a product or service that bear on its ability to satisfy given needs
This definition is the consensus definition in ASNIIASQC standard A3 (1978) a
document that provides a comprehensive discussion of quality and related tem1S
In order to produce a quality product the design qua lity and manufactu red
quality must be considered respectively Design quality is an important aspect of
quality and must b~ considered carefully in planning the design manufactwing and
marketing of a product
But design quality is not the only aspect of quality After a product has been
designed and placed in manufacture it is found that the manufacturing process does
not always produces each unit in conionnity to the requirement The defects may be
related to the product design itself and also related to the poor manufacturing
processes planning and machine tools setup In this project the focus is on the flx ture
planning that w ili result in the level of quality of the workpiece Therefore in order to
7
produce a quality finished product a sufficient fixture system which will coordinate
with the manufacturing processes is required
22 FIXTURE AND JIG
The modem manufacturing of interchangeable parts is established on the fact
that each part wiJi be produced within a specified tolerance range By using a jig or
fixture the part is presented to the tool in a fixed relationship thus satisfying the
prescribed tolerances
Jigs and fixtures are used primarily for holding and positioning parts during
manufacturing Jigs physically hrnit and control (guide) the path of a cutting tool
during the machining process Fixtures do not guide the tool but allow it to find its
own path [Jerome C Lange 1984] Both jigs and fixtures eliminate the six degrees of
freedom of the part which is required during machining The main function of a jig or
fi xture is for locating and holding Locating here means attaining the required
positional relationship between the workpiece and processing equipment Holding
denotes maintaining the workpiece in required orientation and position [Sundar
Balasubramanian 1999]
Earl y stage of fixture system research began in 1940 s Then followed by the
deveiopment of manual and guidelines for jig and fixture design This usually depends
on the discretion and experience of the tool designer With the development of
technology emphasis has been towards eliminating human intervention and increasing
automation The planning of fixtures with using computer-aided method has been
8
growing In recent years There is some study in the overall automation of fix ture
configuration and assembly FUlthermore there is fix ture design automation for
spec ified application domains
221 DEGREE OF FREEDOM
For a part to be statically s table wh ile it is being machined it must be in
equ ilibri ~m in the x y and z direct ions [Jerome C Lange 1984] There fore the sum
of the machining forces in the x y and z d irections must be equal to zero Also the
sum of the moments about the x y and z-axes must be equal to zero if the part is to be
in equilibrium [n other words the free body of the part must be in equilibrium
Since a part may have three degree offreedom of translation and three degrees
of fr-edom of rotal ion it is the Pdrpose of a jig or fixture to restrict these six degrees
of freedom of a part during the machining operation These six degrees o f freedom are
shown in Figure 2 1
z Rotation
x
y
Figure 2 1 Six degrees of freedom (Courtesy of Design Dimensioning with Computer Graphi cs AppJ ication Jerome C Lange)
9
222 FIXTURE HARDWARE
Basic components are
i) Mounting components - mounting blocks are a form of locating and
supporting elements that are used to position locators and clamping devices at
specific heights off the mounting base Eg base plates angles plates
mounting or riser blocks and rotary tables bases
ii) Locating uni t - external and intemal locators
External locators are devices which are used to locate a part by its external
surfaces There are fixed and adjustab le
Fixed extemal locators are solid locators that establish a fixed position fo r the
workpiece Some instances of fi xed locators are
~ Integral locators are machined into the body of the work holder Hene-e it
requires added time to machine the locator and additional material has to
be provided to allow for machining of the locator
~ Locating pins are the simplest and most basic forms of locating element
~ V -locators
~ Locating nests involve a cavity in the work holder into which the
workpiece is placed and located No supplementary locating devices are
required
~ Edge ba rs and edge blocks
10
Adjustable external locators are movable locators that are freque ntl y used for
roughcast parts or simi lar parts with surface irregularities They are
~ Threaded locato rs
~ Spring pressure locators
raquo Equalizing locators
Internal locators are locating features such as holes Or bored diameters are
used to locate a part by its internal surfaces There are two types of internal
locators fixed and compensating
Fixed locatOrs are made to a specific size to suit certain holes diameter Eg
machine locators pin locators
Compensating locators are used to centralize the location of a part or to allow
for larger variations in hole sizes Two typical forms are conical and selfshy
adjusting locators
iii) Clamping units such as toe-clamps strap clamps screw clamps cam clamps
wedge-action clamps toggle clamps swing clamps and hook clamps
iv) Locating and clamping units are vises collets chucks and indexing units
II
SUPERVISORS CERTIFICATION
This project report entitled THE DESIGN OF FIXTURE FOR PRODUCT
BEARlNG 97 FOR CNC MACHINE was prepared by Lee Wan Inn as a partial
fulfillment of the requirement for Bachelor of Engineering with Honours (Mechanical
Engineering and Manufacturing System) is hereby read and approved by
bJ-cI J-oe Lshyr I
Sye Tamfzi Syed Shazali Date
THE DESIGN OF FIXTURE FOR PRODUCT BEARING 97 FOR CNC MACHINE
LEE WAN INN
This report is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the Degree of Bachelor of Engineering (Hons)
Mechanical E ngineering and Manufacturing System from the Faculty of Engineering
University Malaysia Sarawak 2002
Acknowledgement
The author would like to acknowledge the guidance and supervi sion that
offered by Encik Syed Talmizi Syed Shazali as a supervisor through out the
completion of this project report Acknowledgement is given to the staff of Winco
Precision Engineering (Melaka) Sdn Bhd for their important assistance Thanks to Mr
Lor Thim Soon production manager of the company who offered a lot of help
guidance and suggestion in developing th~ design
The author aknowledgememt would not be completed without recognizing Cik
Rubiyah bt Hj Baini Programme Coordinator of Mechanical Engineering and
Manufacturing System who prepared many letters requesting pennission to visit the
conpany Thanks also to the staff and technicians of Faculty Engineering for their
help
Finally the author would like to acknowledge to her family and friends who
have given so much encouragement and support along the completion of this project
Abstract
Fixture plaJ1]ing is an important element in prClduction planning Process plans
for machiling operations are prepared Wiel an assumption that jigs and fixtures would
be readily available for locating and holding all job-machine combinations Fixture
planning determines the fixture that holds a workpiece firmly in position in a
particular set up and provides a means to reference and align the cutting tool or -probe
to the workpiece The objective of this project is to identify and design a suitable
fixture system for the production of a particular product called Bearing 97 It involves
the analysi s of the machine specification machining process workpiece and finished
product specifications to identify the parameters needed for the fixture Then detailed
designs of the fixture with the variou components are produced according to the
parameters that have been determined earlier The prototype is produced and tested for
its efficiency The result is obtained and presented
ii
Abstrak
Perancangan fixture adalah elemen penting dalam perancangan pembuata
Proses merancang untuk operasi pemesimn adalah dirancang dengan anggapan fixture
telah bersedia untuk memegang semua kombillasi produk dan mesin Perancangan
fixture mengenalpasti fixture yang dapat memegang produk dengan rapat di posisinya
untuk penggunaan tertentu dan memberi rujukan dan susunan alat pemotong kepada
produk Projek in bertujuan mengenalpasti dan mencipta saru sistem fiXture yang
sesuai untuk penghasilan produk tertentu iaitu Bearing 97 Ia meEbatkan analisa cirishy
Cili mesin proses pemesinan ciri middotmiddotc iri b3han mentah dan produk akhir untuk
mengenalpasti parameter-parameter yang diperlukan unluk flXlure Selepas itu ciptaan
yang terperinci dengan pelbagai componen dihasilkan berdaarkan parametershy
parameter yang ditetapkan Model dihasilkan dan diuji untuk memperolehi
keberkesanannya Keputusan diperhatikan dan dibentang
iii
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title
Acknowledgement
Abstract
Abstrak
List of Figures
List of Tables
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
11 History of numerical contro l machine
12 Fixture planning and designing
13 Definition of design
14 Background of the company
15 Objectives
CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW
21 Qualityand design
22 Fixture and jig
22 I Degree 0 f freedom
222 Fixture hardware
22 3 Classification of fixture
224 Analyzing the machining operation
2 3 Fixture design principles
23 1 Type oflocation
232 Methods of location
233 General guidelines or rules
Page
II
III
Vll
x
2
3
4
5
7
8
9
10
12
J3
16
17
18
19
[ y
234 Locating and positioning 20
235 Chips and di11 cleaning 2 1
236 Locator wear 23
237 Supporting the part 24
24 Clamping methods 24
CHAPTER 3 METHODOLOGY
31 Define the problem 26
32 Analyze the problem 26
33 Data collection from research 27
34 Con~eptual design 27
35 Design generation 28
36 Design construction 28
37 Material selection 29
38 Design construction 30
39 Evaluating of the final product 30
CHAPTER 4 IMPLEMENTA nON
41 Machining Processes 32
42 Machine specification 33
421 Travel axis 34
422 Turntable 34
43 Implementation 35
431 Design criteria and constraints 35
432 Detailed drawing 37
44 Chassis material 41
44 1 Steel 41
442 Carbon steel 41
45 Proto typing 43
v
451 Ve11icai Milling Machine 43
452 Drilling 50
453 Tapping 53
46 Assembly mechanism 55
CHAPTER 5 RESULT AND ANALYSIS
51 Loading-unloading mechanism 65
52 Inspecti0 n 72
CHAPTER 6 CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDA nONS
61 Conclusion 74
62 Recommendations 75
REFERENCES 78
APPENDIX 80
VI
List of Figures
Figure Page
21 Six degrees of freedom 9
41 Dimension of the workpiece after the second
stage of machining 57
42 Finished product after the third stage of machining
Process 58
43 Area of the worktable 34
44 Moullting plate 59
45 Bearing 97 locator 60
46 Bearing 97 shaft 61
47 WaslJer bush and locator pin 62
4 8 Isometri c assembly view 63
49 20 assembly view (A-A cross section of isometric
assembly view) 64
51 KlWAMI machine that used for drilling and
tapping machining process with the des igned fixture
set up on the machine 65
VII
52 The fixture is set on the worktable inside the
machine The machine is equipped with sliding
window for safety protection 66
53 Close look at the fixture Four locators are assembled
on the mounting plate with shafts locator pins and
stoppers fix on it 66
54 Close look at one of the four locators 67
55 Workpiece 67
56 Finished product 68
57 Restriction of six degree of freedom of the workpiece
by the fixture 69
58 It show~ the comparison before loading and after
loading process It shows how the worlplece is put
on the locators which fit on the stopper 70
59 Four products are placed on the fixture Washers are
put on it and clamping mechanism is obtained by
pushing the level to the right 70
510 Left The machining area when the machining
process is carried out
Right Close look at the machining area fixture and
spindle head 71
viii
CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
11 HISTORY OF NUMERICAL CONTROL MACHINE
T he introduction of numerical control was in the earl y aerospace industry and
owed much to the US Air Force The first development work in the area of numerical
control (NC) is attributed to John Parsons and an associate named Frank Stulen at
Parsons Corporation in Traverse City Mich igan The origina l NC concept involved
the use of coordinate positional data contained on punched cards to define the surface
contours of helicopter blades After that retrofitting a conventional tracer nUll with
rudimentary numerical controls developed the first NC machine In March 1952 the
machine was demonstrated at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Sponsoring additional research at MIT to design a part programrill ng language that
could be used for controlling NC machine tools continues development of NC This
research resulted ill the development of the Automaticall y Programmed Tooling
(APT) language
NC is a form of programmable automation in which the processing equipment
is controlled by means of numbers letters and other symbols The numbers letters and
symbols are coded in an appropri ate fonnat to define a program of instructions for a
particular workpart or job [Mikell P Groover 1987) The program of instructio ns is
changed when job changes The capabiJity to change the program is what makes NC
suitable for low and medium volume production A numerica l contro l system consists
of three components they are program of instructions machine control unit and
processing equipmert The development of numerical control was a significant
achievement from technological and a commercial viewpoint in both batch and job
shop manufacturing
The extensions of NC technology include direct numerical control (DNC) and
computer numerical control (CNC) DNC was offered in the mid to late 1960s and
CNC systems were commercially introduced during the earl y 1970s DNC involves
the use of large central comput~r to direct the operations of a number of separate NC
machines This gave a great advantages in computer technology over the years and
resulted in smaller less costiy yet more powerful computers The developme1t
cortinued to result in new configuration called computer numerical control Accord ing
to Mikell P Groover (1987) CNC denotes a numerical control system that uses a
dedicated stored-program computer to perform some or all of the basic NC contru l
functions CNC is a NC system using a dedicated microcomputer as the machine
control unit Due to the programmable fl exible and interchangeable characteristics of
the CNC machine it is used to produce workpieces with high accuracy and
repeatability
12 FIXTURE PLANNING AND DESIGNING
The manufacturing planning activities are traditionally classified as design
process planning and production planning In this thesis attention is focused on the
fi xture design for specific product design on CNC machine Fixture plaruung is an
2
important issue in small batch manufacturing which requires the flexibility Fixture
planning determines the fixture that holds a workpiece finnly in position iil a
particular setup and provides a mean to reference and ~lign the cUlling tool or probe to
the workpiece Proper location of the workpiece is essential to ensure accllracy and
repeatability of the machining Fixture planning is difficult because there are many
different types of fixtures and fixture elements Fixture has to satisfy many constraints
on stability location restraint accessibility and cost Fixture plarning is important
because it contributes significantly to the overall manufacturing cost and process
Fixtures that are specially designed and built for a particular workpiece are called
dedicated fixtUlcs
13 DEFINITION OF DESIGN
According to George E Dieter design can be categorized as to create
something that has never been or arrange existing things in a new way to satisfy a
recognized need ofsociety
From the manufacturing view design can mean establishing the basic
parameters of a system It involves detailing the materials shapes and tolerance of the
individual parts of a product It is an activity that starts with sketches of parts and
assemblies and progresses to the drawing board or CAD workstation where assembly
drawings and detailed part drawings are produced [Geoffrey Boothroyd 1994]
Hollins and Pugh (1990) describe total design as a multidiSCiplinary iterative
process thaI takes an idea or market need forward inlO a successful product Design
3
does not end with production but with product disposal Middendorf (1990) defines
design as an iterative decision-making activity whereby scientific and technological
information is used to produce a system device or process which is different in some
degree from what the designer knows to have been done before and which is meant to
meet human needs Bebb (1988) describes design as the set ofprocess that translates
customer reqll irements into manufacturable outcomes
Generally design is creative multidiscipline process need to be iterative
evolutionary and serves human needs Quality is meeting the customers requirement
Therefore design for quality is the processes and activity that need to be carried out to
enable the manufacture of a product that fully meets customer requirements
A good design requires both analysis and synthesis Analysis is to calculate as
much about the part behaviors as possible by using Li)e approlriate diciplines of
science and engineering science and the necessary computationa l tools in order to
understand how part will perform in service Synthesis involves the identifi cation of
the design elements that will compri se the product its decompos ition into parts and
the combination of the part so lution in total workable system
14 BACKGROUND OF THE COMPANY
WTNCO Precision Engineering Sdn Bhd in Malacca provides precision
engineering contract services These include
a) Precision CNC Tum Process
b) Precision CNC Milling Process
4
c) Precision CNC Auto-lathe Process
d) Production of Small High Precision Zinc Die-cast Components
WINCO usually receives orders from the customers and at the same time raw
materials are provided by the customers WINCO will provide the service of
machining the raw materials to the final products Then they wi ll be send back to the
customer In this project the product invo lved is Bearing 97 which is a new job
assigned to the company The product will go th ro ugh few machini ng processes before
it comes to the finished product
WINCO is equipped with 15 CNC m2chines with different purposes have the
ability to produce a workpiece up to micron precision They have CNC turning
machine CNC lathe machi ne CNC drilling-tapping machine CNC machining center
and etc In order to produce Bearing 97 wi th the spec ification of the customer the
machines used are CNC turn ing machine and drilling-tapping machine However the
drill ing and tapping process will be the main atlentio n of this project
15 OBJECTIVES
The drilling-tapping machine or called J(jwami machine is not equipped with
Jlg or fi xture Therefore the workpiece is unable to be hold in position on the
worktable This gives the difficulties for the machining processes In order to ho ld or
clamp the workpiece on the worktable a suffIcient fi xture system is needed Thus the
main objective of thi s project is to design a fixture sys tem for the partic ular product
5
Bearing 97 for CNC drilling-tapping machine in order to accomplish the process ing
task Besides that the purposes of thi s des ign are to
a) Detennine the material selection
b) Understand the mechanism and assembly within the worktable fi xture and
workpiece
c) Model the prototype
d) Test on the prototype to obtain resu lt by analysing the quality of the output
6
CHAPTER 2
LITERATURE REVIEW
21 QUALITY AND DESIGN
Quality is conformance to requirement or specification This is the definition
used by Crosby (1979) A more general definition of quality is fitness for use This
definition is attributed to Juran (1974) It places emphasis on the customer aspect of
quality including design quality
An addi tional formal definiti on of quality is quali ty is the totality of features
and characteristics of a product or service that bear on its ability to satisfy given needs
This definition is the consensus definition in ASNIIASQC standard A3 (1978) a
document that provides a comprehensive discussion of quality and related tem1S
In order to produce a quality product the design qua lity and manufactu red
quality must be considered respectively Design quality is an important aspect of
quality and must b~ considered carefully in planning the design manufactwing and
marketing of a product
But design quality is not the only aspect of quality After a product has been
designed and placed in manufacture it is found that the manufacturing process does
not always produces each unit in conionnity to the requirement The defects may be
related to the product design itself and also related to the poor manufacturing
processes planning and machine tools setup In this project the focus is on the flx ture
planning that w ili result in the level of quality of the workpiece Therefore in order to
7
produce a quality finished product a sufficient fixture system which will coordinate
with the manufacturing processes is required
22 FIXTURE AND JIG
The modem manufacturing of interchangeable parts is established on the fact
that each part wiJi be produced within a specified tolerance range By using a jig or
fixture the part is presented to the tool in a fixed relationship thus satisfying the
prescribed tolerances
Jigs and fixtures are used primarily for holding and positioning parts during
manufacturing Jigs physically hrnit and control (guide) the path of a cutting tool
during the machining process Fixtures do not guide the tool but allow it to find its
own path [Jerome C Lange 1984] Both jigs and fixtures eliminate the six degrees of
freedom of the part which is required during machining The main function of a jig or
fi xture is for locating and holding Locating here means attaining the required
positional relationship between the workpiece and processing equipment Holding
denotes maintaining the workpiece in required orientation and position [Sundar
Balasubramanian 1999]
Earl y stage of fixture system research began in 1940 s Then followed by the
deveiopment of manual and guidelines for jig and fixture design This usually depends
on the discretion and experience of the tool designer With the development of
technology emphasis has been towards eliminating human intervention and increasing
automation The planning of fixtures with using computer-aided method has been
8
growing In recent years There is some study in the overall automation of fix ture
configuration and assembly FUlthermore there is fix ture design automation for
spec ified application domains
221 DEGREE OF FREEDOM
For a part to be statically s table wh ile it is being machined it must be in
equ ilibri ~m in the x y and z direct ions [Jerome C Lange 1984] There fore the sum
of the machining forces in the x y and z d irections must be equal to zero Also the
sum of the moments about the x y and z-axes must be equal to zero if the part is to be
in equilibrium [n other words the free body of the part must be in equilibrium
Since a part may have three degree offreedom of translation and three degrees
of fr-edom of rotal ion it is the Pdrpose of a jig or fixture to restrict these six degrees
of freedom of a part during the machining operation These six degrees o f freedom are
shown in Figure 2 1
z Rotation
x
y
Figure 2 1 Six degrees of freedom (Courtesy of Design Dimensioning with Computer Graphi cs AppJ ication Jerome C Lange)
9
222 FIXTURE HARDWARE
Basic components are
i) Mounting components - mounting blocks are a form of locating and
supporting elements that are used to position locators and clamping devices at
specific heights off the mounting base Eg base plates angles plates
mounting or riser blocks and rotary tables bases
ii) Locating uni t - external and intemal locators
External locators are devices which are used to locate a part by its external
surfaces There are fixed and adjustab le
Fixed extemal locators are solid locators that establish a fixed position fo r the
workpiece Some instances of fi xed locators are
~ Integral locators are machined into the body of the work holder Hene-e it
requires added time to machine the locator and additional material has to
be provided to allow for machining of the locator
~ Locating pins are the simplest and most basic forms of locating element
~ V -locators
~ Locating nests involve a cavity in the work holder into which the
workpiece is placed and located No supplementary locating devices are
required
~ Edge ba rs and edge blocks
10
Adjustable external locators are movable locators that are freque ntl y used for
roughcast parts or simi lar parts with surface irregularities They are
~ Threaded locato rs
~ Spring pressure locators
raquo Equalizing locators
Internal locators are locating features such as holes Or bored diameters are
used to locate a part by its internal surfaces There are two types of internal
locators fixed and compensating
Fixed locatOrs are made to a specific size to suit certain holes diameter Eg
machine locators pin locators
Compensating locators are used to centralize the location of a part or to allow
for larger variations in hole sizes Two typical forms are conical and selfshy
adjusting locators
iii) Clamping units such as toe-clamps strap clamps screw clamps cam clamps
wedge-action clamps toggle clamps swing clamps and hook clamps
iv) Locating and clamping units are vises collets chucks and indexing units
II
THE DESIGN OF FIXTURE FOR PRODUCT BEARING 97 FOR CNC MACHINE
LEE WAN INN
This report is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the Degree of Bachelor of Engineering (Hons)
Mechanical E ngineering and Manufacturing System from the Faculty of Engineering
University Malaysia Sarawak 2002
Acknowledgement
The author would like to acknowledge the guidance and supervi sion that
offered by Encik Syed Talmizi Syed Shazali as a supervisor through out the
completion of this project report Acknowledgement is given to the staff of Winco
Precision Engineering (Melaka) Sdn Bhd for their important assistance Thanks to Mr
Lor Thim Soon production manager of the company who offered a lot of help
guidance and suggestion in developing th~ design
The author aknowledgememt would not be completed without recognizing Cik
Rubiyah bt Hj Baini Programme Coordinator of Mechanical Engineering and
Manufacturing System who prepared many letters requesting pennission to visit the
conpany Thanks also to the staff and technicians of Faculty Engineering for their
help
Finally the author would like to acknowledge to her family and friends who
have given so much encouragement and support along the completion of this project
Abstract
Fixture plaJ1]ing is an important element in prClduction planning Process plans
for machiling operations are prepared Wiel an assumption that jigs and fixtures would
be readily available for locating and holding all job-machine combinations Fixture
planning determines the fixture that holds a workpiece firmly in position in a
particular set up and provides a means to reference and align the cutting tool or -probe
to the workpiece The objective of this project is to identify and design a suitable
fixture system for the production of a particular product called Bearing 97 It involves
the analysi s of the machine specification machining process workpiece and finished
product specifications to identify the parameters needed for the fixture Then detailed
designs of the fixture with the variou components are produced according to the
parameters that have been determined earlier The prototype is produced and tested for
its efficiency The result is obtained and presented
ii
Abstrak
Perancangan fixture adalah elemen penting dalam perancangan pembuata
Proses merancang untuk operasi pemesimn adalah dirancang dengan anggapan fixture
telah bersedia untuk memegang semua kombillasi produk dan mesin Perancangan
fixture mengenalpasti fixture yang dapat memegang produk dengan rapat di posisinya
untuk penggunaan tertentu dan memberi rujukan dan susunan alat pemotong kepada
produk Projek in bertujuan mengenalpasti dan mencipta saru sistem fiXture yang
sesuai untuk penghasilan produk tertentu iaitu Bearing 97 Ia meEbatkan analisa cirishy
Cili mesin proses pemesinan ciri middotmiddotc iri b3han mentah dan produk akhir untuk
mengenalpasti parameter-parameter yang diperlukan unluk flXlure Selepas itu ciptaan
yang terperinci dengan pelbagai componen dihasilkan berdaarkan parametershy
parameter yang ditetapkan Model dihasilkan dan diuji untuk memperolehi
keberkesanannya Keputusan diperhatikan dan dibentang
iii
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title
Acknowledgement
Abstract
Abstrak
List of Figures
List of Tables
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
11 History of numerical contro l machine
12 Fixture planning and designing
13 Definition of design
14 Background of the company
15 Objectives
CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW
21 Qualityand design
22 Fixture and jig
22 I Degree 0 f freedom
222 Fixture hardware
22 3 Classification of fixture
224 Analyzing the machining operation
2 3 Fixture design principles
23 1 Type oflocation
232 Methods of location
233 General guidelines or rules
Page
II
III
Vll
x
2
3
4
5
7
8
9
10
12
J3
16
17
18
19
[ y
234 Locating and positioning 20
235 Chips and di11 cleaning 2 1
236 Locator wear 23
237 Supporting the part 24
24 Clamping methods 24
CHAPTER 3 METHODOLOGY
31 Define the problem 26
32 Analyze the problem 26
33 Data collection from research 27
34 Con~eptual design 27
35 Design generation 28
36 Design construction 28
37 Material selection 29
38 Design construction 30
39 Evaluating of the final product 30
CHAPTER 4 IMPLEMENTA nON
41 Machining Processes 32
42 Machine specification 33
421 Travel axis 34
422 Turntable 34
43 Implementation 35
431 Design criteria and constraints 35
432 Detailed drawing 37
44 Chassis material 41
44 1 Steel 41
442 Carbon steel 41
45 Proto typing 43
v
451 Ve11icai Milling Machine 43
452 Drilling 50
453 Tapping 53
46 Assembly mechanism 55
CHAPTER 5 RESULT AND ANALYSIS
51 Loading-unloading mechanism 65
52 Inspecti0 n 72
CHAPTER 6 CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDA nONS
61 Conclusion 74
62 Recommendations 75
REFERENCES 78
APPENDIX 80
VI
List of Figures
Figure Page
21 Six degrees of freedom 9
41 Dimension of the workpiece after the second
stage of machining 57
42 Finished product after the third stage of machining
Process 58
43 Area of the worktable 34
44 Moullting plate 59
45 Bearing 97 locator 60
46 Bearing 97 shaft 61
47 WaslJer bush and locator pin 62
4 8 Isometri c assembly view 63
49 20 assembly view (A-A cross section of isometric
assembly view) 64
51 KlWAMI machine that used for drilling and
tapping machining process with the des igned fixture
set up on the machine 65
VII
52 The fixture is set on the worktable inside the
machine The machine is equipped with sliding
window for safety protection 66
53 Close look at the fixture Four locators are assembled
on the mounting plate with shafts locator pins and
stoppers fix on it 66
54 Close look at one of the four locators 67
55 Workpiece 67
56 Finished product 68
57 Restriction of six degree of freedom of the workpiece
by the fixture 69
58 It show~ the comparison before loading and after
loading process It shows how the worlplece is put
on the locators which fit on the stopper 70
59 Four products are placed on the fixture Washers are
put on it and clamping mechanism is obtained by
pushing the level to the right 70
510 Left The machining area when the machining
process is carried out
Right Close look at the machining area fixture and
spindle head 71
viii
CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
11 HISTORY OF NUMERICAL CONTROL MACHINE
T he introduction of numerical control was in the earl y aerospace industry and
owed much to the US Air Force The first development work in the area of numerical
control (NC) is attributed to John Parsons and an associate named Frank Stulen at
Parsons Corporation in Traverse City Mich igan The origina l NC concept involved
the use of coordinate positional data contained on punched cards to define the surface
contours of helicopter blades After that retrofitting a conventional tracer nUll with
rudimentary numerical controls developed the first NC machine In March 1952 the
machine was demonstrated at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Sponsoring additional research at MIT to design a part programrill ng language that
could be used for controlling NC machine tools continues development of NC This
research resulted ill the development of the Automaticall y Programmed Tooling
(APT) language
NC is a form of programmable automation in which the processing equipment
is controlled by means of numbers letters and other symbols The numbers letters and
symbols are coded in an appropri ate fonnat to define a program of instructions for a
particular workpart or job [Mikell P Groover 1987) The program of instructio ns is
changed when job changes The capabiJity to change the program is what makes NC
suitable for low and medium volume production A numerica l contro l system consists
of three components they are program of instructions machine control unit and
processing equipmert The development of numerical control was a significant
achievement from technological and a commercial viewpoint in both batch and job
shop manufacturing
The extensions of NC technology include direct numerical control (DNC) and
computer numerical control (CNC) DNC was offered in the mid to late 1960s and
CNC systems were commercially introduced during the earl y 1970s DNC involves
the use of large central comput~r to direct the operations of a number of separate NC
machines This gave a great advantages in computer technology over the years and
resulted in smaller less costiy yet more powerful computers The developme1t
cortinued to result in new configuration called computer numerical control Accord ing
to Mikell P Groover (1987) CNC denotes a numerical control system that uses a
dedicated stored-program computer to perform some or all of the basic NC contru l
functions CNC is a NC system using a dedicated microcomputer as the machine
control unit Due to the programmable fl exible and interchangeable characteristics of
the CNC machine it is used to produce workpieces with high accuracy and
repeatability
12 FIXTURE PLANNING AND DESIGNING
The manufacturing planning activities are traditionally classified as design
process planning and production planning In this thesis attention is focused on the
fi xture design for specific product design on CNC machine Fixture plaruung is an
2
important issue in small batch manufacturing which requires the flexibility Fixture
planning determines the fixture that holds a workpiece finnly in position iil a
particular setup and provides a mean to reference and ~lign the cUlling tool or probe to
the workpiece Proper location of the workpiece is essential to ensure accllracy and
repeatability of the machining Fixture planning is difficult because there are many
different types of fixtures and fixture elements Fixture has to satisfy many constraints
on stability location restraint accessibility and cost Fixture plarning is important
because it contributes significantly to the overall manufacturing cost and process
Fixtures that are specially designed and built for a particular workpiece are called
dedicated fixtUlcs
13 DEFINITION OF DESIGN
According to George E Dieter design can be categorized as to create
something that has never been or arrange existing things in a new way to satisfy a
recognized need ofsociety
From the manufacturing view design can mean establishing the basic
parameters of a system It involves detailing the materials shapes and tolerance of the
individual parts of a product It is an activity that starts with sketches of parts and
assemblies and progresses to the drawing board or CAD workstation where assembly
drawings and detailed part drawings are produced [Geoffrey Boothroyd 1994]
Hollins and Pugh (1990) describe total design as a multidiSCiplinary iterative
process thaI takes an idea or market need forward inlO a successful product Design
3
does not end with production but with product disposal Middendorf (1990) defines
design as an iterative decision-making activity whereby scientific and technological
information is used to produce a system device or process which is different in some
degree from what the designer knows to have been done before and which is meant to
meet human needs Bebb (1988) describes design as the set ofprocess that translates
customer reqll irements into manufacturable outcomes
Generally design is creative multidiscipline process need to be iterative
evolutionary and serves human needs Quality is meeting the customers requirement
Therefore design for quality is the processes and activity that need to be carried out to
enable the manufacture of a product that fully meets customer requirements
A good design requires both analysis and synthesis Analysis is to calculate as
much about the part behaviors as possible by using Li)e approlriate diciplines of
science and engineering science and the necessary computationa l tools in order to
understand how part will perform in service Synthesis involves the identifi cation of
the design elements that will compri se the product its decompos ition into parts and
the combination of the part so lution in total workable system
14 BACKGROUND OF THE COMPANY
WTNCO Precision Engineering Sdn Bhd in Malacca provides precision
engineering contract services These include
a) Precision CNC Tum Process
b) Precision CNC Milling Process
4
c) Precision CNC Auto-lathe Process
d) Production of Small High Precision Zinc Die-cast Components
WINCO usually receives orders from the customers and at the same time raw
materials are provided by the customers WINCO will provide the service of
machining the raw materials to the final products Then they wi ll be send back to the
customer In this project the product invo lved is Bearing 97 which is a new job
assigned to the company The product will go th ro ugh few machini ng processes before
it comes to the finished product
WINCO is equipped with 15 CNC m2chines with different purposes have the
ability to produce a workpiece up to micron precision They have CNC turning
machine CNC lathe machi ne CNC drilling-tapping machine CNC machining center
and etc In order to produce Bearing 97 wi th the spec ification of the customer the
machines used are CNC turn ing machine and drilling-tapping machine However the
drill ing and tapping process will be the main atlentio n of this project
15 OBJECTIVES
The drilling-tapping machine or called J(jwami machine is not equipped with
Jlg or fi xture Therefore the workpiece is unable to be hold in position on the
worktable This gives the difficulties for the machining processes In order to ho ld or
clamp the workpiece on the worktable a suffIcient fi xture system is needed Thus the
main objective of thi s project is to design a fixture sys tem for the partic ular product
5
Bearing 97 for CNC drilling-tapping machine in order to accomplish the process ing
task Besides that the purposes of thi s des ign are to
a) Detennine the material selection
b) Understand the mechanism and assembly within the worktable fi xture and
workpiece
c) Model the prototype
d) Test on the prototype to obtain resu lt by analysing the quality of the output
6
CHAPTER 2
LITERATURE REVIEW
21 QUALITY AND DESIGN
Quality is conformance to requirement or specification This is the definition
used by Crosby (1979) A more general definition of quality is fitness for use This
definition is attributed to Juran (1974) It places emphasis on the customer aspect of
quality including design quality
An addi tional formal definiti on of quality is quali ty is the totality of features
and characteristics of a product or service that bear on its ability to satisfy given needs
This definition is the consensus definition in ASNIIASQC standard A3 (1978) a
document that provides a comprehensive discussion of quality and related tem1S
In order to produce a quality product the design qua lity and manufactu red
quality must be considered respectively Design quality is an important aspect of
quality and must b~ considered carefully in planning the design manufactwing and
marketing of a product
But design quality is not the only aspect of quality After a product has been
designed and placed in manufacture it is found that the manufacturing process does
not always produces each unit in conionnity to the requirement The defects may be
related to the product design itself and also related to the poor manufacturing
processes planning and machine tools setup In this project the focus is on the flx ture
planning that w ili result in the level of quality of the workpiece Therefore in order to
7
produce a quality finished product a sufficient fixture system which will coordinate
with the manufacturing processes is required
22 FIXTURE AND JIG
The modem manufacturing of interchangeable parts is established on the fact
that each part wiJi be produced within a specified tolerance range By using a jig or
fixture the part is presented to the tool in a fixed relationship thus satisfying the
prescribed tolerances
Jigs and fixtures are used primarily for holding and positioning parts during
manufacturing Jigs physically hrnit and control (guide) the path of a cutting tool
during the machining process Fixtures do not guide the tool but allow it to find its
own path [Jerome C Lange 1984] Both jigs and fixtures eliminate the six degrees of
freedom of the part which is required during machining The main function of a jig or
fi xture is for locating and holding Locating here means attaining the required
positional relationship between the workpiece and processing equipment Holding
denotes maintaining the workpiece in required orientation and position [Sundar
Balasubramanian 1999]
Earl y stage of fixture system research began in 1940 s Then followed by the
deveiopment of manual and guidelines for jig and fixture design This usually depends
on the discretion and experience of the tool designer With the development of
technology emphasis has been towards eliminating human intervention and increasing
automation The planning of fixtures with using computer-aided method has been
8
growing In recent years There is some study in the overall automation of fix ture
configuration and assembly FUlthermore there is fix ture design automation for
spec ified application domains
221 DEGREE OF FREEDOM
For a part to be statically s table wh ile it is being machined it must be in
equ ilibri ~m in the x y and z direct ions [Jerome C Lange 1984] There fore the sum
of the machining forces in the x y and z d irections must be equal to zero Also the
sum of the moments about the x y and z-axes must be equal to zero if the part is to be
in equilibrium [n other words the free body of the part must be in equilibrium
Since a part may have three degree offreedom of translation and three degrees
of fr-edom of rotal ion it is the Pdrpose of a jig or fixture to restrict these six degrees
of freedom of a part during the machining operation These six degrees o f freedom are
shown in Figure 2 1
z Rotation
x
y
Figure 2 1 Six degrees of freedom (Courtesy of Design Dimensioning with Computer Graphi cs AppJ ication Jerome C Lange)
9
222 FIXTURE HARDWARE
Basic components are
i) Mounting components - mounting blocks are a form of locating and
supporting elements that are used to position locators and clamping devices at
specific heights off the mounting base Eg base plates angles plates
mounting or riser blocks and rotary tables bases
ii) Locating uni t - external and intemal locators
External locators are devices which are used to locate a part by its external
surfaces There are fixed and adjustab le
Fixed extemal locators are solid locators that establish a fixed position fo r the
workpiece Some instances of fi xed locators are
~ Integral locators are machined into the body of the work holder Hene-e it
requires added time to machine the locator and additional material has to
be provided to allow for machining of the locator
~ Locating pins are the simplest and most basic forms of locating element
~ V -locators
~ Locating nests involve a cavity in the work holder into which the
workpiece is placed and located No supplementary locating devices are
required
~ Edge ba rs and edge blocks
10
Adjustable external locators are movable locators that are freque ntl y used for
roughcast parts or simi lar parts with surface irregularities They are
~ Threaded locato rs
~ Spring pressure locators
raquo Equalizing locators
Internal locators are locating features such as holes Or bored diameters are
used to locate a part by its internal surfaces There are two types of internal
locators fixed and compensating
Fixed locatOrs are made to a specific size to suit certain holes diameter Eg
machine locators pin locators
Compensating locators are used to centralize the location of a part or to allow
for larger variations in hole sizes Two typical forms are conical and selfshy
adjusting locators
iii) Clamping units such as toe-clamps strap clamps screw clamps cam clamps
wedge-action clamps toggle clamps swing clamps and hook clamps
iv) Locating and clamping units are vises collets chucks and indexing units
II
Acknowledgement
The author would like to acknowledge the guidance and supervi sion that
offered by Encik Syed Talmizi Syed Shazali as a supervisor through out the
completion of this project report Acknowledgement is given to the staff of Winco
Precision Engineering (Melaka) Sdn Bhd for their important assistance Thanks to Mr
Lor Thim Soon production manager of the company who offered a lot of help
guidance and suggestion in developing th~ design
The author aknowledgememt would not be completed without recognizing Cik
Rubiyah bt Hj Baini Programme Coordinator of Mechanical Engineering and
Manufacturing System who prepared many letters requesting pennission to visit the
conpany Thanks also to the staff and technicians of Faculty Engineering for their
help
Finally the author would like to acknowledge to her family and friends who
have given so much encouragement and support along the completion of this project
Abstract
Fixture plaJ1]ing is an important element in prClduction planning Process plans
for machiling operations are prepared Wiel an assumption that jigs and fixtures would
be readily available for locating and holding all job-machine combinations Fixture
planning determines the fixture that holds a workpiece firmly in position in a
particular set up and provides a means to reference and align the cutting tool or -probe
to the workpiece The objective of this project is to identify and design a suitable
fixture system for the production of a particular product called Bearing 97 It involves
the analysi s of the machine specification machining process workpiece and finished
product specifications to identify the parameters needed for the fixture Then detailed
designs of the fixture with the variou components are produced according to the
parameters that have been determined earlier The prototype is produced and tested for
its efficiency The result is obtained and presented
ii
Abstrak
Perancangan fixture adalah elemen penting dalam perancangan pembuata
Proses merancang untuk operasi pemesimn adalah dirancang dengan anggapan fixture
telah bersedia untuk memegang semua kombillasi produk dan mesin Perancangan
fixture mengenalpasti fixture yang dapat memegang produk dengan rapat di posisinya
untuk penggunaan tertentu dan memberi rujukan dan susunan alat pemotong kepada
produk Projek in bertujuan mengenalpasti dan mencipta saru sistem fiXture yang
sesuai untuk penghasilan produk tertentu iaitu Bearing 97 Ia meEbatkan analisa cirishy
Cili mesin proses pemesinan ciri middotmiddotc iri b3han mentah dan produk akhir untuk
mengenalpasti parameter-parameter yang diperlukan unluk flXlure Selepas itu ciptaan
yang terperinci dengan pelbagai componen dihasilkan berdaarkan parametershy
parameter yang ditetapkan Model dihasilkan dan diuji untuk memperolehi
keberkesanannya Keputusan diperhatikan dan dibentang
iii
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title
Acknowledgement
Abstract
Abstrak
List of Figures
List of Tables
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
11 History of numerical contro l machine
12 Fixture planning and designing
13 Definition of design
14 Background of the company
15 Objectives
CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW
21 Qualityand design
22 Fixture and jig
22 I Degree 0 f freedom
222 Fixture hardware
22 3 Classification of fixture
224 Analyzing the machining operation
2 3 Fixture design principles
23 1 Type oflocation
232 Methods of location
233 General guidelines or rules
Page
II
III
Vll
x
2
3
4
5
7
8
9
10
12
J3
16
17
18
19
[ y
234 Locating and positioning 20
235 Chips and di11 cleaning 2 1
236 Locator wear 23
237 Supporting the part 24
24 Clamping methods 24
CHAPTER 3 METHODOLOGY
31 Define the problem 26
32 Analyze the problem 26
33 Data collection from research 27
34 Con~eptual design 27
35 Design generation 28
36 Design construction 28
37 Material selection 29
38 Design construction 30
39 Evaluating of the final product 30
CHAPTER 4 IMPLEMENTA nON
41 Machining Processes 32
42 Machine specification 33
421 Travel axis 34
422 Turntable 34
43 Implementation 35
431 Design criteria and constraints 35
432 Detailed drawing 37
44 Chassis material 41
44 1 Steel 41
442 Carbon steel 41
45 Proto typing 43
v
451 Ve11icai Milling Machine 43
452 Drilling 50
453 Tapping 53
46 Assembly mechanism 55
CHAPTER 5 RESULT AND ANALYSIS
51 Loading-unloading mechanism 65
52 Inspecti0 n 72
CHAPTER 6 CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDA nONS
61 Conclusion 74
62 Recommendations 75
REFERENCES 78
APPENDIX 80
VI
List of Figures
Figure Page
21 Six degrees of freedom 9
41 Dimension of the workpiece after the second
stage of machining 57
42 Finished product after the third stage of machining
Process 58
43 Area of the worktable 34
44 Moullting plate 59
45 Bearing 97 locator 60
46 Bearing 97 shaft 61
47 WaslJer bush and locator pin 62
4 8 Isometri c assembly view 63
49 20 assembly view (A-A cross section of isometric
assembly view) 64
51 KlWAMI machine that used for drilling and
tapping machining process with the des igned fixture
set up on the machine 65
VII
52 The fixture is set on the worktable inside the
machine The machine is equipped with sliding
window for safety protection 66
53 Close look at the fixture Four locators are assembled
on the mounting plate with shafts locator pins and
stoppers fix on it 66
54 Close look at one of the four locators 67
55 Workpiece 67
56 Finished product 68
57 Restriction of six degree of freedom of the workpiece
by the fixture 69
58 It show~ the comparison before loading and after
loading process It shows how the worlplece is put
on the locators which fit on the stopper 70
59 Four products are placed on the fixture Washers are
put on it and clamping mechanism is obtained by
pushing the level to the right 70
510 Left The machining area when the machining
process is carried out
Right Close look at the machining area fixture and
spindle head 71
viii
CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
11 HISTORY OF NUMERICAL CONTROL MACHINE
T he introduction of numerical control was in the earl y aerospace industry and
owed much to the US Air Force The first development work in the area of numerical
control (NC) is attributed to John Parsons and an associate named Frank Stulen at
Parsons Corporation in Traverse City Mich igan The origina l NC concept involved
the use of coordinate positional data contained on punched cards to define the surface
contours of helicopter blades After that retrofitting a conventional tracer nUll with
rudimentary numerical controls developed the first NC machine In March 1952 the
machine was demonstrated at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Sponsoring additional research at MIT to design a part programrill ng language that
could be used for controlling NC machine tools continues development of NC This
research resulted ill the development of the Automaticall y Programmed Tooling
(APT) language
NC is a form of programmable automation in which the processing equipment
is controlled by means of numbers letters and other symbols The numbers letters and
symbols are coded in an appropri ate fonnat to define a program of instructions for a
particular workpart or job [Mikell P Groover 1987) The program of instructio ns is
changed when job changes The capabiJity to change the program is what makes NC
suitable for low and medium volume production A numerica l contro l system consists
of three components they are program of instructions machine control unit and
processing equipmert The development of numerical control was a significant
achievement from technological and a commercial viewpoint in both batch and job
shop manufacturing
The extensions of NC technology include direct numerical control (DNC) and
computer numerical control (CNC) DNC was offered in the mid to late 1960s and
CNC systems were commercially introduced during the earl y 1970s DNC involves
the use of large central comput~r to direct the operations of a number of separate NC
machines This gave a great advantages in computer technology over the years and
resulted in smaller less costiy yet more powerful computers The developme1t
cortinued to result in new configuration called computer numerical control Accord ing
to Mikell P Groover (1987) CNC denotes a numerical control system that uses a
dedicated stored-program computer to perform some or all of the basic NC contru l
functions CNC is a NC system using a dedicated microcomputer as the machine
control unit Due to the programmable fl exible and interchangeable characteristics of
the CNC machine it is used to produce workpieces with high accuracy and
repeatability
12 FIXTURE PLANNING AND DESIGNING
The manufacturing planning activities are traditionally classified as design
process planning and production planning In this thesis attention is focused on the
fi xture design for specific product design on CNC machine Fixture plaruung is an
2
important issue in small batch manufacturing which requires the flexibility Fixture
planning determines the fixture that holds a workpiece finnly in position iil a
particular setup and provides a mean to reference and ~lign the cUlling tool or probe to
the workpiece Proper location of the workpiece is essential to ensure accllracy and
repeatability of the machining Fixture planning is difficult because there are many
different types of fixtures and fixture elements Fixture has to satisfy many constraints
on stability location restraint accessibility and cost Fixture plarning is important
because it contributes significantly to the overall manufacturing cost and process
Fixtures that are specially designed and built for a particular workpiece are called
dedicated fixtUlcs
13 DEFINITION OF DESIGN
According to George E Dieter design can be categorized as to create
something that has never been or arrange existing things in a new way to satisfy a
recognized need ofsociety
From the manufacturing view design can mean establishing the basic
parameters of a system It involves detailing the materials shapes and tolerance of the
individual parts of a product It is an activity that starts with sketches of parts and
assemblies and progresses to the drawing board or CAD workstation where assembly
drawings and detailed part drawings are produced [Geoffrey Boothroyd 1994]
Hollins and Pugh (1990) describe total design as a multidiSCiplinary iterative
process thaI takes an idea or market need forward inlO a successful product Design
3
does not end with production but with product disposal Middendorf (1990) defines
design as an iterative decision-making activity whereby scientific and technological
information is used to produce a system device or process which is different in some
degree from what the designer knows to have been done before and which is meant to
meet human needs Bebb (1988) describes design as the set ofprocess that translates
customer reqll irements into manufacturable outcomes
Generally design is creative multidiscipline process need to be iterative
evolutionary and serves human needs Quality is meeting the customers requirement
Therefore design for quality is the processes and activity that need to be carried out to
enable the manufacture of a product that fully meets customer requirements
A good design requires both analysis and synthesis Analysis is to calculate as
much about the part behaviors as possible by using Li)e approlriate diciplines of
science and engineering science and the necessary computationa l tools in order to
understand how part will perform in service Synthesis involves the identifi cation of
the design elements that will compri se the product its decompos ition into parts and
the combination of the part so lution in total workable system
14 BACKGROUND OF THE COMPANY
WTNCO Precision Engineering Sdn Bhd in Malacca provides precision
engineering contract services These include
a) Precision CNC Tum Process
b) Precision CNC Milling Process
4
c) Precision CNC Auto-lathe Process
d) Production of Small High Precision Zinc Die-cast Components
WINCO usually receives orders from the customers and at the same time raw
materials are provided by the customers WINCO will provide the service of
machining the raw materials to the final products Then they wi ll be send back to the
customer In this project the product invo lved is Bearing 97 which is a new job
assigned to the company The product will go th ro ugh few machini ng processes before
it comes to the finished product
WINCO is equipped with 15 CNC m2chines with different purposes have the
ability to produce a workpiece up to micron precision They have CNC turning
machine CNC lathe machi ne CNC drilling-tapping machine CNC machining center
and etc In order to produce Bearing 97 wi th the spec ification of the customer the
machines used are CNC turn ing machine and drilling-tapping machine However the
drill ing and tapping process will be the main atlentio n of this project
15 OBJECTIVES
The drilling-tapping machine or called J(jwami machine is not equipped with
Jlg or fi xture Therefore the workpiece is unable to be hold in position on the
worktable This gives the difficulties for the machining processes In order to ho ld or
clamp the workpiece on the worktable a suffIcient fi xture system is needed Thus the
main objective of thi s project is to design a fixture sys tem for the partic ular product
5
Bearing 97 for CNC drilling-tapping machine in order to accomplish the process ing
task Besides that the purposes of thi s des ign are to
a) Detennine the material selection
b) Understand the mechanism and assembly within the worktable fi xture and
workpiece
c) Model the prototype
d) Test on the prototype to obtain resu lt by analysing the quality of the output
6
CHAPTER 2
LITERATURE REVIEW
21 QUALITY AND DESIGN
Quality is conformance to requirement or specification This is the definition
used by Crosby (1979) A more general definition of quality is fitness for use This
definition is attributed to Juran (1974) It places emphasis on the customer aspect of
quality including design quality
An addi tional formal definiti on of quality is quali ty is the totality of features
and characteristics of a product or service that bear on its ability to satisfy given needs
This definition is the consensus definition in ASNIIASQC standard A3 (1978) a
document that provides a comprehensive discussion of quality and related tem1S
In order to produce a quality product the design qua lity and manufactu red
quality must be considered respectively Design quality is an important aspect of
quality and must b~ considered carefully in planning the design manufactwing and
marketing of a product
But design quality is not the only aspect of quality After a product has been
designed and placed in manufacture it is found that the manufacturing process does
not always produces each unit in conionnity to the requirement The defects may be
related to the product design itself and also related to the poor manufacturing
processes planning and machine tools setup In this project the focus is on the flx ture
planning that w ili result in the level of quality of the workpiece Therefore in order to
7
produce a quality finished product a sufficient fixture system which will coordinate
with the manufacturing processes is required
22 FIXTURE AND JIG
The modem manufacturing of interchangeable parts is established on the fact
that each part wiJi be produced within a specified tolerance range By using a jig or
fixture the part is presented to the tool in a fixed relationship thus satisfying the
prescribed tolerances
Jigs and fixtures are used primarily for holding and positioning parts during
manufacturing Jigs physically hrnit and control (guide) the path of a cutting tool
during the machining process Fixtures do not guide the tool but allow it to find its
own path [Jerome C Lange 1984] Both jigs and fixtures eliminate the six degrees of
freedom of the part which is required during machining The main function of a jig or
fi xture is for locating and holding Locating here means attaining the required
positional relationship between the workpiece and processing equipment Holding
denotes maintaining the workpiece in required orientation and position [Sundar
Balasubramanian 1999]
Earl y stage of fixture system research began in 1940 s Then followed by the
deveiopment of manual and guidelines for jig and fixture design This usually depends
on the discretion and experience of the tool designer With the development of
technology emphasis has been towards eliminating human intervention and increasing
automation The planning of fixtures with using computer-aided method has been
8
growing In recent years There is some study in the overall automation of fix ture
configuration and assembly FUlthermore there is fix ture design automation for
spec ified application domains
221 DEGREE OF FREEDOM
For a part to be statically s table wh ile it is being machined it must be in
equ ilibri ~m in the x y and z direct ions [Jerome C Lange 1984] There fore the sum
of the machining forces in the x y and z d irections must be equal to zero Also the
sum of the moments about the x y and z-axes must be equal to zero if the part is to be
in equilibrium [n other words the free body of the part must be in equilibrium
Since a part may have three degree offreedom of translation and three degrees
of fr-edom of rotal ion it is the Pdrpose of a jig or fixture to restrict these six degrees
of freedom of a part during the machining operation These six degrees o f freedom are
shown in Figure 2 1
z Rotation
x
y
Figure 2 1 Six degrees of freedom (Courtesy of Design Dimensioning with Computer Graphi cs AppJ ication Jerome C Lange)
9
222 FIXTURE HARDWARE
Basic components are
i) Mounting components - mounting blocks are a form of locating and
supporting elements that are used to position locators and clamping devices at
specific heights off the mounting base Eg base plates angles plates
mounting or riser blocks and rotary tables bases
ii) Locating uni t - external and intemal locators
External locators are devices which are used to locate a part by its external
surfaces There are fixed and adjustab le
Fixed extemal locators are solid locators that establish a fixed position fo r the
workpiece Some instances of fi xed locators are
~ Integral locators are machined into the body of the work holder Hene-e it
requires added time to machine the locator and additional material has to
be provided to allow for machining of the locator
~ Locating pins are the simplest and most basic forms of locating element
~ V -locators
~ Locating nests involve a cavity in the work holder into which the
workpiece is placed and located No supplementary locating devices are
required
~ Edge ba rs and edge blocks
10
Adjustable external locators are movable locators that are freque ntl y used for
roughcast parts or simi lar parts with surface irregularities They are
~ Threaded locato rs
~ Spring pressure locators
raquo Equalizing locators
Internal locators are locating features such as holes Or bored diameters are
used to locate a part by its internal surfaces There are two types of internal
locators fixed and compensating
Fixed locatOrs are made to a specific size to suit certain holes diameter Eg
machine locators pin locators
Compensating locators are used to centralize the location of a part or to allow
for larger variations in hole sizes Two typical forms are conical and selfshy
adjusting locators
iii) Clamping units such as toe-clamps strap clamps screw clamps cam clamps
wedge-action clamps toggle clamps swing clamps and hook clamps
iv) Locating and clamping units are vises collets chucks and indexing units
II
Abstract
Fixture plaJ1]ing is an important element in prClduction planning Process plans
for machiling operations are prepared Wiel an assumption that jigs and fixtures would
be readily available for locating and holding all job-machine combinations Fixture
planning determines the fixture that holds a workpiece firmly in position in a
particular set up and provides a means to reference and align the cutting tool or -probe
to the workpiece The objective of this project is to identify and design a suitable
fixture system for the production of a particular product called Bearing 97 It involves
the analysi s of the machine specification machining process workpiece and finished
product specifications to identify the parameters needed for the fixture Then detailed
designs of the fixture with the variou components are produced according to the
parameters that have been determined earlier The prototype is produced and tested for
its efficiency The result is obtained and presented
ii
Abstrak
Perancangan fixture adalah elemen penting dalam perancangan pembuata
Proses merancang untuk operasi pemesimn adalah dirancang dengan anggapan fixture
telah bersedia untuk memegang semua kombillasi produk dan mesin Perancangan
fixture mengenalpasti fixture yang dapat memegang produk dengan rapat di posisinya
untuk penggunaan tertentu dan memberi rujukan dan susunan alat pemotong kepada
produk Projek in bertujuan mengenalpasti dan mencipta saru sistem fiXture yang
sesuai untuk penghasilan produk tertentu iaitu Bearing 97 Ia meEbatkan analisa cirishy
Cili mesin proses pemesinan ciri middotmiddotc iri b3han mentah dan produk akhir untuk
mengenalpasti parameter-parameter yang diperlukan unluk flXlure Selepas itu ciptaan
yang terperinci dengan pelbagai componen dihasilkan berdaarkan parametershy
parameter yang ditetapkan Model dihasilkan dan diuji untuk memperolehi
keberkesanannya Keputusan diperhatikan dan dibentang
iii
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title
Acknowledgement
Abstract
Abstrak
List of Figures
List of Tables
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
11 History of numerical contro l machine
12 Fixture planning and designing
13 Definition of design
14 Background of the company
15 Objectives
CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW
21 Qualityand design
22 Fixture and jig
22 I Degree 0 f freedom
222 Fixture hardware
22 3 Classification of fixture
224 Analyzing the machining operation
2 3 Fixture design principles
23 1 Type oflocation
232 Methods of location
233 General guidelines or rules
Page
II
III
Vll
x
2
3
4
5
7
8
9
10
12
J3
16
17
18
19
[ y
234 Locating and positioning 20
235 Chips and di11 cleaning 2 1
236 Locator wear 23
237 Supporting the part 24
24 Clamping methods 24
CHAPTER 3 METHODOLOGY
31 Define the problem 26
32 Analyze the problem 26
33 Data collection from research 27
34 Con~eptual design 27
35 Design generation 28
36 Design construction 28
37 Material selection 29
38 Design construction 30
39 Evaluating of the final product 30
CHAPTER 4 IMPLEMENTA nON
41 Machining Processes 32
42 Machine specification 33
421 Travel axis 34
422 Turntable 34
43 Implementation 35
431 Design criteria and constraints 35
432 Detailed drawing 37
44 Chassis material 41
44 1 Steel 41
442 Carbon steel 41
45 Proto typing 43
v
451 Ve11icai Milling Machine 43
452 Drilling 50
453 Tapping 53
46 Assembly mechanism 55
CHAPTER 5 RESULT AND ANALYSIS
51 Loading-unloading mechanism 65
52 Inspecti0 n 72
CHAPTER 6 CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDA nONS
61 Conclusion 74
62 Recommendations 75
REFERENCES 78
APPENDIX 80
VI
List of Figures
Figure Page
21 Six degrees of freedom 9
41 Dimension of the workpiece after the second
stage of machining 57
42 Finished product after the third stage of machining
Process 58
43 Area of the worktable 34
44 Moullting plate 59
45 Bearing 97 locator 60
46 Bearing 97 shaft 61
47 WaslJer bush and locator pin 62
4 8 Isometri c assembly view 63
49 20 assembly view (A-A cross section of isometric
assembly view) 64
51 KlWAMI machine that used for drilling and
tapping machining process with the des igned fixture
set up on the machine 65
VII
52 The fixture is set on the worktable inside the
machine The machine is equipped with sliding
window for safety protection 66
53 Close look at the fixture Four locators are assembled
on the mounting plate with shafts locator pins and
stoppers fix on it 66
54 Close look at one of the four locators 67
55 Workpiece 67
56 Finished product 68
57 Restriction of six degree of freedom of the workpiece
by the fixture 69
58 It show~ the comparison before loading and after
loading process It shows how the worlplece is put
on the locators which fit on the stopper 70
59 Four products are placed on the fixture Washers are
put on it and clamping mechanism is obtained by
pushing the level to the right 70
510 Left The machining area when the machining
process is carried out
Right Close look at the machining area fixture and
spindle head 71
viii
CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
11 HISTORY OF NUMERICAL CONTROL MACHINE
T he introduction of numerical control was in the earl y aerospace industry and
owed much to the US Air Force The first development work in the area of numerical
control (NC) is attributed to John Parsons and an associate named Frank Stulen at
Parsons Corporation in Traverse City Mich igan The origina l NC concept involved
the use of coordinate positional data contained on punched cards to define the surface
contours of helicopter blades After that retrofitting a conventional tracer nUll with
rudimentary numerical controls developed the first NC machine In March 1952 the
machine was demonstrated at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Sponsoring additional research at MIT to design a part programrill ng language that
could be used for controlling NC machine tools continues development of NC This
research resulted ill the development of the Automaticall y Programmed Tooling
(APT) language
NC is a form of programmable automation in which the processing equipment
is controlled by means of numbers letters and other symbols The numbers letters and
symbols are coded in an appropri ate fonnat to define a program of instructions for a
particular workpart or job [Mikell P Groover 1987) The program of instructio ns is
changed when job changes The capabiJity to change the program is what makes NC
suitable for low and medium volume production A numerica l contro l system consists
of three components they are program of instructions machine control unit and
processing equipmert The development of numerical control was a significant
achievement from technological and a commercial viewpoint in both batch and job
shop manufacturing
The extensions of NC technology include direct numerical control (DNC) and
computer numerical control (CNC) DNC was offered in the mid to late 1960s and
CNC systems were commercially introduced during the earl y 1970s DNC involves
the use of large central comput~r to direct the operations of a number of separate NC
machines This gave a great advantages in computer technology over the years and
resulted in smaller less costiy yet more powerful computers The developme1t
cortinued to result in new configuration called computer numerical control Accord ing
to Mikell P Groover (1987) CNC denotes a numerical control system that uses a
dedicated stored-program computer to perform some or all of the basic NC contru l
functions CNC is a NC system using a dedicated microcomputer as the machine
control unit Due to the programmable fl exible and interchangeable characteristics of
the CNC machine it is used to produce workpieces with high accuracy and
repeatability
12 FIXTURE PLANNING AND DESIGNING
The manufacturing planning activities are traditionally classified as design
process planning and production planning In this thesis attention is focused on the
fi xture design for specific product design on CNC machine Fixture plaruung is an
2
important issue in small batch manufacturing which requires the flexibility Fixture
planning determines the fixture that holds a workpiece finnly in position iil a
particular setup and provides a mean to reference and ~lign the cUlling tool or probe to
the workpiece Proper location of the workpiece is essential to ensure accllracy and
repeatability of the machining Fixture planning is difficult because there are many
different types of fixtures and fixture elements Fixture has to satisfy many constraints
on stability location restraint accessibility and cost Fixture plarning is important
because it contributes significantly to the overall manufacturing cost and process
Fixtures that are specially designed and built for a particular workpiece are called
dedicated fixtUlcs
13 DEFINITION OF DESIGN
According to George E Dieter design can be categorized as to create
something that has never been or arrange existing things in a new way to satisfy a
recognized need ofsociety
From the manufacturing view design can mean establishing the basic
parameters of a system It involves detailing the materials shapes and tolerance of the
individual parts of a product It is an activity that starts with sketches of parts and
assemblies and progresses to the drawing board or CAD workstation where assembly
drawings and detailed part drawings are produced [Geoffrey Boothroyd 1994]
Hollins and Pugh (1990) describe total design as a multidiSCiplinary iterative
process thaI takes an idea or market need forward inlO a successful product Design
3
does not end with production but with product disposal Middendorf (1990) defines
design as an iterative decision-making activity whereby scientific and technological
information is used to produce a system device or process which is different in some
degree from what the designer knows to have been done before and which is meant to
meet human needs Bebb (1988) describes design as the set ofprocess that translates
customer reqll irements into manufacturable outcomes
Generally design is creative multidiscipline process need to be iterative
evolutionary and serves human needs Quality is meeting the customers requirement
Therefore design for quality is the processes and activity that need to be carried out to
enable the manufacture of a product that fully meets customer requirements
A good design requires both analysis and synthesis Analysis is to calculate as
much about the part behaviors as possible by using Li)e approlriate diciplines of
science and engineering science and the necessary computationa l tools in order to
understand how part will perform in service Synthesis involves the identifi cation of
the design elements that will compri se the product its decompos ition into parts and
the combination of the part so lution in total workable system
14 BACKGROUND OF THE COMPANY
WTNCO Precision Engineering Sdn Bhd in Malacca provides precision
engineering contract services These include
a) Precision CNC Tum Process
b) Precision CNC Milling Process
4
c) Precision CNC Auto-lathe Process
d) Production of Small High Precision Zinc Die-cast Components
WINCO usually receives orders from the customers and at the same time raw
materials are provided by the customers WINCO will provide the service of
machining the raw materials to the final products Then they wi ll be send back to the
customer In this project the product invo lved is Bearing 97 which is a new job
assigned to the company The product will go th ro ugh few machini ng processes before
it comes to the finished product
WINCO is equipped with 15 CNC m2chines with different purposes have the
ability to produce a workpiece up to micron precision They have CNC turning
machine CNC lathe machi ne CNC drilling-tapping machine CNC machining center
and etc In order to produce Bearing 97 wi th the spec ification of the customer the
machines used are CNC turn ing machine and drilling-tapping machine However the
drill ing and tapping process will be the main atlentio n of this project
15 OBJECTIVES
The drilling-tapping machine or called J(jwami machine is not equipped with
Jlg or fi xture Therefore the workpiece is unable to be hold in position on the
worktable This gives the difficulties for the machining processes In order to ho ld or
clamp the workpiece on the worktable a suffIcient fi xture system is needed Thus the
main objective of thi s project is to design a fixture sys tem for the partic ular product
5
Bearing 97 for CNC drilling-tapping machine in order to accomplish the process ing
task Besides that the purposes of thi s des ign are to
a) Detennine the material selection
b) Understand the mechanism and assembly within the worktable fi xture and
workpiece
c) Model the prototype
d) Test on the prototype to obtain resu lt by analysing the quality of the output
6
CHAPTER 2
LITERATURE REVIEW
21 QUALITY AND DESIGN
Quality is conformance to requirement or specification This is the definition
used by Crosby (1979) A more general definition of quality is fitness for use This
definition is attributed to Juran (1974) It places emphasis on the customer aspect of
quality including design quality
An addi tional formal definiti on of quality is quali ty is the totality of features
and characteristics of a product or service that bear on its ability to satisfy given needs
This definition is the consensus definition in ASNIIASQC standard A3 (1978) a
document that provides a comprehensive discussion of quality and related tem1S
In order to produce a quality product the design qua lity and manufactu red
quality must be considered respectively Design quality is an important aspect of
quality and must b~ considered carefully in planning the design manufactwing and
marketing of a product
But design quality is not the only aspect of quality After a product has been
designed and placed in manufacture it is found that the manufacturing process does
not always produces each unit in conionnity to the requirement The defects may be
related to the product design itself and also related to the poor manufacturing
processes planning and machine tools setup In this project the focus is on the flx ture
planning that w ili result in the level of quality of the workpiece Therefore in order to
7
produce a quality finished product a sufficient fixture system which will coordinate
with the manufacturing processes is required
22 FIXTURE AND JIG
The modem manufacturing of interchangeable parts is established on the fact
that each part wiJi be produced within a specified tolerance range By using a jig or
fixture the part is presented to the tool in a fixed relationship thus satisfying the
prescribed tolerances
Jigs and fixtures are used primarily for holding and positioning parts during
manufacturing Jigs physically hrnit and control (guide) the path of a cutting tool
during the machining process Fixtures do not guide the tool but allow it to find its
own path [Jerome C Lange 1984] Both jigs and fixtures eliminate the six degrees of
freedom of the part which is required during machining The main function of a jig or
fi xture is for locating and holding Locating here means attaining the required
positional relationship between the workpiece and processing equipment Holding
denotes maintaining the workpiece in required orientation and position [Sundar
Balasubramanian 1999]
Earl y stage of fixture system research began in 1940 s Then followed by the
deveiopment of manual and guidelines for jig and fixture design This usually depends
on the discretion and experience of the tool designer With the development of
technology emphasis has been towards eliminating human intervention and increasing
automation The planning of fixtures with using computer-aided method has been
8
growing In recent years There is some study in the overall automation of fix ture
configuration and assembly FUlthermore there is fix ture design automation for
spec ified application domains
221 DEGREE OF FREEDOM
For a part to be statically s table wh ile it is being machined it must be in
equ ilibri ~m in the x y and z direct ions [Jerome C Lange 1984] There fore the sum
of the machining forces in the x y and z d irections must be equal to zero Also the
sum of the moments about the x y and z-axes must be equal to zero if the part is to be
in equilibrium [n other words the free body of the part must be in equilibrium
Since a part may have three degree offreedom of translation and three degrees
of fr-edom of rotal ion it is the Pdrpose of a jig or fixture to restrict these six degrees
of freedom of a part during the machining operation These six degrees o f freedom are
shown in Figure 2 1
z Rotation
x
y
Figure 2 1 Six degrees of freedom (Courtesy of Design Dimensioning with Computer Graphi cs AppJ ication Jerome C Lange)
9
222 FIXTURE HARDWARE
Basic components are
i) Mounting components - mounting blocks are a form of locating and
supporting elements that are used to position locators and clamping devices at
specific heights off the mounting base Eg base plates angles plates
mounting or riser blocks and rotary tables bases
ii) Locating uni t - external and intemal locators
External locators are devices which are used to locate a part by its external
surfaces There are fixed and adjustab le
Fixed extemal locators are solid locators that establish a fixed position fo r the
workpiece Some instances of fi xed locators are
~ Integral locators are machined into the body of the work holder Hene-e it
requires added time to machine the locator and additional material has to
be provided to allow for machining of the locator
~ Locating pins are the simplest and most basic forms of locating element
~ V -locators
~ Locating nests involve a cavity in the work holder into which the
workpiece is placed and located No supplementary locating devices are
required
~ Edge ba rs and edge blocks
10
Adjustable external locators are movable locators that are freque ntl y used for
roughcast parts or simi lar parts with surface irregularities They are
~ Threaded locato rs
~ Spring pressure locators
raquo Equalizing locators
Internal locators are locating features such as holes Or bored diameters are
used to locate a part by its internal surfaces There are two types of internal
locators fixed and compensating
Fixed locatOrs are made to a specific size to suit certain holes diameter Eg
machine locators pin locators
Compensating locators are used to centralize the location of a part or to allow
for larger variations in hole sizes Two typical forms are conical and selfshy
adjusting locators
iii) Clamping units such as toe-clamps strap clamps screw clamps cam clamps
wedge-action clamps toggle clamps swing clamps and hook clamps
iv) Locating and clamping units are vises collets chucks and indexing units
II
Abstrak
Perancangan fixture adalah elemen penting dalam perancangan pembuata
Proses merancang untuk operasi pemesimn adalah dirancang dengan anggapan fixture
telah bersedia untuk memegang semua kombillasi produk dan mesin Perancangan
fixture mengenalpasti fixture yang dapat memegang produk dengan rapat di posisinya
untuk penggunaan tertentu dan memberi rujukan dan susunan alat pemotong kepada
produk Projek in bertujuan mengenalpasti dan mencipta saru sistem fiXture yang
sesuai untuk penghasilan produk tertentu iaitu Bearing 97 Ia meEbatkan analisa cirishy
Cili mesin proses pemesinan ciri middotmiddotc iri b3han mentah dan produk akhir untuk
mengenalpasti parameter-parameter yang diperlukan unluk flXlure Selepas itu ciptaan
yang terperinci dengan pelbagai componen dihasilkan berdaarkan parametershy
parameter yang ditetapkan Model dihasilkan dan diuji untuk memperolehi
keberkesanannya Keputusan diperhatikan dan dibentang
iii
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title
Acknowledgement
Abstract
Abstrak
List of Figures
List of Tables
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
11 History of numerical contro l machine
12 Fixture planning and designing
13 Definition of design
14 Background of the company
15 Objectives
CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW
21 Qualityand design
22 Fixture and jig
22 I Degree 0 f freedom
222 Fixture hardware
22 3 Classification of fixture
224 Analyzing the machining operation
2 3 Fixture design principles
23 1 Type oflocation
232 Methods of location
233 General guidelines or rules
Page
II
III
Vll
x
2
3
4
5
7
8
9
10
12
J3
16
17
18
19
[ y
234 Locating and positioning 20
235 Chips and di11 cleaning 2 1
236 Locator wear 23
237 Supporting the part 24
24 Clamping methods 24
CHAPTER 3 METHODOLOGY
31 Define the problem 26
32 Analyze the problem 26
33 Data collection from research 27
34 Con~eptual design 27
35 Design generation 28
36 Design construction 28
37 Material selection 29
38 Design construction 30
39 Evaluating of the final product 30
CHAPTER 4 IMPLEMENTA nON
41 Machining Processes 32
42 Machine specification 33
421 Travel axis 34
422 Turntable 34
43 Implementation 35
431 Design criteria and constraints 35
432 Detailed drawing 37
44 Chassis material 41
44 1 Steel 41
442 Carbon steel 41
45 Proto typing 43
v
451 Ve11icai Milling Machine 43
452 Drilling 50
453 Tapping 53
46 Assembly mechanism 55
CHAPTER 5 RESULT AND ANALYSIS
51 Loading-unloading mechanism 65
52 Inspecti0 n 72
CHAPTER 6 CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDA nONS
61 Conclusion 74
62 Recommendations 75
REFERENCES 78
APPENDIX 80
VI
List of Figures
Figure Page
21 Six degrees of freedom 9
41 Dimension of the workpiece after the second
stage of machining 57
42 Finished product after the third stage of machining
Process 58
43 Area of the worktable 34
44 Moullting plate 59
45 Bearing 97 locator 60
46 Bearing 97 shaft 61
47 WaslJer bush and locator pin 62
4 8 Isometri c assembly view 63
49 20 assembly view (A-A cross section of isometric
assembly view) 64
51 KlWAMI machine that used for drilling and
tapping machining process with the des igned fixture
set up on the machine 65
VII
52 The fixture is set on the worktable inside the
machine The machine is equipped with sliding
window for safety protection 66
53 Close look at the fixture Four locators are assembled
on the mounting plate with shafts locator pins and
stoppers fix on it 66
54 Close look at one of the four locators 67
55 Workpiece 67
56 Finished product 68
57 Restriction of six degree of freedom of the workpiece
by the fixture 69
58 It show~ the comparison before loading and after
loading process It shows how the worlplece is put
on the locators which fit on the stopper 70
59 Four products are placed on the fixture Washers are
put on it and clamping mechanism is obtained by
pushing the level to the right 70
510 Left The machining area when the machining
process is carried out
Right Close look at the machining area fixture and
spindle head 71
viii
CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
11 HISTORY OF NUMERICAL CONTROL MACHINE
T he introduction of numerical control was in the earl y aerospace industry and
owed much to the US Air Force The first development work in the area of numerical
control (NC) is attributed to John Parsons and an associate named Frank Stulen at
Parsons Corporation in Traverse City Mich igan The origina l NC concept involved
the use of coordinate positional data contained on punched cards to define the surface
contours of helicopter blades After that retrofitting a conventional tracer nUll with
rudimentary numerical controls developed the first NC machine In March 1952 the
machine was demonstrated at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Sponsoring additional research at MIT to design a part programrill ng language that
could be used for controlling NC machine tools continues development of NC This
research resulted ill the development of the Automaticall y Programmed Tooling
(APT) language
NC is a form of programmable automation in which the processing equipment
is controlled by means of numbers letters and other symbols The numbers letters and
symbols are coded in an appropri ate fonnat to define a program of instructions for a
particular workpart or job [Mikell P Groover 1987) The program of instructio ns is
changed when job changes The capabiJity to change the program is what makes NC
suitable for low and medium volume production A numerica l contro l system consists
of three components they are program of instructions machine control unit and
processing equipmert The development of numerical control was a significant
achievement from technological and a commercial viewpoint in both batch and job
shop manufacturing
The extensions of NC technology include direct numerical control (DNC) and
computer numerical control (CNC) DNC was offered in the mid to late 1960s and
CNC systems were commercially introduced during the earl y 1970s DNC involves
the use of large central comput~r to direct the operations of a number of separate NC
machines This gave a great advantages in computer technology over the years and
resulted in smaller less costiy yet more powerful computers The developme1t
cortinued to result in new configuration called computer numerical control Accord ing
to Mikell P Groover (1987) CNC denotes a numerical control system that uses a
dedicated stored-program computer to perform some or all of the basic NC contru l
functions CNC is a NC system using a dedicated microcomputer as the machine
control unit Due to the programmable fl exible and interchangeable characteristics of
the CNC machine it is used to produce workpieces with high accuracy and
repeatability
12 FIXTURE PLANNING AND DESIGNING
The manufacturing planning activities are traditionally classified as design
process planning and production planning In this thesis attention is focused on the
fi xture design for specific product design on CNC machine Fixture plaruung is an
2
important issue in small batch manufacturing which requires the flexibility Fixture
planning determines the fixture that holds a workpiece finnly in position iil a
particular setup and provides a mean to reference and ~lign the cUlling tool or probe to
the workpiece Proper location of the workpiece is essential to ensure accllracy and
repeatability of the machining Fixture planning is difficult because there are many
different types of fixtures and fixture elements Fixture has to satisfy many constraints
on stability location restraint accessibility and cost Fixture plarning is important
because it contributes significantly to the overall manufacturing cost and process
Fixtures that are specially designed and built for a particular workpiece are called
dedicated fixtUlcs
13 DEFINITION OF DESIGN
According to George E Dieter design can be categorized as to create
something that has never been or arrange existing things in a new way to satisfy a
recognized need ofsociety
From the manufacturing view design can mean establishing the basic
parameters of a system It involves detailing the materials shapes and tolerance of the
individual parts of a product It is an activity that starts with sketches of parts and
assemblies and progresses to the drawing board or CAD workstation where assembly
drawings and detailed part drawings are produced [Geoffrey Boothroyd 1994]
Hollins and Pugh (1990) describe total design as a multidiSCiplinary iterative
process thaI takes an idea or market need forward inlO a successful product Design
3
does not end with production but with product disposal Middendorf (1990) defines
design as an iterative decision-making activity whereby scientific and technological
information is used to produce a system device or process which is different in some
degree from what the designer knows to have been done before and which is meant to
meet human needs Bebb (1988) describes design as the set ofprocess that translates
customer reqll irements into manufacturable outcomes
Generally design is creative multidiscipline process need to be iterative
evolutionary and serves human needs Quality is meeting the customers requirement
Therefore design for quality is the processes and activity that need to be carried out to
enable the manufacture of a product that fully meets customer requirements
A good design requires both analysis and synthesis Analysis is to calculate as
much about the part behaviors as possible by using Li)e approlriate diciplines of
science and engineering science and the necessary computationa l tools in order to
understand how part will perform in service Synthesis involves the identifi cation of
the design elements that will compri se the product its decompos ition into parts and
the combination of the part so lution in total workable system
14 BACKGROUND OF THE COMPANY
WTNCO Precision Engineering Sdn Bhd in Malacca provides precision
engineering contract services These include
a) Precision CNC Tum Process
b) Precision CNC Milling Process
4
c) Precision CNC Auto-lathe Process
d) Production of Small High Precision Zinc Die-cast Components
WINCO usually receives orders from the customers and at the same time raw
materials are provided by the customers WINCO will provide the service of
machining the raw materials to the final products Then they wi ll be send back to the
customer In this project the product invo lved is Bearing 97 which is a new job
assigned to the company The product will go th ro ugh few machini ng processes before
it comes to the finished product
WINCO is equipped with 15 CNC m2chines with different purposes have the
ability to produce a workpiece up to micron precision They have CNC turning
machine CNC lathe machi ne CNC drilling-tapping machine CNC machining center
and etc In order to produce Bearing 97 wi th the spec ification of the customer the
machines used are CNC turn ing machine and drilling-tapping machine However the
drill ing and tapping process will be the main atlentio n of this project
15 OBJECTIVES
The drilling-tapping machine or called J(jwami machine is not equipped with
Jlg or fi xture Therefore the workpiece is unable to be hold in position on the
worktable This gives the difficulties for the machining processes In order to ho ld or
clamp the workpiece on the worktable a suffIcient fi xture system is needed Thus the
main objective of thi s project is to design a fixture sys tem for the partic ular product
5
Bearing 97 for CNC drilling-tapping machine in order to accomplish the process ing
task Besides that the purposes of thi s des ign are to
a) Detennine the material selection
b) Understand the mechanism and assembly within the worktable fi xture and
workpiece
c) Model the prototype
d) Test on the prototype to obtain resu lt by analysing the quality of the output
6
CHAPTER 2
LITERATURE REVIEW
21 QUALITY AND DESIGN
Quality is conformance to requirement or specification This is the definition
used by Crosby (1979) A more general definition of quality is fitness for use This
definition is attributed to Juran (1974) It places emphasis on the customer aspect of
quality including design quality
An addi tional formal definiti on of quality is quali ty is the totality of features
and characteristics of a product or service that bear on its ability to satisfy given needs
This definition is the consensus definition in ASNIIASQC standard A3 (1978) a
document that provides a comprehensive discussion of quality and related tem1S
In order to produce a quality product the design qua lity and manufactu red
quality must be considered respectively Design quality is an important aspect of
quality and must b~ considered carefully in planning the design manufactwing and
marketing of a product
But design quality is not the only aspect of quality After a product has been
designed and placed in manufacture it is found that the manufacturing process does
not always produces each unit in conionnity to the requirement The defects may be
related to the product design itself and also related to the poor manufacturing
processes planning and machine tools setup In this project the focus is on the flx ture
planning that w ili result in the level of quality of the workpiece Therefore in order to
7
produce a quality finished product a sufficient fixture system which will coordinate
with the manufacturing processes is required
22 FIXTURE AND JIG
The modem manufacturing of interchangeable parts is established on the fact
that each part wiJi be produced within a specified tolerance range By using a jig or
fixture the part is presented to the tool in a fixed relationship thus satisfying the
prescribed tolerances
Jigs and fixtures are used primarily for holding and positioning parts during
manufacturing Jigs physically hrnit and control (guide) the path of a cutting tool
during the machining process Fixtures do not guide the tool but allow it to find its
own path [Jerome C Lange 1984] Both jigs and fixtures eliminate the six degrees of
freedom of the part which is required during machining The main function of a jig or
fi xture is for locating and holding Locating here means attaining the required
positional relationship between the workpiece and processing equipment Holding
denotes maintaining the workpiece in required orientation and position [Sundar
Balasubramanian 1999]
Earl y stage of fixture system research began in 1940 s Then followed by the
deveiopment of manual and guidelines for jig and fixture design This usually depends
on the discretion and experience of the tool designer With the development of
technology emphasis has been towards eliminating human intervention and increasing
automation The planning of fixtures with using computer-aided method has been
8
growing In recent years There is some study in the overall automation of fix ture
configuration and assembly FUlthermore there is fix ture design automation for
spec ified application domains
221 DEGREE OF FREEDOM
For a part to be statically s table wh ile it is being machined it must be in
equ ilibri ~m in the x y and z direct ions [Jerome C Lange 1984] There fore the sum
of the machining forces in the x y and z d irections must be equal to zero Also the
sum of the moments about the x y and z-axes must be equal to zero if the part is to be
in equilibrium [n other words the free body of the part must be in equilibrium
Since a part may have three degree offreedom of translation and three degrees
of fr-edom of rotal ion it is the Pdrpose of a jig or fixture to restrict these six degrees
of freedom of a part during the machining operation These six degrees o f freedom are
shown in Figure 2 1
z Rotation
x
y
Figure 2 1 Six degrees of freedom (Courtesy of Design Dimensioning with Computer Graphi cs AppJ ication Jerome C Lange)
9
222 FIXTURE HARDWARE
Basic components are
i) Mounting components - mounting blocks are a form of locating and
supporting elements that are used to position locators and clamping devices at
specific heights off the mounting base Eg base plates angles plates
mounting or riser blocks and rotary tables bases
ii) Locating uni t - external and intemal locators
External locators are devices which are used to locate a part by its external
surfaces There are fixed and adjustab le
Fixed extemal locators are solid locators that establish a fixed position fo r the
workpiece Some instances of fi xed locators are
~ Integral locators are machined into the body of the work holder Hene-e it
requires added time to machine the locator and additional material has to
be provided to allow for machining of the locator
~ Locating pins are the simplest and most basic forms of locating element
~ V -locators
~ Locating nests involve a cavity in the work holder into which the
workpiece is placed and located No supplementary locating devices are
required
~ Edge ba rs and edge blocks
10
Adjustable external locators are movable locators that are freque ntl y used for
roughcast parts or simi lar parts with surface irregularities They are
~ Threaded locato rs
~ Spring pressure locators
raquo Equalizing locators
Internal locators are locating features such as holes Or bored diameters are
used to locate a part by its internal surfaces There are two types of internal
locators fixed and compensating
Fixed locatOrs are made to a specific size to suit certain holes diameter Eg
machine locators pin locators
Compensating locators are used to centralize the location of a part or to allow
for larger variations in hole sizes Two typical forms are conical and selfshy
adjusting locators
iii) Clamping units such as toe-clamps strap clamps screw clamps cam clamps
wedge-action clamps toggle clamps swing clamps and hook clamps
iv) Locating and clamping units are vises collets chucks and indexing units
II
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title
Acknowledgement
Abstract
Abstrak
List of Figures
List of Tables
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
11 History of numerical contro l machine
12 Fixture planning and designing
13 Definition of design
14 Background of the company
15 Objectives
CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW
21 Qualityand design
22 Fixture and jig
22 I Degree 0 f freedom
222 Fixture hardware
22 3 Classification of fixture
224 Analyzing the machining operation
2 3 Fixture design principles
23 1 Type oflocation
232 Methods of location
233 General guidelines or rules
Page
II
III
Vll
x
2
3
4
5
7
8
9
10
12
J3
16
17
18
19
[ y
234 Locating and positioning 20
235 Chips and di11 cleaning 2 1
236 Locator wear 23
237 Supporting the part 24
24 Clamping methods 24
CHAPTER 3 METHODOLOGY
31 Define the problem 26
32 Analyze the problem 26
33 Data collection from research 27
34 Con~eptual design 27
35 Design generation 28
36 Design construction 28
37 Material selection 29
38 Design construction 30
39 Evaluating of the final product 30
CHAPTER 4 IMPLEMENTA nON
41 Machining Processes 32
42 Machine specification 33
421 Travel axis 34
422 Turntable 34
43 Implementation 35
431 Design criteria and constraints 35
432 Detailed drawing 37
44 Chassis material 41
44 1 Steel 41
442 Carbon steel 41
45 Proto typing 43
v
451 Ve11icai Milling Machine 43
452 Drilling 50
453 Tapping 53
46 Assembly mechanism 55
CHAPTER 5 RESULT AND ANALYSIS
51 Loading-unloading mechanism 65
52 Inspecti0 n 72
CHAPTER 6 CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDA nONS
61 Conclusion 74
62 Recommendations 75
REFERENCES 78
APPENDIX 80
VI
List of Figures
Figure Page
21 Six degrees of freedom 9
41 Dimension of the workpiece after the second
stage of machining 57
42 Finished product after the third stage of machining
Process 58
43 Area of the worktable 34
44 Moullting plate 59
45 Bearing 97 locator 60
46 Bearing 97 shaft 61
47 WaslJer bush and locator pin 62
4 8 Isometri c assembly view 63
49 20 assembly view (A-A cross section of isometric
assembly view) 64
51 KlWAMI machine that used for drilling and
tapping machining process with the des igned fixture
set up on the machine 65
VII
52 The fixture is set on the worktable inside the
machine The machine is equipped with sliding
window for safety protection 66
53 Close look at the fixture Four locators are assembled
on the mounting plate with shafts locator pins and
stoppers fix on it 66
54 Close look at one of the four locators 67
55 Workpiece 67
56 Finished product 68
57 Restriction of six degree of freedom of the workpiece
by the fixture 69
58 It show~ the comparison before loading and after
loading process It shows how the worlplece is put
on the locators which fit on the stopper 70
59 Four products are placed on the fixture Washers are
put on it and clamping mechanism is obtained by
pushing the level to the right 70
510 Left The machining area when the machining
process is carried out
Right Close look at the machining area fixture and
spindle head 71
viii
CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
11 HISTORY OF NUMERICAL CONTROL MACHINE
T he introduction of numerical control was in the earl y aerospace industry and
owed much to the US Air Force The first development work in the area of numerical
control (NC) is attributed to John Parsons and an associate named Frank Stulen at
Parsons Corporation in Traverse City Mich igan The origina l NC concept involved
the use of coordinate positional data contained on punched cards to define the surface
contours of helicopter blades After that retrofitting a conventional tracer nUll with
rudimentary numerical controls developed the first NC machine In March 1952 the
machine was demonstrated at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Sponsoring additional research at MIT to design a part programrill ng language that
could be used for controlling NC machine tools continues development of NC This
research resulted ill the development of the Automaticall y Programmed Tooling
(APT) language
NC is a form of programmable automation in which the processing equipment
is controlled by means of numbers letters and other symbols The numbers letters and
symbols are coded in an appropri ate fonnat to define a program of instructions for a
particular workpart or job [Mikell P Groover 1987) The program of instructio ns is
changed when job changes The capabiJity to change the program is what makes NC
suitable for low and medium volume production A numerica l contro l system consists
of three components they are program of instructions machine control unit and
processing equipmert The development of numerical control was a significant
achievement from technological and a commercial viewpoint in both batch and job
shop manufacturing
The extensions of NC technology include direct numerical control (DNC) and
computer numerical control (CNC) DNC was offered in the mid to late 1960s and
CNC systems were commercially introduced during the earl y 1970s DNC involves
the use of large central comput~r to direct the operations of a number of separate NC
machines This gave a great advantages in computer technology over the years and
resulted in smaller less costiy yet more powerful computers The developme1t
cortinued to result in new configuration called computer numerical control Accord ing
to Mikell P Groover (1987) CNC denotes a numerical control system that uses a
dedicated stored-program computer to perform some or all of the basic NC contru l
functions CNC is a NC system using a dedicated microcomputer as the machine
control unit Due to the programmable fl exible and interchangeable characteristics of
the CNC machine it is used to produce workpieces with high accuracy and
repeatability
12 FIXTURE PLANNING AND DESIGNING
The manufacturing planning activities are traditionally classified as design
process planning and production planning In this thesis attention is focused on the
fi xture design for specific product design on CNC machine Fixture plaruung is an
2
important issue in small batch manufacturing which requires the flexibility Fixture
planning determines the fixture that holds a workpiece finnly in position iil a
particular setup and provides a mean to reference and ~lign the cUlling tool or probe to
the workpiece Proper location of the workpiece is essential to ensure accllracy and
repeatability of the machining Fixture planning is difficult because there are many
different types of fixtures and fixture elements Fixture has to satisfy many constraints
on stability location restraint accessibility and cost Fixture plarning is important
because it contributes significantly to the overall manufacturing cost and process
Fixtures that are specially designed and built for a particular workpiece are called
dedicated fixtUlcs
13 DEFINITION OF DESIGN
According to George E Dieter design can be categorized as to create
something that has never been or arrange existing things in a new way to satisfy a
recognized need ofsociety
From the manufacturing view design can mean establishing the basic
parameters of a system It involves detailing the materials shapes and tolerance of the
individual parts of a product It is an activity that starts with sketches of parts and
assemblies and progresses to the drawing board or CAD workstation where assembly
drawings and detailed part drawings are produced [Geoffrey Boothroyd 1994]
Hollins and Pugh (1990) describe total design as a multidiSCiplinary iterative
process thaI takes an idea or market need forward inlO a successful product Design
3
does not end with production but with product disposal Middendorf (1990) defines
design as an iterative decision-making activity whereby scientific and technological
information is used to produce a system device or process which is different in some
degree from what the designer knows to have been done before and which is meant to
meet human needs Bebb (1988) describes design as the set ofprocess that translates
customer reqll irements into manufacturable outcomes
Generally design is creative multidiscipline process need to be iterative
evolutionary and serves human needs Quality is meeting the customers requirement
Therefore design for quality is the processes and activity that need to be carried out to
enable the manufacture of a product that fully meets customer requirements
A good design requires both analysis and synthesis Analysis is to calculate as
much about the part behaviors as possible by using Li)e approlriate diciplines of
science and engineering science and the necessary computationa l tools in order to
understand how part will perform in service Synthesis involves the identifi cation of
the design elements that will compri se the product its decompos ition into parts and
the combination of the part so lution in total workable system
14 BACKGROUND OF THE COMPANY
WTNCO Precision Engineering Sdn Bhd in Malacca provides precision
engineering contract services These include
a) Precision CNC Tum Process
b) Precision CNC Milling Process
4
c) Precision CNC Auto-lathe Process
d) Production of Small High Precision Zinc Die-cast Components
WINCO usually receives orders from the customers and at the same time raw
materials are provided by the customers WINCO will provide the service of
machining the raw materials to the final products Then they wi ll be send back to the
customer In this project the product invo lved is Bearing 97 which is a new job
assigned to the company The product will go th ro ugh few machini ng processes before
it comes to the finished product
WINCO is equipped with 15 CNC m2chines with different purposes have the
ability to produce a workpiece up to micron precision They have CNC turning
machine CNC lathe machi ne CNC drilling-tapping machine CNC machining center
and etc In order to produce Bearing 97 wi th the spec ification of the customer the
machines used are CNC turn ing machine and drilling-tapping machine However the
drill ing and tapping process will be the main atlentio n of this project
15 OBJECTIVES
The drilling-tapping machine or called J(jwami machine is not equipped with
Jlg or fi xture Therefore the workpiece is unable to be hold in position on the
worktable This gives the difficulties for the machining processes In order to ho ld or
clamp the workpiece on the worktable a suffIcient fi xture system is needed Thus the
main objective of thi s project is to design a fixture sys tem for the partic ular product
5
Bearing 97 for CNC drilling-tapping machine in order to accomplish the process ing
task Besides that the purposes of thi s des ign are to
a) Detennine the material selection
b) Understand the mechanism and assembly within the worktable fi xture and
workpiece
c) Model the prototype
d) Test on the prototype to obtain resu lt by analysing the quality of the output
6
CHAPTER 2
LITERATURE REVIEW
21 QUALITY AND DESIGN
Quality is conformance to requirement or specification This is the definition
used by Crosby (1979) A more general definition of quality is fitness for use This
definition is attributed to Juran (1974) It places emphasis on the customer aspect of
quality including design quality
An addi tional formal definiti on of quality is quali ty is the totality of features
and characteristics of a product or service that bear on its ability to satisfy given needs
This definition is the consensus definition in ASNIIASQC standard A3 (1978) a
document that provides a comprehensive discussion of quality and related tem1S
In order to produce a quality product the design qua lity and manufactu red
quality must be considered respectively Design quality is an important aspect of
quality and must b~ considered carefully in planning the design manufactwing and
marketing of a product
But design quality is not the only aspect of quality After a product has been
designed and placed in manufacture it is found that the manufacturing process does
not always produces each unit in conionnity to the requirement The defects may be
related to the product design itself and also related to the poor manufacturing
processes planning and machine tools setup In this project the focus is on the flx ture
planning that w ili result in the level of quality of the workpiece Therefore in order to
7
produce a quality finished product a sufficient fixture system which will coordinate
with the manufacturing processes is required
22 FIXTURE AND JIG
The modem manufacturing of interchangeable parts is established on the fact
that each part wiJi be produced within a specified tolerance range By using a jig or
fixture the part is presented to the tool in a fixed relationship thus satisfying the
prescribed tolerances
Jigs and fixtures are used primarily for holding and positioning parts during
manufacturing Jigs physically hrnit and control (guide) the path of a cutting tool
during the machining process Fixtures do not guide the tool but allow it to find its
own path [Jerome C Lange 1984] Both jigs and fixtures eliminate the six degrees of
freedom of the part which is required during machining The main function of a jig or
fi xture is for locating and holding Locating here means attaining the required
positional relationship between the workpiece and processing equipment Holding
denotes maintaining the workpiece in required orientation and position [Sundar
Balasubramanian 1999]
Earl y stage of fixture system research began in 1940 s Then followed by the
deveiopment of manual and guidelines for jig and fixture design This usually depends
on the discretion and experience of the tool designer With the development of
technology emphasis has been towards eliminating human intervention and increasing
automation The planning of fixtures with using computer-aided method has been
8
growing In recent years There is some study in the overall automation of fix ture
configuration and assembly FUlthermore there is fix ture design automation for
spec ified application domains
221 DEGREE OF FREEDOM
For a part to be statically s table wh ile it is being machined it must be in
equ ilibri ~m in the x y and z direct ions [Jerome C Lange 1984] There fore the sum
of the machining forces in the x y and z d irections must be equal to zero Also the
sum of the moments about the x y and z-axes must be equal to zero if the part is to be
in equilibrium [n other words the free body of the part must be in equilibrium
Since a part may have three degree offreedom of translation and three degrees
of fr-edom of rotal ion it is the Pdrpose of a jig or fixture to restrict these six degrees
of freedom of a part during the machining operation These six degrees o f freedom are
shown in Figure 2 1
z Rotation
x
y
Figure 2 1 Six degrees of freedom (Courtesy of Design Dimensioning with Computer Graphi cs AppJ ication Jerome C Lange)
9
222 FIXTURE HARDWARE
Basic components are
i) Mounting components - mounting blocks are a form of locating and
supporting elements that are used to position locators and clamping devices at
specific heights off the mounting base Eg base plates angles plates
mounting or riser blocks and rotary tables bases
ii) Locating uni t - external and intemal locators
External locators are devices which are used to locate a part by its external
surfaces There are fixed and adjustab le
Fixed extemal locators are solid locators that establish a fixed position fo r the
workpiece Some instances of fi xed locators are
~ Integral locators are machined into the body of the work holder Hene-e it
requires added time to machine the locator and additional material has to
be provided to allow for machining of the locator
~ Locating pins are the simplest and most basic forms of locating element
~ V -locators
~ Locating nests involve a cavity in the work holder into which the
workpiece is placed and located No supplementary locating devices are
required
~ Edge ba rs and edge blocks
10
Adjustable external locators are movable locators that are freque ntl y used for
roughcast parts or simi lar parts with surface irregularities They are
~ Threaded locato rs
~ Spring pressure locators
raquo Equalizing locators
Internal locators are locating features such as holes Or bored diameters are
used to locate a part by its internal surfaces There are two types of internal
locators fixed and compensating
Fixed locatOrs are made to a specific size to suit certain holes diameter Eg
machine locators pin locators
Compensating locators are used to centralize the location of a part or to allow
for larger variations in hole sizes Two typical forms are conical and selfshy
adjusting locators
iii) Clamping units such as toe-clamps strap clamps screw clamps cam clamps
wedge-action clamps toggle clamps swing clamps and hook clamps
iv) Locating and clamping units are vises collets chucks and indexing units
II
234 Locating and positioning 20
235 Chips and di11 cleaning 2 1
236 Locator wear 23
237 Supporting the part 24
24 Clamping methods 24
CHAPTER 3 METHODOLOGY
31 Define the problem 26
32 Analyze the problem 26
33 Data collection from research 27
34 Con~eptual design 27
35 Design generation 28
36 Design construction 28
37 Material selection 29
38 Design construction 30
39 Evaluating of the final product 30
CHAPTER 4 IMPLEMENTA nON
41 Machining Processes 32
42 Machine specification 33
421 Travel axis 34
422 Turntable 34
43 Implementation 35
431 Design criteria and constraints 35
432 Detailed drawing 37
44 Chassis material 41
44 1 Steel 41
442 Carbon steel 41
45 Proto typing 43
v
451 Ve11icai Milling Machine 43
452 Drilling 50
453 Tapping 53
46 Assembly mechanism 55
CHAPTER 5 RESULT AND ANALYSIS
51 Loading-unloading mechanism 65
52 Inspecti0 n 72
CHAPTER 6 CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDA nONS
61 Conclusion 74
62 Recommendations 75
REFERENCES 78
APPENDIX 80
VI
List of Figures
Figure Page
21 Six degrees of freedom 9
41 Dimension of the workpiece after the second
stage of machining 57
42 Finished product after the third stage of machining
Process 58
43 Area of the worktable 34
44 Moullting plate 59
45 Bearing 97 locator 60
46 Bearing 97 shaft 61
47 WaslJer bush and locator pin 62
4 8 Isometri c assembly view 63
49 20 assembly view (A-A cross section of isometric
assembly view) 64
51 KlWAMI machine that used for drilling and
tapping machining process with the des igned fixture
set up on the machine 65
VII
52 The fixture is set on the worktable inside the
machine The machine is equipped with sliding
window for safety protection 66
53 Close look at the fixture Four locators are assembled
on the mounting plate with shafts locator pins and
stoppers fix on it 66
54 Close look at one of the four locators 67
55 Workpiece 67
56 Finished product 68
57 Restriction of six degree of freedom of the workpiece
by the fixture 69
58 It show~ the comparison before loading and after
loading process It shows how the worlplece is put
on the locators which fit on the stopper 70
59 Four products are placed on the fixture Washers are
put on it and clamping mechanism is obtained by
pushing the level to the right 70
510 Left The machining area when the machining
process is carried out
Right Close look at the machining area fixture and
spindle head 71
viii
CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
11 HISTORY OF NUMERICAL CONTROL MACHINE
T he introduction of numerical control was in the earl y aerospace industry and
owed much to the US Air Force The first development work in the area of numerical
control (NC) is attributed to John Parsons and an associate named Frank Stulen at
Parsons Corporation in Traverse City Mich igan The origina l NC concept involved
the use of coordinate positional data contained on punched cards to define the surface
contours of helicopter blades After that retrofitting a conventional tracer nUll with
rudimentary numerical controls developed the first NC machine In March 1952 the
machine was demonstrated at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Sponsoring additional research at MIT to design a part programrill ng language that
could be used for controlling NC machine tools continues development of NC This
research resulted ill the development of the Automaticall y Programmed Tooling
(APT) language
NC is a form of programmable automation in which the processing equipment
is controlled by means of numbers letters and other symbols The numbers letters and
symbols are coded in an appropri ate fonnat to define a program of instructions for a
particular workpart or job [Mikell P Groover 1987) The program of instructio ns is
changed when job changes The capabiJity to change the program is what makes NC
suitable for low and medium volume production A numerica l contro l system consists
of three components they are program of instructions machine control unit and
processing equipmert The development of numerical control was a significant
achievement from technological and a commercial viewpoint in both batch and job
shop manufacturing
The extensions of NC technology include direct numerical control (DNC) and
computer numerical control (CNC) DNC was offered in the mid to late 1960s and
CNC systems were commercially introduced during the earl y 1970s DNC involves
the use of large central comput~r to direct the operations of a number of separate NC
machines This gave a great advantages in computer technology over the years and
resulted in smaller less costiy yet more powerful computers The developme1t
cortinued to result in new configuration called computer numerical control Accord ing
to Mikell P Groover (1987) CNC denotes a numerical control system that uses a
dedicated stored-program computer to perform some or all of the basic NC contru l
functions CNC is a NC system using a dedicated microcomputer as the machine
control unit Due to the programmable fl exible and interchangeable characteristics of
the CNC machine it is used to produce workpieces with high accuracy and
repeatability
12 FIXTURE PLANNING AND DESIGNING
The manufacturing planning activities are traditionally classified as design
process planning and production planning In this thesis attention is focused on the
fi xture design for specific product design on CNC machine Fixture plaruung is an
2
important issue in small batch manufacturing which requires the flexibility Fixture
planning determines the fixture that holds a workpiece finnly in position iil a
particular setup and provides a mean to reference and ~lign the cUlling tool or probe to
the workpiece Proper location of the workpiece is essential to ensure accllracy and
repeatability of the machining Fixture planning is difficult because there are many
different types of fixtures and fixture elements Fixture has to satisfy many constraints
on stability location restraint accessibility and cost Fixture plarning is important
because it contributes significantly to the overall manufacturing cost and process
Fixtures that are specially designed and built for a particular workpiece are called
dedicated fixtUlcs
13 DEFINITION OF DESIGN
According to George E Dieter design can be categorized as to create
something that has never been or arrange existing things in a new way to satisfy a
recognized need ofsociety
From the manufacturing view design can mean establishing the basic
parameters of a system It involves detailing the materials shapes and tolerance of the
individual parts of a product It is an activity that starts with sketches of parts and
assemblies and progresses to the drawing board or CAD workstation where assembly
drawings and detailed part drawings are produced [Geoffrey Boothroyd 1994]
Hollins and Pugh (1990) describe total design as a multidiSCiplinary iterative
process thaI takes an idea or market need forward inlO a successful product Design
3
does not end with production but with product disposal Middendorf (1990) defines
design as an iterative decision-making activity whereby scientific and technological
information is used to produce a system device or process which is different in some
degree from what the designer knows to have been done before and which is meant to
meet human needs Bebb (1988) describes design as the set ofprocess that translates
customer reqll irements into manufacturable outcomes
Generally design is creative multidiscipline process need to be iterative
evolutionary and serves human needs Quality is meeting the customers requirement
Therefore design for quality is the processes and activity that need to be carried out to
enable the manufacture of a product that fully meets customer requirements
A good design requires both analysis and synthesis Analysis is to calculate as
much about the part behaviors as possible by using Li)e approlriate diciplines of
science and engineering science and the necessary computationa l tools in order to
understand how part will perform in service Synthesis involves the identifi cation of
the design elements that will compri se the product its decompos ition into parts and
the combination of the part so lution in total workable system
14 BACKGROUND OF THE COMPANY
WTNCO Precision Engineering Sdn Bhd in Malacca provides precision
engineering contract services These include
a) Precision CNC Tum Process
b) Precision CNC Milling Process
4
c) Precision CNC Auto-lathe Process
d) Production of Small High Precision Zinc Die-cast Components
WINCO usually receives orders from the customers and at the same time raw
materials are provided by the customers WINCO will provide the service of
machining the raw materials to the final products Then they wi ll be send back to the
customer In this project the product invo lved is Bearing 97 which is a new job
assigned to the company The product will go th ro ugh few machini ng processes before
it comes to the finished product
WINCO is equipped with 15 CNC m2chines with different purposes have the
ability to produce a workpiece up to micron precision They have CNC turning
machine CNC lathe machi ne CNC drilling-tapping machine CNC machining center
and etc In order to produce Bearing 97 wi th the spec ification of the customer the
machines used are CNC turn ing machine and drilling-tapping machine However the
drill ing and tapping process will be the main atlentio n of this project
15 OBJECTIVES
The drilling-tapping machine or called J(jwami machine is not equipped with
Jlg or fi xture Therefore the workpiece is unable to be hold in position on the
worktable This gives the difficulties for the machining processes In order to ho ld or
clamp the workpiece on the worktable a suffIcient fi xture system is needed Thus the
main objective of thi s project is to design a fixture sys tem for the partic ular product
5
Bearing 97 for CNC drilling-tapping machine in order to accomplish the process ing
task Besides that the purposes of thi s des ign are to
a) Detennine the material selection
b) Understand the mechanism and assembly within the worktable fi xture and
workpiece
c) Model the prototype
d) Test on the prototype to obtain resu lt by analysing the quality of the output
6
CHAPTER 2
LITERATURE REVIEW
21 QUALITY AND DESIGN
Quality is conformance to requirement or specification This is the definition
used by Crosby (1979) A more general definition of quality is fitness for use This
definition is attributed to Juran (1974) It places emphasis on the customer aspect of
quality including design quality
An addi tional formal definiti on of quality is quali ty is the totality of features
and characteristics of a product or service that bear on its ability to satisfy given needs
This definition is the consensus definition in ASNIIASQC standard A3 (1978) a
document that provides a comprehensive discussion of quality and related tem1S
In order to produce a quality product the design qua lity and manufactu red
quality must be considered respectively Design quality is an important aspect of
quality and must b~ considered carefully in planning the design manufactwing and
marketing of a product
But design quality is not the only aspect of quality After a product has been
designed and placed in manufacture it is found that the manufacturing process does
not always produces each unit in conionnity to the requirement The defects may be
related to the product design itself and also related to the poor manufacturing
processes planning and machine tools setup In this project the focus is on the flx ture
planning that w ili result in the level of quality of the workpiece Therefore in order to
7
produce a quality finished product a sufficient fixture system which will coordinate
with the manufacturing processes is required
22 FIXTURE AND JIG
The modem manufacturing of interchangeable parts is established on the fact
that each part wiJi be produced within a specified tolerance range By using a jig or
fixture the part is presented to the tool in a fixed relationship thus satisfying the
prescribed tolerances
Jigs and fixtures are used primarily for holding and positioning parts during
manufacturing Jigs physically hrnit and control (guide) the path of a cutting tool
during the machining process Fixtures do not guide the tool but allow it to find its
own path [Jerome C Lange 1984] Both jigs and fixtures eliminate the six degrees of
freedom of the part which is required during machining The main function of a jig or
fi xture is for locating and holding Locating here means attaining the required
positional relationship between the workpiece and processing equipment Holding
denotes maintaining the workpiece in required orientation and position [Sundar
Balasubramanian 1999]
Earl y stage of fixture system research began in 1940 s Then followed by the
deveiopment of manual and guidelines for jig and fixture design This usually depends
on the discretion and experience of the tool designer With the development of
technology emphasis has been towards eliminating human intervention and increasing
automation The planning of fixtures with using computer-aided method has been
8
growing In recent years There is some study in the overall automation of fix ture
configuration and assembly FUlthermore there is fix ture design automation for
spec ified application domains
221 DEGREE OF FREEDOM
For a part to be statically s table wh ile it is being machined it must be in
equ ilibri ~m in the x y and z direct ions [Jerome C Lange 1984] There fore the sum
of the machining forces in the x y and z d irections must be equal to zero Also the
sum of the moments about the x y and z-axes must be equal to zero if the part is to be
in equilibrium [n other words the free body of the part must be in equilibrium
Since a part may have three degree offreedom of translation and three degrees
of fr-edom of rotal ion it is the Pdrpose of a jig or fixture to restrict these six degrees
of freedom of a part during the machining operation These six degrees o f freedom are
shown in Figure 2 1
z Rotation
x
y
Figure 2 1 Six degrees of freedom (Courtesy of Design Dimensioning with Computer Graphi cs AppJ ication Jerome C Lange)
9
222 FIXTURE HARDWARE
Basic components are
i) Mounting components - mounting blocks are a form of locating and
supporting elements that are used to position locators and clamping devices at
specific heights off the mounting base Eg base plates angles plates
mounting or riser blocks and rotary tables bases
ii) Locating uni t - external and intemal locators
External locators are devices which are used to locate a part by its external
surfaces There are fixed and adjustab le
Fixed extemal locators are solid locators that establish a fixed position fo r the
workpiece Some instances of fi xed locators are
~ Integral locators are machined into the body of the work holder Hene-e it
requires added time to machine the locator and additional material has to
be provided to allow for machining of the locator
~ Locating pins are the simplest and most basic forms of locating element
~ V -locators
~ Locating nests involve a cavity in the work holder into which the
workpiece is placed and located No supplementary locating devices are
required
~ Edge ba rs and edge blocks
10
Adjustable external locators are movable locators that are freque ntl y used for
roughcast parts or simi lar parts with surface irregularities They are
~ Threaded locato rs
~ Spring pressure locators
raquo Equalizing locators
Internal locators are locating features such as holes Or bored diameters are
used to locate a part by its internal surfaces There are two types of internal
locators fixed and compensating
Fixed locatOrs are made to a specific size to suit certain holes diameter Eg
machine locators pin locators
Compensating locators are used to centralize the location of a part or to allow
for larger variations in hole sizes Two typical forms are conical and selfshy
adjusting locators
iii) Clamping units such as toe-clamps strap clamps screw clamps cam clamps
wedge-action clamps toggle clamps swing clamps and hook clamps
iv) Locating and clamping units are vises collets chucks and indexing units
II
451 Ve11icai Milling Machine 43
452 Drilling 50
453 Tapping 53
46 Assembly mechanism 55
CHAPTER 5 RESULT AND ANALYSIS
51 Loading-unloading mechanism 65
52 Inspecti0 n 72
CHAPTER 6 CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDA nONS
61 Conclusion 74
62 Recommendations 75
REFERENCES 78
APPENDIX 80
VI
List of Figures
Figure Page
21 Six degrees of freedom 9
41 Dimension of the workpiece after the second
stage of machining 57
42 Finished product after the third stage of machining
Process 58
43 Area of the worktable 34
44 Moullting plate 59
45 Bearing 97 locator 60
46 Bearing 97 shaft 61
47 WaslJer bush and locator pin 62
4 8 Isometri c assembly view 63
49 20 assembly view (A-A cross section of isometric
assembly view) 64
51 KlWAMI machine that used for drilling and
tapping machining process with the des igned fixture
set up on the machine 65
VII
52 The fixture is set on the worktable inside the
machine The machine is equipped with sliding
window for safety protection 66
53 Close look at the fixture Four locators are assembled
on the mounting plate with shafts locator pins and
stoppers fix on it 66
54 Close look at one of the four locators 67
55 Workpiece 67
56 Finished product 68
57 Restriction of six degree of freedom of the workpiece
by the fixture 69
58 It show~ the comparison before loading and after
loading process It shows how the worlplece is put
on the locators which fit on the stopper 70
59 Four products are placed on the fixture Washers are
put on it and clamping mechanism is obtained by
pushing the level to the right 70
510 Left The machining area when the machining
process is carried out
Right Close look at the machining area fixture and
spindle head 71
viii
CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
11 HISTORY OF NUMERICAL CONTROL MACHINE
T he introduction of numerical control was in the earl y aerospace industry and
owed much to the US Air Force The first development work in the area of numerical
control (NC) is attributed to John Parsons and an associate named Frank Stulen at
Parsons Corporation in Traverse City Mich igan The origina l NC concept involved
the use of coordinate positional data contained on punched cards to define the surface
contours of helicopter blades After that retrofitting a conventional tracer nUll with
rudimentary numerical controls developed the first NC machine In March 1952 the
machine was demonstrated at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Sponsoring additional research at MIT to design a part programrill ng language that
could be used for controlling NC machine tools continues development of NC This
research resulted ill the development of the Automaticall y Programmed Tooling
(APT) language
NC is a form of programmable automation in which the processing equipment
is controlled by means of numbers letters and other symbols The numbers letters and
symbols are coded in an appropri ate fonnat to define a program of instructions for a
particular workpart or job [Mikell P Groover 1987) The program of instructio ns is
changed when job changes The capabiJity to change the program is what makes NC
suitable for low and medium volume production A numerica l contro l system consists
of three components they are program of instructions machine control unit and
processing equipmert The development of numerical control was a significant
achievement from technological and a commercial viewpoint in both batch and job
shop manufacturing
The extensions of NC technology include direct numerical control (DNC) and
computer numerical control (CNC) DNC was offered in the mid to late 1960s and
CNC systems were commercially introduced during the earl y 1970s DNC involves
the use of large central comput~r to direct the operations of a number of separate NC
machines This gave a great advantages in computer technology over the years and
resulted in smaller less costiy yet more powerful computers The developme1t
cortinued to result in new configuration called computer numerical control Accord ing
to Mikell P Groover (1987) CNC denotes a numerical control system that uses a
dedicated stored-program computer to perform some or all of the basic NC contru l
functions CNC is a NC system using a dedicated microcomputer as the machine
control unit Due to the programmable fl exible and interchangeable characteristics of
the CNC machine it is used to produce workpieces with high accuracy and
repeatability
12 FIXTURE PLANNING AND DESIGNING
The manufacturing planning activities are traditionally classified as design
process planning and production planning In this thesis attention is focused on the
fi xture design for specific product design on CNC machine Fixture plaruung is an
2
important issue in small batch manufacturing which requires the flexibility Fixture
planning determines the fixture that holds a workpiece finnly in position iil a
particular setup and provides a mean to reference and ~lign the cUlling tool or probe to
the workpiece Proper location of the workpiece is essential to ensure accllracy and
repeatability of the machining Fixture planning is difficult because there are many
different types of fixtures and fixture elements Fixture has to satisfy many constraints
on stability location restraint accessibility and cost Fixture plarning is important
because it contributes significantly to the overall manufacturing cost and process
Fixtures that are specially designed and built for a particular workpiece are called
dedicated fixtUlcs
13 DEFINITION OF DESIGN
According to George E Dieter design can be categorized as to create
something that has never been or arrange existing things in a new way to satisfy a
recognized need ofsociety
From the manufacturing view design can mean establishing the basic
parameters of a system It involves detailing the materials shapes and tolerance of the
individual parts of a product It is an activity that starts with sketches of parts and
assemblies and progresses to the drawing board or CAD workstation where assembly
drawings and detailed part drawings are produced [Geoffrey Boothroyd 1994]
Hollins and Pugh (1990) describe total design as a multidiSCiplinary iterative
process thaI takes an idea or market need forward inlO a successful product Design
3
does not end with production but with product disposal Middendorf (1990) defines
design as an iterative decision-making activity whereby scientific and technological
information is used to produce a system device or process which is different in some
degree from what the designer knows to have been done before and which is meant to
meet human needs Bebb (1988) describes design as the set ofprocess that translates
customer reqll irements into manufacturable outcomes
Generally design is creative multidiscipline process need to be iterative
evolutionary and serves human needs Quality is meeting the customers requirement
Therefore design for quality is the processes and activity that need to be carried out to
enable the manufacture of a product that fully meets customer requirements
A good design requires both analysis and synthesis Analysis is to calculate as
much about the part behaviors as possible by using Li)e approlriate diciplines of
science and engineering science and the necessary computationa l tools in order to
understand how part will perform in service Synthesis involves the identifi cation of
the design elements that will compri se the product its decompos ition into parts and
the combination of the part so lution in total workable system
14 BACKGROUND OF THE COMPANY
WTNCO Precision Engineering Sdn Bhd in Malacca provides precision
engineering contract services These include
a) Precision CNC Tum Process
b) Precision CNC Milling Process
4
c) Precision CNC Auto-lathe Process
d) Production of Small High Precision Zinc Die-cast Components
WINCO usually receives orders from the customers and at the same time raw
materials are provided by the customers WINCO will provide the service of
machining the raw materials to the final products Then they wi ll be send back to the
customer In this project the product invo lved is Bearing 97 which is a new job
assigned to the company The product will go th ro ugh few machini ng processes before
it comes to the finished product
WINCO is equipped with 15 CNC m2chines with different purposes have the
ability to produce a workpiece up to micron precision They have CNC turning
machine CNC lathe machi ne CNC drilling-tapping machine CNC machining center
and etc In order to produce Bearing 97 wi th the spec ification of the customer the
machines used are CNC turn ing machine and drilling-tapping machine However the
drill ing and tapping process will be the main atlentio n of this project
15 OBJECTIVES
The drilling-tapping machine or called J(jwami machine is not equipped with
Jlg or fi xture Therefore the workpiece is unable to be hold in position on the
worktable This gives the difficulties for the machining processes In order to ho ld or
clamp the workpiece on the worktable a suffIcient fi xture system is needed Thus the
main objective of thi s project is to design a fixture sys tem for the partic ular product
5
Bearing 97 for CNC drilling-tapping machine in order to accomplish the process ing
task Besides that the purposes of thi s des ign are to
a) Detennine the material selection
b) Understand the mechanism and assembly within the worktable fi xture and
workpiece
c) Model the prototype
d) Test on the prototype to obtain resu lt by analysing the quality of the output
6
CHAPTER 2
LITERATURE REVIEW
21 QUALITY AND DESIGN
Quality is conformance to requirement or specification This is the definition
used by Crosby (1979) A more general definition of quality is fitness for use This
definition is attributed to Juran (1974) It places emphasis on the customer aspect of
quality including design quality
An addi tional formal definiti on of quality is quali ty is the totality of features
and characteristics of a product or service that bear on its ability to satisfy given needs
This definition is the consensus definition in ASNIIASQC standard A3 (1978) a
document that provides a comprehensive discussion of quality and related tem1S
In order to produce a quality product the design qua lity and manufactu red
quality must be considered respectively Design quality is an important aspect of
quality and must b~ considered carefully in planning the design manufactwing and
marketing of a product
But design quality is not the only aspect of quality After a product has been
designed and placed in manufacture it is found that the manufacturing process does
not always produces each unit in conionnity to the requirement The defects may be
related to the product design itself and also related to the poor manufacturing
processes planning and machine tools setup In this project the focus is on the flx ture
planning that w ili result in the level of quality of the workpiece Therefore in order to
7
produce a quality finished product a sufficient fixture system which will coordinate
with the manufacturing processes is required
22 FIXTURE AND JIG
The modem manufacturing of interchangeable parts is established on the fact
that each part wiJi be produced within a specified tolerance range By using a jig or
fixture the part is presented to the tool in a fixed relationship thus satisfying the
prescribed tolerances
Jigs and fixtures are used primarily for holding and positioning parts during
manufacturing Jigs physically hrnit and control (guide) the path of a cutting tool
during the machining process Fixtures do not guide the tool but allow it to find its
own path [Jerome C Lange 1984] Both jigs and fixtures eliminate the six degrees of
freedom of the part which is required during machining The main function of a jig or
fi xture is for locating and holding Locating here means attaining the required
positional relationship between the workpiece and processing equipment Holding
denotes maintaining the workpiece in required orientation and position [Sundar
Balasubramanian 1999]
Earl y stage of fixture system research began in 1940 s Then followed by the
deveiopment of manual and guidelines for jig and fixture design This usually depends
on the discretion and experience of the tool designer With the development of
technology emphasis has been towards eliminating human intervention and increasing
automation The planning of fixtures with using computer-aided method has been
8
growing In recent years There is some study in the overall automation of fix ture
configuration and assembly FUlthermore there is fix ture design automation for
spec ified application domains
221 DEGREE OF FREEDOM
For a part to be statically s table wh ile it is being machined it must be in
equ ilibri ~m in the x y and z direct ions [Jerome C Lange 1984] There fore the sum
of the machining forces in the x y and z d irections must be equal to zero Also the
sum of the moments about the x y and z-axes must be equal to zero if the part is to be
in equilibrium [n other words the free body of the part must be in equilibrium
Since a part may have three degree offreedom of translation and three degrees
of fr-edom of rotal ion it is the Pdrpose of a jig or fixture to restrict these six degrees
of freedom of a part during the machining operation These six degrees o f freedom are
shown in Figure 2 1
z Rotation
x
y
Figure 2 1 Six degrees of freedom (Courtesy of Design Dimensioning with Computer Graphi cs AppJ ication Jerome C Lange)
9
222 FIXTURE HARDWARE
Basic components are
i) Mounting components - mounting blocks are a form of locating and
supporting elements that are used to position locators and clamping devices at
specific heights off the mounting base Eg base plates angles plates
mounting or riser blocks and rotary tables bases
ii) Locating uni t - external and intemal locators
External locators are devices which are used to locate a part by its external
surfaces There are fixed and adjustab le
Fixed extemal locators are solid locators that establish a fixed position fo r the
workpiece Some instances of fi xed locators are
~ Integral locators are machined into the body of the work holder Hene-e it
requires added time to machine the locator and additional material has to
be provided to allow for machining of the locator
~ Locating pins are the simplest and most basic forms of locating element
~ V -locators
~ Locating nests involve a cavity in the work holder into which the
workpiece is placed and located No supplementary locating devices are
required
~ Edge ba rs and edge blocks
10
Adjustable external locators are movable locators that are freque ntl y used for
roughcast parts or simi lar parts with surface irregularities They are
~ Threaded locato rs
~ Spring pressure locators
raquo Equalizing locators
Internal locators are locating features such as holes Or bored diameters are
used to locate a part by its internal surfaces There are two types of internal
locators fixed and compensating
Fixed locatOrs are made to a specific size to suit certain holes diameter Eg
machine locators pin locators
Compensating locators are used to centralize the location of a part or to allow
for larger variations in hole sizes Two typical forms are conical and selfshy
adjusting locators
iii) Clamping units such as toe-clamps strap clamps screw clamps cam clamps
wedge-action clamps toggle clamps swing clamps and hook clamps
iv) Locating and clamping units are vises collets chucks and indexing units
II
List of Figures
Figure Page
21 Six degrees of freedom 9
41 Dimension of the workpiece after the second
stage of machining 57
42 Finished product after the third stage of machining
Process 58
43 Area of the worktable 34
44 Moullting plate 59
45 Bearing 97 locator 60
46 Bearing 97 shaft 61
47 WaslJer bush and locator pin 62
4 8 Isometri c assembly view 63
49 20 assembly view (A-A cross section of isometric
assembly view) 64
51 KlWAMI machine that used for drilling and
tapping machining process with the des igned fixture
set up on the machine 65
VII
52 The fixture is set on the worktable inside the
machine The machine is equipped with sliding
window for safety protection 66
53 Close look at the fixture Four locators are assembled
on the mounting plate with shafts locator pins and
stoppers fix on it 66
54 Close look at one of the four locators 67
55 Workpiece 67
56 Finished product 68
57 Restriction of six degree of freedom of the workpiece
by the fixture 69
58 It show~ the comparison before loading and after
loading process It shows how the worlplece is put
on the locators which fit on the stopper 70
59 Four products are placed on the fixture Washers are
put on it and clamping mechanism is obtained by
pushing the level to the right 70
510 Left The machining area when the machining
process is carried out
Right Close look at the machining area fixture and
spindle head 71
viii
CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
11 HISTORY OF NUMERICAL CONTROL MACHINE
T he introduction of numerical control was in the earl y aerospace industry and
owed much to the US Air Force The first development work in the area of numerical
control (NC) is attributed to John Parsons and an associate named Frank Stulen at
Parsons Corporation in Traverse City Mich igan The origina l NC concept involved
the use of coordinate positional data contained on punched cards to define the surface
contours of helicopter blades After that retrofitting a conventional tracer nUll with
rudimentary numerical controls developed the first NC machine In March 1952 the
machine was demonstrated at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Sponsoring additional research at MIT to design a part programrill ng language that
could be used for controlling NC machine tools continues development of NC This
research resulted ill the development of the Automaticall y Programmed Tooling
(APT) language
NC is a form of programmable automation in which the processing equipment
is controlled by means of numbers letters and other symbols The numbers letters and
symbols are coded in an appropri ate fonnat to define a program of instructions for a
particular workpart or job [Mikell P Groover 1987) The program of instructio ns is
changed when job changes The capabiJity to change the program is what makes NC
suitable for low and medium volume production A numerica l contro l system consists
of three components they are program of instructions machine control unit and
processing equipmert The development of numerical control was a significant
achievement from technological and a commercial viewpoint in both batch and job
shop manufacturing
The extensions of NC technology include direct numerical control (DNC) and
computer numerical control (CNC) DNC was offered in the mid to late 1960s and
CNC systems were commercially introduced during the earl y 1970s DNC involves
the use of large central comput~r to direct the operations of a number of separate NC
machines This gave a great advantages in computer technology over the years and
resulted in smaller less costiy yet more powerful computers The developme1t
cortinued to result in new configuration called computer numerical control Accord ing
to Mikell P Groover (1987) CNC denotes a numerical control system that uses a
dedicated stored-program computer to perform some or all of the basic NC contru l
functions CNC is a NC system using a dedicated microcomputer as the machine
control unit Due to the programmable fl exible and interchangeable characteristics of
the CNC machine it is used to produce workpieces with high accuracy and
repeatability
12 FIXTURE PLANNING AND DESIGNING
The manufacturing planning activities are traditionally classified as design
process planning and production planning In this thesis attention is focused on the
fi xture design for specific product design on CNC machine Fixture plaruung is an
2
important issue in small batch manufacturing which requires the flexibility Fixture
planning determines the fixture that holds a workpiece finnly in position iil a
particular setup and provides a mean to reference and ~lign the cUlling tool or probe to
the workpiece Proper location of the workpiece is essential to ensure accllracy and
repeatability of the machining Fixture planning is difficult because there are many
different types of fixtures and fixture elements Fixture has to satisfy many constraints
on stability location restraint accessibility and cost Fixture plarning is important
because it contributes significantly to the overall manufacturing cost and process
Fixtures that are specially designed and built for a particular workpiece are called
dedicated fixtUlcs
13 DEFINITION OF DESIGN
According to George E Dieter design can be categorized as to create
something that has never been or arrange existing things in a new way to satisfy a
recognized need ofsociety
From the manufacturing view design can mean establishing the basic
parameters of a system It involves detailing the materials shapes and tolerance of the
individual parts of a product It is an activity that starts with sketches of parts and
assemblies and progresses to the drawing board or CAD workstation where assembly
drawings and detailed part drawings are produced [Geoffrey Boothroyd 1994]
Hollins and Pugh (1990) describe total design as a multidiSCiplinary iterative
process thaI takes an idea or market need forward inlO a successful product Design
3
does not end with production but with product disposal Middendorf (1990) defines
design as an iterative decision-making activity whereby scientific and technological
information is used to produce a system device or process which is different in some
degree from what the designer knows to have been done before and which is meant to
meet human needs Bebb (1988) describes design as the set ofprocess that translates
customer reqll irements into manufacturable outcomes
Generally design is creative multidiscipline process need to be iterative
evolutionary and serves human needs Quality is meeting the customers requirement
Therefore design for quality is the processes and activity that need to be carried out to
enable the manufacture of a product that fully meets customer requirements
A good design requires both analysis and synthesis Analysis is to calculate as
much about the part behaviors as possible by using Li)e approlriate diciplines of
science and engineering science and the necessary computationa l tools in order to
understand how part will perform in service Synthesis involves the identifi cation of
the design elements that will compri se the product its decompos ition into parts and
the combination of the part so lution in total workable system
14 BACKGROUND OF THE COMPANY
WTNCO Precision Engineering Sdn Bhd in Malacca provides precision
engineering contract services These include
a) Precision CNC Tum Process
b) Precision CNC Milling Process
4
c) Precision CNC Auto-lathe Process
d) Production of Small High Precision Zinc Die-cast Components
WINCO usually receives orders from the customers and at the same time raw
materials are provided by the customers WINCO will provide the service of
machining the raw materials to the final products Then they wi ll be send back to the
customer In this project the product invo lved is Bearing 97 which is a new job
assigned to the company The product will go th ro ugh few machini ng processes before
it comes to the finished product
WINCO is equipped with 15 CNC m2chines with different purposes have the
ability to produce a workpiece up to micron precision They have CNC turning
machine CNC lathe machi ne CNC drilling-tapping machine CNC machining center
and etc In order to produce Bearing 97 wi th the spec ification of the customer the
machines used are CNC turn ing machine and drilling-tapping machine However the
drill ing and tapping process will be the main atlentio n of this project
15 OBJECTIVES
The drilling-tapping machine or called J(jwami machine is not equipped with
Jlg or fi xture Therefore the workpiece is unable to be hold in position on the
worktable This gives the difficulties for the machining processes In order to ho ld or
clamp the workpiece on the worktable a suffIcient fi xture system is needed Thus the
main objective of thi s project is to design a fixture sys tem for the partic ular product
5
Bearing 97 for CNC drilling-tapping machine in order to accomplish the process ing
task Besides that the purposes of thi s des ign are to
a) Detennine the material selection
b) Understand the mechanism and assembly within the worktable fi xture and
workpiece
c) Model the prototype
d) Test on the prototype to obtain resu lt by analysing the quality of the output
6
CHAPTER 2
LITERATURE REVIEW
21 QUALITY AND DESIGN
Quality is conformance to requirement or specification This is the definition
used by Crosby (1979) A more general definition of quality is fitness for use This
definition is attributed to Juran (1974) It places emphasis on the customer aspect of
quality including design quality
An addi tional formal definiti on of quality is quali ty is the totality of features
and characteristics of a product or service that bear on its ability to satisfy given needs
This definition is the consensus definition in ASNIIASQC standard A3 (1978) a
document that provides a comprehensive discussion of quality and related tem1S
In order to produce a quality product the design qua lity and manufactu red
quality must be considered respectively Design quality is an important aspect of
quality and must b~ considered carefully in planning the design manufactwing and
marketing of a product
But design quality is not the only aspect of quality After a product has been
designed and placed in manufacture it is found that the manufacturing process does
not always produces each unit in conionnity to the requirement The defects may be
related to the product design itself and also related to the poor manufacturing
processes planning and machine tools setup In this project the focus is on the flx ture
planning that w ili result in the level of quality of the workpiece Therefore in order to
7
produce a quality finished product a sufficient fixture system which will coordinate
with the manufacturing processes is required
22 FIXTURE AND JIG
The modem manufacturing of interchangeable parts is established on the fact
that each part wiJi be produced within a specified tolerance range By using a jig or
fixture the part is presented to the tool in a fixed relationship thus satisfying the
prescribed tolerances
Jigs and fixtures are used primarily for holding and positioning parts during
manufacturing Jigs physically hrnit and control (guide) the path of a cutting tool
during the machining process Fixtures do not guide the tool but allow it to find its
own path [Jerome C Lange 1984] Both jigs and fixtures eliminate the six degrees of
freedom of the part which is required during machining The main function of a jig or
fi xture is for locating and holding Locating here means attaining the required
positional relationship between the workpiece and processing equipment Holding
denotes maintaining the workpiece in required orientation and position [Sundar
Balasubramanian 1999]
Earl y stage of fixture system research began in 1940 s Then followed by the
deveiopment of manual and guidelines for jig and fixture design This usually depends
on the discretion and experience of the tool designer With the development of
technology emphasis has been towards eliminating human intervention and increasing
automation The planning of fixtures with using computer-aided method has been
8
growing In recent years There is some study in the overall automation of fix ture
configuration and assembly FUlthermore there is fix ture design automation for
spec ified application domains
221 DEGREE OF FREEDOM
For a part to be statically s table wh ile it is being machined it must be in
equ ilibri ~m in the x y and z direct ions [Jerome C Lange 1984] There fore the sum
of the machining forces in the x y and z d irections must be equal to zero Also the
sum of the moments about the x y and z-axes must be equal to zero if the part is to be
in equilibrium [n other words the free body of the part must be in equilibrium
Since a part may have three degree offreedom of translation and three degrees
of fr-edom of rotal ion it is the Pdrpose of a jig or fixture to restrict these six degrees
of freedom of a part during the machining operation These six degrees o f freedom are
shown in Figure 2 1
z Rotation
x
y
Figure 2 1 Six degrees of freedom (Courtesy of Design Dimensioning with Computer Graphi cs AppJ ication Jerome C Lange)
9
222 FIXTURE HARDWARE
Basic components are
i) Mounting components - mounting blocks are a form of locating and
supporting elements that are used to position locators and clamping devices at
specific heights off the mounting base Eg base plates angles plates
mounting or riser blocks and rotary tables bases
ii) Locating uni t - external and intemal locators
External locators are devices which are used to locate a part by its external
surfaces There are fixed and adjustab le
Fixed extemal locators are solid locators that establish a fixed position fo r the
workpiece Some instances of fi xed locators are
~ Integral locators are machined into the body of the work holder Hene-e it
requires added time to machine the locator and additional material has to
be provided to allow for machining of the locator
~ Locating pins are the simplest and most basic forms of locating element
~ V -locators
~ Locating nests involve a cavity in the work holder into which the
workpiece is placed and located No supplementary locating devices are
required
~ Edge ba rs and edge blocks
10
Adjustable external locators are movable locators that are freque ntl y used for
roughcast parts or simi lar parts with surface irregularities They are
~ Threaded locato rs
~ Spring pressure locators
raquo Equalizing locators
Internal locators are locating features such as holes Or bored diameters are
used to locate a part by its internal surfaces There are two types of internal
locators fixed and compensating
Fixed locatOrs are made to a specific size to suit certain holes diameter Eg
machine locators pin locators
Compensating locators are used to centralize the location of a part or to allow
for larger variations in hole sizes Two typical forms are conical and selfshy
adjusting locators
iii) Clamping units such as toe-clamps strap clamps screw clamps cam clamps
wedge-action clamps toggle clamps swing clamps and hook clamps
iv) Locating and clamping units are vises collets chucks and indexing units
II
52 The fixture is set on the worktable inside the
machine The machine is equipped with sliding
window for safety protection 66
53 Close look at the fixture Four locators are assembled
on the mounting plate with shafts locator pins and
stoppers fix on it 66
54 Close look at one of the four locators 67
55 Workpiece 67
56 Finished product 68
57 Restriction of six degree of freedom of the workpiece
by the fixture 69
58 It show~ the comparison before loading and after
loading process It shows how the worlplece is put
on the locators which fit on the stopper 70
59 Four products are placed on the fixture Washers are
put on it and clamping mechanism is obtained by
pushing the level to the right 70
510 Left The machining area when the machining
process is carried out
Right Close look at the machining area fixture and
spindle head 71
viii
CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
11 HISTORY OF NUMERICAL CONTROL MACHINE
T he introduction of numerical control was in the earl y aerospace industry and
owed much to the US Air Force The first development work in the area of numerical
control (NC) is attributed to John Parsons and an associate named Frank Stulen at
Parsons Corporation in Traverse City Mich igan The origina l NC concept involved
the use of coordinate positional data contained on punched cards to define the surface
contours of helicopter blades After that retrofitting a conventional tracer nUll with
rudimentary numerical controls developed the first NC machine In March 1952 the
machine was demonstrated at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Sponsoring additional research at MIT to design a part programrill ng language that
could be used for controlling NC machine tools continues development of NC This
research resulted ill the development of the Automaticall y Programmed Tooling
(APT) language
NC is a form of programmable automation in which the processing equipment
is controlled by means of numbers letters and other symbols The numbers letters and
symbols are coded in an appropri ate fonnat to define a program of instructions for a
particular workpart or job [Mikell P Groover 1987) The program of instructio ns is
changed when job changes The capabiJity to change the program is what makes NC
suitable for low and medium volume production A numerica l contro l system consists
of three components they are program of instructions machine control unit and
processing equipmert The development of numerical control was a significant
achievement from technological and a commercial viewpoint in both batch and job
shop manufacturing
The extensions of NC technology include direct numerical control (DNC) and
computer numerical control (CNC) DNC was offered in the mid to late 1960s and
CNC systems were commercially introduced during the earl y 1970s DNC involves
the use of large central comput~r to direct the operations of a number of separate NC
machines This gave a great advantages in computer technology over the years and
resulted in smaller less costiy yet more powerful computers The developme1t
cortinued to result in new configuration called computer numerical control Accord ing
to Mikell P Groover (1987) CNC denotes a numerical control system that uses a
dedicated stored-program computer to perform some or all of the basic NC contru l
functions CNC is a NC system using a dedicated microcomputer as the machine
control unit Due to the programmable fl exible and interchangeable characteristics of
the CNC machine it is used to produce workpieces with high accuracy and
repeatability
12 FIXTURE PLANNING AND DESIGNING
The manufacturing planning activities are traditionally classified as design
process planning and production planning In this thesis attention is focused on the
fi xture design for specific product design on CNC machine Fixture plaruung is an
2
important issue in small batch manufacturing which requires the flexibility Fixture
planning determines the fixture that holds a workpiece finnly in position iil a
particular setup and provides a mean to reference and ~lign the cUlling tool or probe to
the workpiece Proper location of the workpiece is essential to ensure accllracy and
repeatability of the machining Fixture planning is difficult because there are many
different types of fixtures and fixture elements Fixture has to satisfy many constraints
on stability location restraint accessibility and cost Fixture plarning is important
because it contributes significantly to the overall manufacturing cost and process
Fixtures that are specially designed and built for a particular workpiece are called
dedicated fixtUlcs
13 DEFINITION OF DESIGN
According to George E Dieter design can be categorized as to create
something that has never been or arrange existing things in a new way to satisfy a
recognized need ofsociety
From the manufacturing view design can mean establishing the basic
parameters of a system It involves detailing the materials shapes and tolerance of the
individual parts of a product It is an activity that starts with sketches of parts and
assemblies and progresses to the drawing board or CAD workstation where assembly
drawings and detailed part drawings are produced [Geoffrey Boothroyd 1994]
Hollins and Pugh (1990) describe total design as a multidiSCiplinary iterative
process thaI takes an idea or market need forward inlO a successful product Design
3
does not end with production but with product disposal Middendorf (1990) defines
design as an iterative decision-making activity whereby scientific and technological
information is used to produce a system device or process which is different in some
degree from what the designer knows to have been done before and which is meant to
meet human needs Bebb (1988) describes design as the set ofprocess that translates
customer reqll irements into manufacturable outcomes
Generally design is creative multidiscipline process need to be iterative
evolutionary and serves human needs Quality is meeting the customers requirement
Therefore design for quality is the processes and activity that need to be carried out to
enable the manufacture of a product that fully meets customer requirements
A good design requires both analysis and synthesis Analysis is to calculate as
much about the part behaviors as possible by using Li)e approlriate diciplines of
science and engineering science and the necessary computationa l tools in order to
understand how part will perform in service Synthesis involves the identifi cation of
the design elements that will compri se the product its decompos ition into parts and
the combination of the part so lution in total workable system
14 BACKGROUND OF THE COMPANY
WTNCO Precision Engineering Sdn Bhd in Malacca provides precision
engineering contract services These include
a) Precision CNC Tum Process
b) Precision CNC Milling Process
4
c) Precision CNC Auto-lathe Process
d) Production of Small High Precision Zinc Die-cast Components
WINCO usually receives orders from the customers and at the same time raw
materials are provided by the customers WINCO will provide the service of
machining the raw materials to the final products Then they wi ll be send back to the
customer In this project the product invo lved is Bearing 97 which is a new job
assigned to the company The product will go th ro ugh few machini ng processes before
it comes to the finished product
WINCO is equipped with 15 CNC m2chines with different purposes have the
ability to produce a workpiece up to micron precision They have CNC turning
machine CNC lathe machi ne CNC drilling-tapping machine CNC machining center
and etc In order to produce Bearing 97 wi th the spec ification of the customer the
machines used are CNC turn ing machine and drilling-tapping machine However the
drill ing and tapping process will be the main atlentio n of this project
15 OBJECTIVES
The drilling-tapping machine or called J(jwami machine is not equipped with
Jlg or fi xture Therefore the workpiece is unable to be hold in position on the
worktable This gives the difficulties for the machining processes In order to ho ld or
clamp the workpiece on the worktable a suffIcient fi xture system is needed Thus the
main objective of thi s project is to design a fixture sys tem for the partic ular product
5
Bearing 97 for CNC drilling-tapping machine in order to accomplish the process ing
task Besides that the purposes of thi s des ign are to
a) Detennine the material selection
b) Understand the mechanism and assembly within the worktable fi xture and
workpiece
c) Model the prototype
d) Test on the prototype to obtain resu lt by analysing the quality of the output
6
CHAPTER 2
LITERATURE REVIEW
21 QUALITY AND DESIGN
Quality is conformance to requirement or specification This is the definition
used by Crosby (1979) A more general definition of quality is fitness for use This
definition is attributed to Juran (1974) It places emphasis on the customer aspect of
quality including design quality
An addi tional formal definiti on of quality is quali ty is the totality of features
and characteristics of a product or service that bear on its ability to satisfy given needs
This definition is the consensus definition in ASNIIASQC standard A3 (1978) a
document that provides a comprehensive discussion of quality and related tem1S
In order to produce a quality product the design qua lity and manufactu red
quality must be considered respectively Design quality is an important aspect of
quality and must b~ considered carefully in planning the design manufactwing and
marketing of a product
But design quality is not the only aspect of quality After a product has been
designed and placed in manufacture it is found that the manufacturing process does
not always produces each unit in conionnity to the requirement The defects may be
related to the product design itself and also related to the poor manufacturing
processes planning and machine tools setup In this project the focus is on the flx ture
planning that w ili result in the level of quality of the workpiece Therefore in order to
7
produce a quality finished product a sufficient fixture system which will coordinate
with the manufacturing processes is required
22 FIXTURE AND JIG
The modem manufacturing of interchangeable parts is established on the fact
that each part wiJi be produced within a specified tolerance range By using a jig or
fixture the part is presented to the tool in a fixed relationship thus satisfying the
prescribed tolerances
Jigs and fixtures are used primarily for holding and positioning parts during
manufacturing Jigs physically hrnit and control (guide) the path of a cutting tool
during the machining process Fixtures do not guide the tool but allow it to find its
own path [Jerome C Lange 1984] Both jigs and fixtures eliminate the six degrees of
freedom of the part which is required during machining The main function of a jig or
fi xture is for locating and holding Locating here means attaining the required
positional relationship between the workpiece and processing equipment Holding
denotes maintaining the workpiece in required orientation and position [Sundar
Balasubramanian 1999]
Earl y stage of fixture system research began in 1940 s Then followed by the
deveiopment of manual and guidelines for jig and fixture design This usually depends
on the discretion and experience of the tool designer With the development of
technology emphasis has been towards eliminating human intervention and increasing
automation The planning of fixtures with using computer-aided method has been
8
growing In recent years There is some study in the overall automation of fix ture
configuration and assembly FUlthermore there is fix ture design automation for
spec ified application domains
221 DEGREE OF FREEDOM
For a part to be statically s table wh ile it is being machined it must be in
equ ilibri ~m in the x y and z direct ions [Jerome C Lange 1984] There fore the sum
of the machining forces in the x y and z d irections must be equal to zero Also the
sum of the moments about the x y and z-axes must be equal to zero if the part is to be
in equilibrium [n other words the free body of the part must be in equilibrium
Since a part may have three degree offreedom of translation and three degrees
of fr-edom of rotal ion it is the Pdrpose of a jig or fixture to restrict these six degrees
of freedom of a part during the machining operation These six degrees o f freedom are
shown in Figure 2 1
z Rotation
x
y
Figure 2 1 Six degrees of freedom (Courtesy of Design Dimensioning with Computer Graphi cs AppJ ication Jerome C Lange)
9
222 FIXTURE HARDWARE
Basic components are
i) Mounting components - mounting blocks are a form of locating and
supporting elements that are used to position locators and clamping devices at
specific heights off the mounting base Eg base plates angles plates
mounting or riser blocks and rotary tables bases
ii) Locating uni t - external and intemal locators
External locators are devices which are used to locate a part by its external
surfaces There are fixed and adjustab le
Fixed extemal locators are solid locators that establish a fixed position fo r the
workpiece Some instances of fi xed locators are
~ Integral locators are machined into the body of the work holder Hene-e it
requires added time to machine the locator and additional material has to
be provided to allow for machining of the locator
~ Locating pins are the simplest and most basic forms of locating element
~ V -locators
~ Locating nests involve a cavity in the work holder into which the
workpiece is placed and located No supplementary locating devices are
required
~ Edge ba rs and edge blocks
10
Adjustable external locators are movable locators that are freque ntl y used for
roughcast parts or simi lar parts with surface irregularities They are
~ Threaded locato rs
~ Spring pressure locators
raquo Equalizing locators
Internal locators are locating features such as holes Or bored diameters are
used to locate a part by its internal surfaces There are two types of internal
locators fixed and compensating
Fixed locatOrs are made to a specific size to suit certain holes diameter Eg
machine locators pin locators
Compensating locators are used to centralize the location of a part or to allow
for larger variations in hole sizes Two typical forms are conical and selfshy
adjusting locators
iii) Clamping units such as toe-clamps strap clamps screw clamps cam clamps
wedge-action clamps toggle clamps swing clamps and hook clamps
iv) Locating and clamping units are vises collets chucks and indexing units
II
CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
11 HISTORY OF NUMERICAL CONTROL MACHINE
T he introduction of numerical control was in the earl y aerospace industry and
owed much to the US Air Force The first development work in the area of numerical
control (NC) is attributed to John Parsons and an associate named Frank Stulen at
Parsons Corporation in Traverse City Mich igan The origina l NC concept involved
the use of coordinate positional data contained on punched cards to define the surface
contours of helicopter blades After that retrofitting a conventional tracer nUll with
rudimentary numerical controls developed the first NC machine In March 1952 the
machine was demonstrated at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Sponsoring additional research at MIT to design a part programrill ng language that
could be used for controlling NC machine tools continues development of NC This
research resulted ill the development of the Automaticall y Programmed Tooling
(APT) language
NC is a form of programmable automation in which the processing equipment
is controlled by means of numbers letters and other symbols The numbers letters and
symbols are coded in an appropri ate fonnat to define a program of instructions for a
particular workpart or job [Mikell P Groover 1987) The program of instructio ns is
changed when job changes The capabiJity to change the program is what makes NC
suitable for low and medium volume production A numerica l contro l system consists
of three components they are program of instructions machine control unit and
processing equipmert The development of numerical control was a significant
achievement from technological and a commercial viewpoint in both batch and job
shop manufacturing
The extensions of NC technology include direct numerical control (DNC) and
computer numerical control (CNC) DNC was offered in the mid to late 1960s and
CNC systems were commercially introduced during the earl y 1970s DNC involves
the use of large central comput~r to direct the operations of a number of separate NC
machines This gave a great advantages in computer technology over the years and
resulted in smaller less costiy yet more powerful computers The developme1t
cortinued to result in new configuration called computer numerical control Accord ing
to Mikell P Groover (1987) CNC denotes a numerical control system that uses a
dedicated stored-program computer to perform some or all of the basic NC contru l
functions CNC is a NC system using a dedicated microcomputer as the machine
control unit Due to the programmable fl exible and interchangeable characteristics of
the CNC machine it is used to produce workpieces with high accuracy and
repeatability
12 FIXTURE PLANNING AND DESIGNING
The manufacturing planning activities are traditionally classified as design
process planning and production planning In this thesis attention is focused on the
fi xture design for specific product design on CNC machine Fixture plaruung is an
2
important issue in small batch manufacturing which requires the flexibility Fixture
planning determines the fixture that holds a workpiece finnly in position iil a
particular setup and provides a mean to reference and ~lign the cUlling tool or probe to
the workpiece Proper location of the workpiece is essential to ensure accllracy and
repeatability of the machining Fixture planning is difficult because there are many
different types of fixtures and fixture elements Fixture has to satisfy many constraints
on stability location restraint accessibility and cost Fixture plarning is important
because it contributes significantly to the overall manufacturing cost and process
Fixtures that are specially designed and built for a particular workpiece are called
dedicated fixtUlcs
13 DEFINITION OF DESIGN
According to George E Dieter design can be categorized as to create
something that has never been or arrange existing things in a new way to satisfy a
recognized need ofsociety
From the manufacturing view design can mean establishing the basic
parameters of a system It involves detailing the materials shapes and tolerance of the
individual parts of a product It is an activity that starts with sketches of parts and
assemblies and progresses to the drawing board or CAD workstation where assembly
drawings and detailed part drawings are produced [Geoffrey Boothroyd 1994]
Hollins and Pugh (1990) describe total design as a multidiSCiplinary iterative
process thaI takes an idea or market need forward inlO a successful product Design
3
does not end with production but with product disposal Middendorf (1990) defines
design as an iterative decision-making activity whereby scientific and technological
information is used to produce a system device or process which is different in some
degree from what the designer knows to have been done before and which is meant to
meet human needs Bebb (1988) describes design as the set ofprocess that translates
customer reqll irements into manufacturable outcomes
Generally design is creative multidiscipline process need to be iterative
evolutionary and serves human needs Quality is meeting the customers requirement
Therefore design for quality is the processes and activity that need to be carried out to
enable the manufacture of a product that fully meets customer requirements
A good design requires both analysis and synthesis Analysis is to calculate as
much about the part behaviors as possible by using Li)e approlriate diciplines of
science and engineering science and the necessary computationa l tools in order to
understand how part will perform in service Synthesis involves the identifi cation of
the design elements that will compri se the product its decompos ition into parts and
the combination of the part so lution in total workable system
14 BACKGROUND OF THE COMPANY
WTNCO Precision Engineering Sdn Bhd in Malacca provides precision
engineering contract services These include
a) Precision CNC Tum Process
b) Precision CNC Milling Process
4
c) Precision CNC Auto-lathe Process
d) Production of Small High Precision Zinc Die-cast Components
WINCO usually receives orders from the customers and at the same time raw
materials are provided by the customers WINCO will provide the service of
machining the raw materials to the final products Then they wi ll be send back to the
customer In this project the product invo lved is Bearing 97 which is a new job
assigned to the company The product will go th ro ugh few machini ng processes before
it comes to the finished product
WINCO is equipped with 15 CNC m2chines with different purposes have the
ability to produce a workpiece up to micron precision They have CNC turning
machine CNC lathe machi ne CNC drilling-tapping machine CNC machining center
and etc In order to produce Bearing 97 wi th the spec ification of the customer the
machines used are CNC turn ing machine and drilling-tapping machine However the
drill ing and tapping process will be the main atlentio n of this project
15 OBJECTIVES
The drilling-tapping machine or called J(jwami machine is not equipped with
Jlg or fi xture Therefore the workpiece is unable to be hold in position on the
worktable This gives the difficulties for the machining processes In order to ho ld or
clamp the workpiece on the worktable a suffIcient fi xture system is needed Thus the
main objective of thi s project is to design a fixture sys tem for the partic ular product
5
Bearing 97 for CNC drilling-tapping machine in order to accomplish the process ing
task Besides that the purposes of thi s des ign are to
a) Detennine the material selection
b) Understand the mechanism and assembly within the worktable fi xture and
workpiece
c) Model the prototype
d) Test on the prototype to obtain resu lt by analysing the quality of the output
6
CHAPTER 2
LITERATURE REVIEW
21 QUALITY AND DESIGN
Quality is conformance to requirement or specification This is the definition
used by Crosby (1979) A more general definition of quality is fitness for use This
definition is attributed to Juran (1974) It places emphasis on the customer aspect of
quality including design quality
An addi tional formal definiti on of quality is quali ty is the totality of features
and characteristics of a product or service that bear on its ability to satisfy given needs
This definition is the consensus definition in ASNIIASQC standard A3 (1978) a
document that provides a comprehensive discussion of quality and related tem1S
In order to produce a quality product the design qua lity and manufactu red
quality must be considered respectively Design quality is an important aspect of
quality and must b~ considered carefully in planning the design manufactwing and
marketing of a product
But design quality is not the only aspect of quality After a product has been
designed and placed in manufacture it is found that the manufacturing process does
not always produces each unit in conionnity to the requirement The defects may be
related to the product design itself and also related to the poor manufacturing
processes planning and machine tools setup In this project the focus is on the flx ture
planning that w ili result in the level of quality of the workpiece Therefore in order to
7
produce a quality finished product a sufficient fixture system which will coordinate
with the manufacturing processes is required
22 FIXTURE AND JIG
The modem manufacturing of interchangeable parts is established on the fact
that each part wiJi be produced within a specified tolerance range By using a jig or
fixture the part is presented to the tool in a fixed relationship thus satisfying the
prescribed tolerances
Jigs and fixtures are used primarily for holding and positioning parts during
manufacturing Jigs physically hrnit and control (guide) the path of a cutting tool
during the machining process Fixtures do not guide the tool but allow it to find its
own path [Jerome C Lange 1984] Both jigs and fixtures eliminate the six degrees of
freedom of the part which is required during machining The main function of a jig or
fi xture is for locating and holding Locating here means attaining the required
positional relationship between the workpiece and processing equipment Holding
denotes maintaining the workpiece in required orientation and position [Sundar
Balasubramanian 1999]
Earl y stage of fixture system research began in 1940 s Then followed by the
deveiopment of manual and guidelines for jig and fixture design This usually depends
on the discretion and experience of the tool designer With the development of
technology emphasis has been towards eliminating human intervention and increasing
automation The planning of fixtures with using computer-aided method has been
8
growing In recent years There is some study in the overall automation of fix ture
configuration and assembly FUlthermore there is fix ture design automation for
spec ified application domains
221 DEGREE OF FREEDOM
For a part to be statically s table wh ile it is being machined it must be in
equ ilibri ~m in the x y and z direct ions [Jerome C Lange 1984] There fore the sum
of the machining forces in the x y and z d irections must be equal to zero Also the
sum of the moments about the x y and z-axes must be equal to zero if the part is to be
in equilibrium [n other words the free body of the part must be in equilibrium
Since a part may have three degree offreedom of translation and three degrees
of fr-edom of rotal ion it is the Pdrpose of a jig or fixture to restrict these six degrees
of freedom of a part during the machining operation These six degrees o f freedom are
shown in Figure 2 1
z Rotation
x
y
Figure 2 1 Six degrees of freedom (Courtesy of Design Dimensioning with Computer Graphi cs AppJ ication Jerome C Lange)
9
222 FIXTURE HARDWARE
Basic components are
i) Mounting components - mounting blocks are a form of locating and
supporting elements that are used to position locators and clamping devices at
specific heights off the mounting base Eg base plates angles plates
mounting or riser blocks and rotary tables bases
ii) Locating uni t - external and intemal locators
External locators are devices which are used to locate a part by its external
surfaces There are fixed and adjustab le
Fixed extemal locators are solid locators that establish a fixed position fo r the
workpiece Some instances of fi xed locators are
~ Integral locators are machined into the body of the work holder Hene-e it
requires added time to machine the locator and additional material has to
be provided to allow for machining of the locator
~ Locating pins are the simplest and most basic forms of locating element
~ V -locators
~ Locating nests involve a cavity in the work holder into which the
workpiece is placed and located No supplementary locating devices are
required
~ Edge ba rs and edge blocks
10
Adjustable external locators are movable locators that are freque ntl y used for
roughcast parts or simi lar parts with surface irregularities They are
~ Threaded locato rs
~ Spring pressure locators
raquo Equalizing locators
Internal locators are locating features such as holes Or bored diameters are
used to locate a part by its internal surfaces There are two types of internal
locators fixed and compensating
Fixed locatOrs are made to a specific size to suit certain holes diameter Eg
machine locators pin locators
Compensating locators are used to centralize the location of a part or to allow
for larger variations in hole sizes Two typical forms are conical and selfshy
adjusting locators
iii) Clamping units such as toe-clamps strap clamps screw clamps cam clamps
wedge-action clamps toggle clamps swing clamps and hook clamps
iv) Locating and clamping units are vises collets chucks and indexing units
II
of three components they are program of instructions machine control unit and
processing equipmert The development of numerical control was a significant
achievement from technological and a commercial viewpoint in both batch and job
shop manufacturing
The extensions of NC technology include direct numerical control (DNC) and
computer numerical control (CNC) DNC was offered in the mid to late 1960s and
CNC systems were commercially introduced during the earl y 1970s DNC involves
the use of large central comput~r to direct the operations of a number of separate NC
machines This gave a great advantages in computer technology over the years and
resulted in smaller less costiy yet more powerful computers The developme1t
cortinued to result in new configuration called computer numerical control Accord ing
to Mikell P Groover (1987) CNC denotes a numerical control system that uses a
dedicated stored-program computer to perform some or all of the basic NC contru l
functions CNC is a NC system using a dedicated microcomputer as the machine
control unit Due to the programmable fl exible and interchangeable characteristics of
the CNC machine it is used to produce workpieces with high accuracy and
repeatability
12 FIXTURE PLANNING AND DESIGNING
The manufacturing planning activities are traditionally classified as design
process planning and production planning In this thesis attention is focused on the
fi xture design for specific product design on CNC machine Fixture plaruung is an
2
important issue in small batch manufacturing which requires the flexibility Fixture
planning determines the fixture that holds a workpiece finnly in position iil a
particular setup and provides a mean to reference and ~lign the cUlling tool or probe to
the workpiece Proper location of the workpiece is essential to ensure accllracy and
repeatability of the machining Fixture planning is difficult because there are many
different types of fixtures and fixture elements Fixture has to satisfy many constraints
on stability location restraint accessibility and cost Fixture plarning is important
because it contributes significantly to the overall manufacturing cost and process
Fixtures that are specially designed and built for a particular workpiece are called
dedicated fixtUlcs
13 DEFINITION OF DESIGN
According to George E Dieter design can be categorized as to create
something that has never been or arrange existing things in a new way to satisfy a
recognized need ofsociety
From the manufacturing view design can mean establishing the basic
parameters of a system It involves detailing the materials shapes and tolerance of the
individual parts of a product It is an activity that starts with sketches of parts and
assemblies and progresses to the drawing board or CAD workstation where assembly
drawings and detailed part drawings are produced [Geoffrey Boothroyd 1994]
Hollins and Pugh (1990) describe total design as a multidiSCiplinary iterative
process thaI takes an idea or market need forward inlO a successful product Design
3
does not end with production but with product disposal Middendorf (1990) defines
design as an iterative decision-making activity whereby scientific and technological
information is used to produce a system device or process which is different in some
degree from what the designer knows to have been done before and which is meant to
meet human needs Bebb (1988) describes design as the set ofprocess that translates
customer reqll irements into manufacturable outcomes
Generally design is creative multidiscipline process need to be iterative
evolutionary and serves human needs Quality is meeting the customers requirement
Therefore design for quality is the processes and activity that need to be carried out to
enable the manufacture of a product that fully meets customer requirements
A good design requires both analysis and synthesis Analysis is to calculate as
much about the part behaviors as possible by using Li)e approlriate diciplines of
science and engineering science and the necessary computationa l tools in order to
understand how part will perform in service Synthesis involves the identifi cation of
the design elements that will compri se the product its decompos ition into parts and
the combination of the part so lution in total workable system
14 BACKGROUND OF THE COMPANY
WTNCO Precision Engineering Sdn Bhd in Malacca provides precision
engineering contract services These include
a) Precision CNC Tum Process
b) Precision CNC Milling Process
4
c) Precision CNC Auto-lathe Process
d) Production of Small High Precision Zinc Die-cast Components
WINCO usually receives orders from the customers and at the same time raw
materials are provided by the customers WINCO will provide the service of
machining the raw materials to the final products Then they wi ll be send back to the
customer In this project the product invo lved is Bearing 97 which is a new job
assigned to the company The product will go th ro ugh few machini ng processes before
it comes to the finished product
WINCO is equipped with 15 CNC m2chines with different purposes have the
ability to produce a workpiece up to micron precision They have CNC turning
machine CNC lathe machi ne CNC drilling-tapping machine CNC machining center
and etc In order to produce Bearing 97 wi th the spec ification of the customer the
machines used are CNC turn ing machine and drilling-tapping machine However the
drill ing and tapping process will be the main atlentio n of this project
15 OBJECTIVES
The drilling-tapping machine or called J(jwami machine is not equipped with
Jlg or fi xture Therefore the workpiece is unable to be hold in position on the
worktable This gives the difficulties for the machining processes In order to ho ld or
clamp the workpiece on the worktable a suffIcient fi xture system is needed Thus the
main objective of thi s project is to design a fixture sys tem for the partic ular product
5
Bearing 97 for CNC drilling-tapping machine in order to accomplish the process ing
task Besides that the purposes of thi s des ign are to
a) Detennine the material selection
b) Understand the mechanism and assembly within the worktable fi xture and
workpiece
c) Model the prototype
d) Test on the prototype to obtain resu lt by analysing the quality of the output
6
CHAPTER 2
LITERATURE REVIEW
21 QUALITY AND DESIGN
Quality is conformance to requirement or specification This is the definition
used by Crosby (1979) A more general definition of quality is fitness for use This
definition is attributed to Juran (1974) It places emphasis on the customer aspect of
quality including design quality
An addi tional formal definiti on of quality is quali ty is the totality of features
and characteristics of a product or service that bear on its ability to satisfy given needs
This definition is the consensus definition in ASNIIASQC standard A3 (1978) a
document that provides a comprehensive discussion of quality and related tem1S
In order to produce a quality product the design qua lity and manufactu red
quality must be considered respectively Design quality is an important aspect of
quality and must b~ considered carefully in planning the design manufactwing and
marketing of a product
But design quality is not the only aspect of quality After a product has been
designed and placed in manufacture it is found that the manufacturing process does
not always produces each unit in conionnity to the requirement The defects may be
related to the product design itself and also related to the poor manufacturing
processes planning and machine tools setup In this project the focus is on the flx ture
planning that w ili result in the level of quality of the workpiece Therefore in order to
7
produce a quality finished product a sufficient fixture system which will coordinate
with the manufacturing processes is required
22 FIXTURE AND JIG
The modem manufacturing of interchangeable parts is established on the fact
that each part wiJi be produced within a specified tolerance range By using a jig or
fixture the part is presented to the tool in a fixed relationship thus satisfying the
prescribed tolerances
Jigs and fixtures are used primarily for holding and positioning parts during
manufacturing Jigs physically hrnit and control (guide) the path of a cutting tool
during the machining process Fixtures do not guide the tool but allow it to find its
own path [Jerome C Lange 1984] Both jigs and fixtures eliminate the six degrees of
freedom of the part which is required during machining The main function of a jig or
fi xture is for locating and holding Locating here means attaining the required
positional relationship between the workpiece and processing equipment Holding
denotes maintaining the workpiece in required orientation and position [Sundar
Balasubramanian 1999]
Earl y stage of fixture system research began in 1940 s Then followed by the
deveiopment of manual and guidelines for jig and fixture design This usually depends
on the discretion and experience of the tool designer With the development of
technology emphasis has been towards eliminating human intervention and increasing
automation The planning of fixtures with using computer-aided method has been
8
growing In recent years There is some study in the overall automation of fix ture
configuration and assembly FUlthermore there is fix ture design automation for
spec ified application domains
221 DEGREE OF FREEDOM
For a part to be statically s table wh ile it is being machined it must be in
equ ilibri ~m in the x y and z direct ions [Jerome C Lange 1984] There fore the sum
of the machining forces in the x y and z d irections must be equal to zero Also the
sum of the moments about the x y and z-axes must be equal to zero if the part is to be
in equilibrium [n other words the free body of the part must be in equilibrium
Since a part may have three degree offreedom of translation and three degrees
of fr-edom of rotal ion it is the Pdrpose of a jig or fixture to restrict these six degrees
of freedom of a part during the machining operation These six degrees o f freedom are
shown in Figure 2 1
z Rotation
x
y
Figure 2 1 Six degrees of freedom (Courtesy of Design Dimensioning with Computer Graphi cs AppJ ication Jerome C Lange)
9
222 FIXTURE HARDWARE
Basic components are
i) Mounting components - mounting blocks are a form of locating and
supporting elements that are used to position locators and clamping devices at
specific heights off the mounting base Eg base plates angles plates
mounting or riser blocks and rotary tables bases
ii) Locating uni t - external and intemal locators
External locators are devices which are used to locate a part by its external
surfaces There are fixed and adjustab le
Fixed extemal locators are solid locators that establish a fixed position fo r the
workpiece Some instances of fi xed locators are
~ Integral locators are machined into the body of the work holder Hene-e it
requires added time to machine the locator and additional material has to
be provided to allow for machining of the locator
~ Locating pins are the simplest and most basic forms of locating element
~ V -locators
~ Locating nests involve a cavity in the work holder into which the
workpiece is placed and located No supplementary locating devices are
required
~ Edge ba rs and edge blocks
10
Adjustable external locators are movable locators that are freque ntl y used for
roughcast parts or simi lar parts with surface irregularities They are
~ Threaded locato rs
~ Spring pressure locators
raquo Equalizing locators
Internal locators are locating features such as holes Or bored diameters are
used to locate a part by its internal surfaces There are two types of internal
locators fixed and compensating
Fixed locatOrs are made to a specific size to suit certain holes diameter Eg
machine locators pin locators
Compensating locators are used to centralize the location of a part or to allow
for larger variations in hole sizes Two typical forms are conical and selfshy
adjusting locators
iii) Clamping units such as toe-clamps strap clamps screw clamps cam clamps
wedge-action clamps toggle clamps swing clamps and hook clamps
iv) Locating and clamping units are vises collets chucks and indexing units
II
important issue in small batch manufacturing which requires the flexibility Fixture
planning determines the fixture that holds a workpiece finnly in position iil a
particular setup and provides a mean to reference and ~lign the cUlling tool or probe to
the workpiece Proper location of the workpiece is essential to ensure accllracy and
repeatability of the machining Fixture planning is difficult because there are many
different types of fixtures and fixture elements Fixture has to satisfy many constraints
on stability location restraint accessibility and cost Fixture plarning is important
because it contributes significantly to the overall manufacturing cost and process
Fixtures that are specially designed and built for a particular workpiece are called
dedicated fixtUlcs
13 DEFINITION OF DESIGN
According to George E Dieter design can be categorized as to create
something that has never been or arrange existing things in a new way to satisfy a
recognized need ofsociety
From the manufacturing view design can mean establishing the basic
parameters of a system It involves detailing the materials shapes and tolerance of the
individual parts of a product It is an activity that starts with sketches of parts and
assemblies and progresses to the drawing board or CAD workstation where assembly
drawings and detailed part drawings are produced [Geoffrey Boothroyd 1994]
Hollins and Pugh (1990) describe total design as a multidiSCiplinary iterative
process thaI takes an idea or market need forward inlO a successful product Design
3
does not end with production but with product disposal Middendorf (1990) defines
design as an iterative decision-making activity whereby scientific and technological
information is used to produce a system device or process which is different in some
degree from what the designer knows to have been done before and which is meant to
meet human needs Bebb (1988) describes design as the set ofprocess that translates
customer reqll irements into manufacturable outcomes
Generally design is creative multidiscipline process need to be iterative
evolutionary and serves human needs Quality is meeting the customers requirement
Therefore design for quality is the processes and activity that need to be carried out to
enable the manufacture of a product that fully meets customer requirements
A good design requires both analysis and synthesis Analysis is to calculate as
much about the part behaviors as possible by using Li)e approlriate diciplines of
science and engineering science and the necessary computationa l tools in order to
understand how part will perform in service Synthesis involves the identifi cation of
the design elements that will compri se the product its decompos ition into parts and
the combination of the part so lution in total workable system
14 BACKGROUND OF THE COMPANY
WTNCO Precision Engineering Sdn Bhd in Malacca provides precision
engineering contract services These include
a) Precision CNC Tum Process
b) Precision CNC Milling Process
4
c) Precision CNC Auto-lathe Process
d) Production of Small High Precision Zinc Die-cast Components
WINCO usually receives orders from the customers and at the same time raw
materials are provided by the customers WINCO will provide the service of
machining the raw materials to the final products Then they wi ll be send back to the
customer In this project the product invo lved is Bearing 97 which is a new job
assigned to the company The product will go th ro ugh few machini ng processes before
it comes to the finished product
WINCO is equipped with 15 CNC m2chines with different purposes have the
ability to produce a workpiece up to micron precision They have CNC turning
machine CNC lathe machi ne CNC drilling-tapping machine CNC machining center
and etc In order to produce Bearing 97 wi th the spec ification of the customer the
machines used are CNC turn ing machine and drilling-tapping machine However the
drill ing and tapping process will be the main atlentio n of this project
15 OBJECTIVES
The drilling-tapping machine or called J(jwami machine is not equipped with
Jlg or fi xture Therefore the workpiece is unable to be hold in position on the
worktable This gives the difficulties for the machining processes In order to ho ld or
clamp the workpiece on the worktable a suffIcient fi xture system is needed Thus the
main objective of thi s project is to design a fixture sys tem for the partic ular product
5
Bearing 97 for CNC drilling-tapping machine in order to accomplish the process ing
task Besides that the purposes of thi s des ign are to
a) Detennine the material selection
b) Understand the mechanism and assembly within the worktable fi xture and
workpiece
c) Model the prototype
d) Test on the prototype to obtain resu lt by analysing the quality of the output
6
CHAPTER 2
LITERATURE REVIEW
21 QUALITY AND DESIGN
Quality is conformance to requirement or specification This is the definition
used by Crosby (1979) A more general definition of quality is fitness for use This
definition is attributed to Juran (1974) It places emphasis on the customer aspect of
quality including design quality
An addi tional formal definiti on of quality is quali ty is the totality of features
and characteristics of a product or service that bear on its ability to satisfy given needs
This definition is the consensus definition in ASNIIASQC standard A3 (1978) a
document that provides a comprehensive discussion of quality and related tem1S
In order to produce a quality product the design qua lity and manufactu red
quality must be considered respectively Design quality is an important aspect of
quality and must b~ considered carefully in planning the design manufactwing and
marketing of a product
But design quality is not the only aspect of quality After a product has been
designed and placed in manufacture it is found that the manufacturing process does
not always produces each unit in conionnity to the requirement The defects may be
related to the product design itself and also related to the poor manufacturing
processes planning and machine tools setup In this project the focus is on the flx ture
planning that w ili result in the level of quality of the workpiece Therefore in order to
7
produce a quality finished product a sufficient fixture system which will coordinate
with the manufacturing processes is required
22 FIXTURE AND JIG
The modem manufacturing of interchangeable parts is established on the fact
that each part wiJi be produced within a specified tolerance range By using a jig or
fixture the part is presented to the tool in a fixed relationship thus satisfying the
prescribed tolerances
Jigs and fixtures are used primarily for holding and positioning parts during
manufacturing Jigs physically hrnit and control (guide) the path of a cutting tool
during the machining process Fixtures do not guide the tool but allow it to find its
own path [Jerome C Lange 1984] Both jigs and fixtures eliminate the six degrees of
freedom of the part which is required during machining The main function of a jig or
fi xture is for locating and holding Locating here means attaining the required
positional relationship between the workpiece and processing equipment Holding
denotes maintaining the workpiece in required orientation and position [Sundar
Balasubramanian 1999]
Earl y stage of fixture system research began in 1940 s Then followed by the
deveiopment of manual and guidelines for jig and fixture design This usually depends
on the discretion and experience of the tool designer With the development of
technology emphasis has been towards eliminating human intervention and increasing
automation The planning of fixtures with using computer-aided method has been
8
growing In recent years There is some study in the overall automation of fix ture
configuration and assembly FUlthermore there is fix ture design automation for
spec ified application domains
221 DEGREE OF FREEDOM
For a part to be statically s table wh ile it is being machined it must be in
equ ilibri ~m in the x y and z direct ions [Jerome C Lange 1984] There fore the sum
of the machining forces in the x y and z d irections must be equal to zero Also the
sum of the moments about the x y and z-axes must be equal to zero if the part is to be
in equilibrium [n other words the free body of the part must be in equilibrium
Since a part may have three degree offreedom of translation and three degrees
of fr-edom of rotal ion it is the Pdrpose of a jig or fixture to restrict these six degrees
of freedom of a part during the machining operation These six degrees o f freedom are
shown in Figure 2 1
z Rotation
x
y
Figure 2 1 Six degrees of freedom (Courtesy of Design Dimensioning with Computer Graphi cs AppJ ication Jerome C Lange)
9
222 FIXTURE HARDWARE
Basic components are
i) Mounting components - mounting blocks are a form of locating and
supporting elements that are used to position locators and clamping devices at
specific heights off the mounting base Eg base plates angles plates
mounting or riser blocks and rotary tables bases
ii) Locating uni t - external and intemal locators
External locators are devices which are used to locate a part by its external
surfaces There are fixed and adjustab le
Fixed extemal locators are solid locators that establish a fixed position fo r the
workpiece Some instances of fi xed locators are
~ Integral locators are machined into the body of the work holder Hene-e it
requires added time to machine the locator and additional material has to
be provided to allow for machining of the locator
~ Locating pins are the simplest and most basic forms of locating element
~ V -locators
~ Locating nests involve a cavity in the work holder into which the
workpiece is placed and located No supplementary locating devices are
required
~ Edge ba rs and edge blocks
10
Adjustable external locators are movable locators that are freque ntl y used for
roughcast parts or simi lar parts with surface irregularities They are
~ Threaded locato rs
~ Spring pressure locators
raquo Equalizing locators
Internal locators are locating features such as holes Or bored diameters are
used to locate a part by its internal surfaces There are two types of internal
locators fixed and compensating
Fixed locatOrs are made to a specific size to suit certain holes diameter Eg
machine locators pin locators
Compensating locators are used to centralize the location of a part or to allow
for larger variations in hole sizes Two typical forms are conical and selfshy
adjusting locators
iii) Clamping units such as toe-clamps strap clamps screw clamps cam clamps
wedge-action clamps toggle clamps swing clamps and hook clamps
iv) Locating and clamping units are vises collets chucks and indexing units
II
does not end with production but with product disposal Middendorf (1990) defines
design as an iterative decision-making activity whereby scientific and technological
information is used to produce a system device or process which is different in some
degree from what the designer knows to have been done before and which is meant to
meet human needs Bebb (1988) describes design as the set ofprocess that translates
customer reqll irements into manufacturable outcomes
Generally design is creative multidiscipline process need to be iterative
evolutionary and serves human needs Quality is meeting the customers requirement
Therefore design for quality is the processes and activity that need to be carried out to
enable the manufacture of a product that fully meets customer requirements
A good design requires both analysis and synthesis Analysis is to calculate as
much about the part behaviors as possible by using Li)e approlriate diciplines of
science and engineering science and the necessary computationa l tools in order to
understand how part will perform in service Synthesis involves the identifi cation of
the design elements that will compri se the product its decompos ition into parts and
the combination of the part so lution in total workable system
14 BACKGROUND OF THE COMPANY
WTNCO Precision Engineering Sdn Bhd in Malacca provides precision
engineering contract services These include
a) Precision CNC Tum Process
b) Precision CNC Milling Process
4
c) Precision CNC Auto-lathe Process
d) Production of Small High Precision Zinc Die-cast Components
WINCO usually receives orders from the customers and at the same time raw
materials are provided by the customers WINCO will provide the service of
machining the raw materials to the final products Then they wi ll be send back to the
customer In this project the product invo lved is Bearing 97 which is a new job
assigned to the company The product will go th ro ugh few machini ng processes before
it comes to the finished product
WINCO is equipped with 15 CNC m2chines with different purposes have the
ability to produce a workpiece up to micron precision They have CNC turning
machine CNC lathe machi ne CNC drilling-tapping machine CNC machining center
and etc In order to produce Bearing 97 wi th the spec ification of the customer the
machines used are CNC turn ing machine and drilling-tapping machine However the
drill ing and tapping process will be the main atlentio n of this project
15 OBJECTIVES
The drilling-tapping machine or called J(jwami machine is not equipped with
Jlg or fi xture Therefore the workpiece is unable to be hold in position on the
worktable This gives the difficulties for the machining processes In order to ho ld or
clamp the workpiece on the worktable a suffIcient fi xture system is needed Thus the
main objective of thi s project is to design a fixture sys tem for the partic ular product
5
Bearing 97 for CNC drilling-tapping machine in order to accomplish the process ing
task Besides that the purposes of thi s des ign are to
a) Detennine the material selection
b) Understand the mechanism and assembly within the worktable fi xture and
workpiece
c) Model the prototype
d) Test on the prototype to obtain resu lt by analysing the quality of the output
6
CHAPTER 2
LITERATURE REVIEW
21 QUALITY AND DESIGN
Quality is conformance to requirement or specification This is the definition
used by Crosby (1979) A more general definition of quality is fitness for use This
definition is attributed to Juran (1974) It places emphasis on the customer aspect of
quality including design quality
An addi tional formal definiti on of quality is quali ty is the totality of features
and characteristics of a product or service that bear on its ability to satisfy given needs
This definition is the consensus definition in ASNIIASQC standard A3 (1978) a
document that provides a comprehensive discussion of quality and related tem1S
In order to produce a quality product the design qua lity and manufactu red
quality must be considered respectively Design quality is an important aspect of
quality and must b~ considered carefully in planning the design manufactwing and
marketing of a product
But design quality is not the only aspect of quality After a product has been
designed and placed in manufacture it is found that the manufacturing process does
not always produces each unit in conionnity to the requirement The defects may be
related to the product design itself and also related to the poor manufacturing
processes planning and machine tools setup In this project the focus is on the flx ture
planning that w ili result in the level of quality of the workpiece Therefore in order to
7
produce a quality finished product a sufficient fixture system which will coordinate
with the manufacturing processes is required
22 FIXTURE AND JIG
The modem manufacturing of interchangeable parts is established on the fact
that each part wiJi be produced within a specified tolerance range By using a jig or
fixture the part is presented to the tool in a fixed relationship thus satisfying the
prescribed tolerances
Jigs and fixtures are used primarily for holding and positioning parts during
manufacturing Jigs physically hrnit and control (guide) the path of a cutting tool
during the machining process Fixtures do not guide the tool but allow it to find its
own path [Jerome C Lange 1984] Both jigs and fixtures eliminate the six degrees of
freedom of the part which is required during machining The main function of a jig or
fi xture is for locating and holding Locating here means attaining the required
positional relationship between the workpiece and processing equipment Holding
denotes maintaining the workpiece in required orientation and position [Sundar
Balasubramanian 1999]
Earl y stage of fixture system research began in 1940 s Then followed by the
deveiopment of manual and guidelines for jig and fixture design This usually depends
on the discretion and experience of the tool designer With the development of
technology emphasis has been towards eliminating human intervention and increasing
automation The planning of fixtures with using computer-aided method has been
8
growing In recent years There is some study in the overall automation of fix ture
configuration and assembly FUlthermore there is fix ture design automation for
spec ified application domains
221 DEGREE OF FREEDOM
For a part to be statically s table wh ile it is being machined it must be in
equ ilibri ~m in the x y and z direct ions [Jerome C Lange 1984] There fore the sum
of the machining forces in the x y and z d irections must be equal to zero Also the
sum of the moments about the x y and z-axes must be equal to zero if the part is to be
in equilibrium [n other words the free body of the part must be in equilibrium
Since a part may have three degree offreedom of translation and three degrees
of fr-edom of rotal ion it is the Pdrpose of a jig or fixture to restrict these six degrees
of freedom of a part during the machining operation These six degrees o f freedom are
shown in Figure 2 1
z Rotation
x
y
Figure 2 1 Six degrees of freedom (Courtesy of Design Dimensioning with Computer Graphi cs AppJ ication Jerome C Lange)
9
222 FIXTURE HARDWARE
Basic components are
i) Mounting components - mounting blocks are a form of locating and
supporting elements that are used to position locators and clamping devices at
specific heights off the mounting base Eg base plates angles plates
mounting or riser blocks and rotary tables bases
ii) Locating uni t - external and intemal locators
External locators are devices which are used to locate a part by its external
surfaces There are fixed and adjustab le
Fixed extemal locators are solid locators that establish a fixed position fo r the
workpiece Some instances of fi xed locators are
~ Integral locators are machined into the body of the work holder Hene-e it
requires added time to machine the locator and additional material has to
be provided to allow for machining of the locator
~ Locating pins are the simplest and most basic forms of locating element
~ V -locators
~ Locating nests involve a cavity in the work holder into which the
workpiece is placed and located No supplementary locating devices are
required
~ Edge ba rs and edge blocks
10
Adjustable external locators are movable locators that are freque ntl y used for
roughcast parts or simi lar parts with surface irregularities They are
~ Threaded locato rs
~ Spring pressure locators
raquo Equalizing locators
Internal locators are locating features such as holes Or bored diameters are
used to locate a part by its internal surfaces There are two types of internal
locators fixed and compensating
Fixed locatOrs are made to a specific size to suit certain holes diameter Eg
machine locators pin locators
Compensating locators are used to centralize the location of a part or to allow
for larger variations in hole sizes Two typical forms are conical and selfshy
adjusting locators
iii) Clamping units such as toe-clamps strap clamps screw clamps cam clamps
wedge-action clamps toggle clamps swing clamps and hook clamps
iv) Locating and clamping units are vises collets chucks and indexing units
II
c) Precision CNC Auto-lathe Process
d) Production of Small High Precision Zinc Die-cast Components
WINCO usually receives orders from the customers and at the same time raw
materials are provided by the customers WINCO will provide the service of
machining the raw materials to the final products Then they wi ll be send back to the
customer In this project the product invo lved is Bearing 97 which is a new job
assigned to the company The product will go th ro ugh few machini ng processes before
it comes to the finished product
WINCO is equipped with 15 CNC m2chines with different purposes have the
ability to produce a workpiece up to micron precision They have CNC turning
machine CNC lathe machi ne CNC drilling-tapping machine CNC machining center
and etc In order to produce Bearing 97 wi th the spec ification of the customer the
machines used are CNC turn ing machine and drilling-tapping machine However the
drill ing and tapping process will be the main atlentio n of this project
15 OBJECTIVES
The drilling-tapping machine or called J(jwami machine is not equipped with
Jlg or fi xture Therefore the workpiece is unable to be hold in position on the
worktable This gives the difficulties for the machining processes In order to ho ld or
clamp the workpiece on the worktable a suffIcient fi xture system is needed Thus the
main objective of thi s project is to design a fixture sys tem for the partic ular product
5
Bearing 97 for CNC drilling-tapping machine in order to accomplish the process ing
task Besides that the purposes of thi s des ign are to
a) Detennine the material selection
b) Understand the mechanism and assembly within the worktable fi xture and
workpiece
c) Model the prototype
d) Test on the prototype to obtain resu lt by analysing the quality of the output
6
CHAPTER 2
LITERATURE REVIEW
21 QUALITY AND DESIGN
Quality is conformance to requirement or specification This is the definition
used by Crosby (1979) A more general definition of quality is fitness for use This
definition is attributed to Juran (1974) It places emphasis on the customer aspect of
quality including design quality
An addi tional formal definiti on of quality is quali ty is the totality of features
and characteristics of a product or service that bear on its ability to satisfy given needs
This definition is the consensus definition in ASNIIASQC standard A3 (1978) a
document that provides a comprehensive discussion of quality and related tem1S
In order to produce a quality product the design qua lity and manufactu red
quality must be considered respectively Design quality is an important aspect of
quality and must b~ considered carefully in planning the design manufactwing and
marketing of a product
But design quality is not the only aspect of quality After a product has been
designed and placed in manufacture it is found that the manufacturing process does
not always produces each unit in conionnity to the requirement The defects may be
related to the product design itself and also related to the poor manufacturing
processes planning and machine tools setup In this project the focus is on the flx ture
planning that w ili result in the level of quality of the workpiece Therefore in order to
7
produce a quality finished product a sufficient fixture system which will coordinate
with the manufacturing processes is required
22 FIXTURE AND JIG
The modem manufacturing of interchangeable parts is established on the fact
that each part wiJi be produced within a specified tolerance range By using a jig or
fixture the part is presented to the tool in a fixed relationship thus satisfying the
prescribed tolerances
Jigs and fixtures are used primarily for holding and positioning parts during
manufacturing Jigs physically hrnit and control (guide) the path of a cutting tool
during the machining process Fixtures do not guide the tool but allow it to find its
own path [Jerome C Lange 1984] Both jigs and fixtures eliminate the six degrees of
freedom of the part which is required during machining The main function of a jig or
fi xture is for locating and holding Locating here means attaining the required
positional relationship between the workpiece and processing equipment Holding
denotes maintaining the workpiece in required orientation and position [Sundar
Balasubramanian 1999]
Earl y stage of fixture system research began in 1940 s Then followed by the
deveiopment of manual and guidelines for jig and fixture design This usually depends
on the discretion and experience of the tool designer With the development of
technology emphasis has been towards eliminating human intervention and increasing
automation The planning of fixtures with using computer-aided method has been
8
growing In recent years There is some study in the overall automation of fix ture
configuration and assembly FUlthermore there is fix ture design automation for
spec ified application domains
221 DEGREE OF FREEDOM
For a part to be statically s table wh ile it is being machined it must be in
equ ilibri ~m in the x y and z direct ions [Jerome C Lange 1984] There fore the sum
of the machining forces in the x y and z d irections must be equal to zero Also the
sum of the moments about the x y and z-axes must be equal to zero if the part is to be
in equilibrium [n other words the free body of the part must be in equilibrium
Since a part may have three degree offreedom of translation and three degrees
of fr-edom of rotal ion it is the Pdrpose of a jig or fixture to restrict these six degrees
of freedom of a part during the machining operation These six degrees o f freedom are
shown in Figure 2 1
z Rotation
x
y
Figure 2 1 Six degrees of freedom (Courtesy of Design Dimensioning with Computer Graphi cs AppJ ication Jerome C Lange)
9
222 FIXTURE HARDWARE
Basic components are
i) Mounting components - mounting blocks are a form of locating and
supporting elements that are used to position locators and clamping devices at
specific heights off the mounting base Eg base plates angles plates
mounting or riser blocks and rotary tables bases
ii) Locating uni t - external and intemal locators
External locators are devices which are used to locate a part by its external
surfaces There are fixed and adjustab le
Fixed extemal locators are solid locators that establish a fixed position fo r the
workpiece Some instances of fi xed locators are
~ Integral locators are machined into the body of the work holder Hene-e it
requires added time to machine the locator and additional material has to
be provided to allow for machining of the locator
~ Locating pins are the simplest and most basic forms of locating element
~ V -locators
~ Locating nests involve a cavity in the work holder into which the
workpiece is placed and located No supplementary locating devices are
required
~ Edge ba rs and edge blocks
10
Adjustable external locators are movable locators that are freque ntl y used for
roughcast parts or simi lar parts with surface irregularities They are
~ Threaded locato rs
~ Spring pressure locators
raquo Equalizing locators
Internal locators are locating features such as holes Or bored diameters are
used to locate a part by its internal surfaces There are two types of internal
locators fixed and compensating
Fixed locatOrs are made to a specific size to suit certain holes diameter Eg
machine locators pin locators
Compensating locators are used to centralize the location of a part or to allow
for larger variations in hole sizes Two typical forms are conical and selfshy
adjusting locators
iii) Clamping units such as toe-clamps strap clamps screw clamps cam clamps
wedge-action clamps toggle clamps swing clamps and hook clamps
iv) Locating and clamping units are vises collets chucks and indexing units
II
Bearing 97 for CNC drilling-tapping machine in order to accomplish the process ing
task Besides that the purposes of thi s des ign are to
a) Detennine the material selection
b) Understand the mechanism and assembly within the worktable fi xture and
workpiece
c) Model the prototype
d) Test on the prototype to obtain resu lt by analysing the quality of the output
6
CHAPTER 2
LITERATURE REVIEW
21 QUALITY AND DESIGN
Quality is conformance to requirement or specification This is the definition
used by Crosby (1979) A more general definition of quality is fitness for use This
definition is attributed to Juran (1974) It places emphasis on the customer aspect of
quality including design quality
An addi tional formal definiti on of quality is quali ty is the totality of features
and characteristics of a product or service that bear on its ability to satisfy given needs
This definition is the consensus definition in ASNIIASQC standard A3 (1978) a
document that provides a comprehensive discussion of quality and related tem1S
In order to produce a quality product the design qua lity and manufactu red
quality must be considered respectively Design quality is an important aspect of
quality and must b~ considered carefully in planning the design manufactwing and
marketing of a product
But design quality is not the only aspect of quality After a product has been
designed and placed in manufacture it is found that the manufacturing process does
not always produces each unit in conionnity to the requirement The defects may be
related to the product design itself and also related to the poor manufacturing
processes planning and machine tools setup In this project the focus is on the flx ture
planning that w ili result in the level of quality of the workpiece Therefore in order to
7
produce a quality finished product a sufficient fixture system which will coordinate
with the manufacturing processes is required
22 FIXTURE AND JIG
The modem manufacturing of interchangeable parts is established on the fact
that each part wiJi be produced within a specified tolerance range By using a jig or
fixture the part is presented to the tool in a fixed relationship thus satisfying the
prescribed tolerances
Jigs and fixtures are used primarily for holding and positioning parts during
manufacturing Jigs physically hrnit and control (guide) the path of a cutting tool
during the machining process Fixtures do not guide the tool but allow it to find its
own path [Jerome C Lange 1984] Both jigs and fixtures eliminate the six degrees of
freedom of the part which is required during machining The main function of a jig or
fi xture is for locating and holding Locating here means attaining the required
positional relationship between the workpiece and processing equipment Holding
denotes maintaining the workpiece in required orientation and position [Sundar
Balasubramanian 1999]
Earl y stage of fixture system research began in 1940 s Then followed by the
deveiopment of manual and guidelines for jig and fixture design This usually depends
on the discretion and experience of the tool designer With the development of
technology emphasis has been towards eliminating human intervention and increasing
automation The planning of fixtures with using computer-aided method has been
8
growing In recent years There is some study in the overall automation of fix ture
configuration and assembly FUlthermore there is fix ture design automation for
spec ified application domains
221 DEGREE OF FREEDOM
For a part to be statically s table wh ile it is being machined it must be in
equ ilibri ~m in the x y and z direct ions [Jerome C Lange 1984] There fore the sum
of the machining forces in the x y and z d irections must be equal to zero Also the
sum of the moments about the x y and z-axes must be equal to zero if the part is to be
in equilibrium [n other words the free body of the part must be in equilibrium
Since a part may have three degree offreedom of translation and three degrees
of fr-edom of rotal ion it is the Pdrpose of a jig or fixture to restrict these six degrees
of freedom of a part during the machining operation These six degrees o f freedom are
shown in Figure 2 1
z Rotation
x
y
Figure 2 1 Six degrees of freedom (Courtesy of Design Dimensioning with Computer Graphi cs AppJ ication Jerome C Lange)
9
222 FIXTURE HARDWARE
Basic components are
i) Mounting components - mounting blocks are a form of locating and
supporting elements that are used to position locators and clamping devices at
specific heights off the mounting base Eg base plates angles plates
mounting or riser blocks and rotary tables bases
ii) Locating uni t - external and intemal locators
External locators are devices which are used to locate a part by its external
surfaces There are fixed and adjustab le
Fixed extemal locators are solid locators that establish a fixed position fo r the
workpiece Some instances of fi xed locators are
~ Integral locators are machined into the body of the work holder Hene-e it
requires added time to machine the locator and additional material has to
be provided to allow for machining of the locator
~ Locating pins are the simplest and most basic forms of locating element
~ V -locators
~ Locating nests involve a cavity in the work holder into which the
workpiece is placed and located No supplementary locating devices are
required
~ Edge ba rs and edge blocks
10
Adjustable external locators are movable locators that are freque ntl y used for
roughcast parts or simi lar parts with surface irregularities They are
~ Threaded locato rs
~ Spring pressure locators
raquo Equalizing locators
Internal locators are locating features such as holes Or bored diameters are
used to locate a part by its internal surfaces There are two types of internal
locators fixed and compensating
Fixed locatOrs are made to a specific size to suit certain holes diameter Eg
machine locators pin locators
Compensating locators are used to centralize the location of a part or to allow
for larger variations in hole sizes Two typical forms are conical and selfshy
adjusting locators
iii) Clamping units such as toe-clamps strap clamps screw clamps cam clamps
wedge-action clamps toggle clamps swing clamps and hook clamps
iv) Locating and clamping units are vises collets chucks and indexing units
II
CHAPTER 2
LITERATURE REVIEW
21 QUALITY AND DESIGN
Quality is conformance to requirement or specification This is the definition
used by Crosby (1979) A more general definition of quality is fitness for use This
definition is attributed to Juran (1974) It places emphasis on the customer aspect of
quality including design quality
An addi tional formal definiti on of quality is quali ty is the totality of features
and characteristics of a product or service that bear on its ability to satisfy given needs
This definition is the consensus definition in ASNIIASQC standard A3 (1978) a
document that provides a comprehensive discussion of quality and related tem1S
In order to produce a quality product the design qua lity and manufactu red
quality must be considered respectively Design quality is an important aspect of
quality and must b~ considered carefully in planning the design manufactwing and
marketing of a product
But design quality is not the only aspect of quality After a product has been
designed and placed in manufacture it is found that the manufacturing process does
not always produces each unit in conionnity to the requirement The defects may be
related to the product design itself and also related to the poor manufacturing
processes planning and machine tools setup In this project the focus is on the flx ture
planning that w ili result in the level of quality of the workpiece Therefore in order to
7
produce a quality finished product a sufficient fixture system which will coordinate
with the manufacturing processes is required
22 FIXTURE AND JIG
The modem manufacturing of interchangeable parts is established on the fact
that each part wiJi be produced within a specified tolerance range By using a jig or
fixture the part is presented to the tool in a fixed relationship thus satisfying the
prescribed tolerances
Jigs and fixtures are used primarily for holding and positioning parts during
manufacturing Jigs physically hrnit and control (guide) the path of a cutting tool
during the machining process Fixtures do not guide the tool but allow it to find its
own path [Jerome C Lange 1984] Both jigs and fixtures eliminate the six degrees of
freedom of the part which is required during machining The main function of a jig or
fi xture is for locating and holding Locating here means attaining the required
positional relationship between the workpiece and processing equipment Holding
denotes maintaining the workpiece in required orientation and position [Sundar
Balasubramanian 1999]
Earl y stage of fixture system research began in 1940 s Then followed by the
deveiopment of manual and guidelines for jig and fixture design This usually depends
on the discretion and experience of the tool designer With the development of
technology emphasis has been towards eliminating human intervention and increasing
automation The planning of fixtures with using computer-aided method has been
8
growing In recent years There is some study in the overall automation of fix ture
configuration and assembly FUlthermore there is fix ture design automation for
spec ified application domains
221 DEGREE OF FREEDOM
For a part to be statically s table wh ile it is being machined it must be in
equ ilibri ~m in the x y and z direct ions [Jerome C Lange 1984] There fore the sum
of the machining forces in the x y and z d irections must be equal to zero Also the
sum of the moments about the x y and z-axes must be equal to zero if the part is to be
in equilibrium [n other words the free body of the part must be in equilibrium
Since a part may have three degree offreedom of translation and three degrees
of fr-edom of rotal ion it is the Pdrpose of a jig or fixture to restrict these six degrees
of freedom of a part during the machining operation These six degrees o f freedom are
shown in Figure 2 1
z Rotation
x
y
Figure 2 1 Six degrees of freedom (Courtesy of Design Dimensioning with Computer Graphi cs AppJ ication Jerome C Lange)
9
222 FIXTURE HARDWARE
Basic components are
i) Mounting components - mounting blocks are a form of locating and
supporting elements that are used to position locators and clamping devices at
specific heights off the mounting base Eg base plates angles plates
mounting or riser blocks and rotary tables bases
ii) Locating uni t - external and intemal locators
External locators are devices which are used to locate a part by its external
surfaces There are fixed and adjustab le
Fixed extemal locators are solid locators that establish a fixed position fo r the
workpiece Some instances of fi xed locators are
~ Integral locators are machined into the body of the work holder Hene-e it
requires added time to machine the locator and additional material has to
be provided to allow for machining of the locator
~ Locating pins are the simplest and most basic forms of locating element
~ V -locators
~ Locating nests involve a cavity in the work holder into which the
workpiece is placed and located No supplementary locating devices are
required
~ Edge ba rs and edge blocks
10
Adjustable external locators are movable locators that are freque ntl y used for
roughcast parts or simi lar parts with surface irregularities They are
~ Threaded locato rs
~ Spring pressure locators
raquo Equalizing locators
Internal locators are locating features such as holes Or bored diameters are
used to locate a part by its internal surfaces There are two types of internal
locators fixed and compensating
Fixed locatOrs are made to a specific size to suit certain holes diameter Eg
machine locators pin locators
Compensating locators are used to centralize the location of a part or to allow
for larger variations in hole sizes Two typical forms are conical and selfshy
adjusting locators
iii) Clamping units such as toe-clamps strap clamps screw clamps cam clamps
wedge-action clamps toggle clamps swing clamps and hook clamps
iv) Locating and clamping units are vises collets chucks and indexing units
II
produce a quality finished product a sufficient fixture system which will coordinate
with the manufacturing processes is required
22 FIXTURE AND JIG
The modem manufacturing of interchangeable parts is established on the fact
that each part wiJi be produced within a specified tolerance range By using a jig or
fixture the part is presented to the tool in a fixed relationship thus satisfying the
prescribed tolerances
Jigs and fixtures are used primarily for holding and positioning parts during
manufacturing Jigs physically hrnit and control (guide) the path of a cutting tool
during the machining process Fixtures do not guide the tool but allow it to find its
own path [Jerome C Lange 1984] Both jigs and fixtures eliminate the six degrees of
freedom of the part which is required during machining The main function of a jig or
fi xture is for locating and holding Locating here means attaining the required
positional relationship between the workpiece and processing equipment Holding
denotes maintaining the workpiece in required orientation and position [Sundar
Balasubramanian 1999]
Earl y stage of fixture system research began in 1940 s Then followed by the
deveiopment of manual and guidelines for jig and fixture design This usually depends
on the discretion and experience of the tool designer With the development of
technology emphasis has been towards eliminating human intervention and increasing
automation The planning of fixtures with using computer-aided method has been
8
growing In recent years There is some study in the overall automation of fix ture
configuration and assembly FUlthermore there is fix ture design automation for
spec ified application domains
221 DEGREE OF FREEDOM
For a part to be statically s table wh ile it is being machined it must be in
equ ilibri ~m in the x y and z direct ions [Jerome C Lange 1984] There fore the sum
of the machining forces in the x y and z d irections must be equal to zero Also the
sum of the moments about the x y and z-axes must be equal to zero if the part is to be
in equilibrium [n other words the free body of the part must be in equilibrium
Since a part may have three degree offreedom of translation and three degrees
of fr-edom of rotal ion it is the Pdrpose of a jig or fixture to restrict these six degrees
of freedom of a part during the machining operation These six degrees o f freedom are
shown in Figure 2 1
z Rotation
x
y
Figure 2 1 Six degrees of freedom (Courtesy of Design Dimensioning with Computer Graphi cs AppJ ication Jerome C Lange)
9
222 FIXTURE HARDWARE
Basic components are
i) Mounting components - mounting blocks are a form of locating and
supporting elements that are used to position locators and clamping devices at
specific heights off the mounting base Eg base plates angles plates
mounting or riser blocks and rotary tables bases
ii) Locating uni t - external and intemal locators
External locators are devices which are used to locate a part by its external
surfaces There are fixed and adjustab le
Fixed extemal locators are solid locators that establish a fixed position fo r the
workpiece Some instances of fi xed locators are
~ Integral locators are machined into the body of the work holder Hene-e it
requires added time to machine the locator and additional material has to
be provided to allow for machining of the locator
~ Locating pins are the simplest and most basic forms of locating element
~ V -locators
~ Locating nests involve a cavity in the work holder into which the
workpiece is placed and located No supplementary locating devices are
required
~ Edge ba rs and edge blocks
10
Adjustable external locators are movable locators that are freque ntl y used for
roughcast parts or simi lar parts with surface irregularities They are
~ Threaded locato rs
~ Spring pressure locators
raquo Equalizing locators
Internal locators are locating features such as holes Or bored diameters are
used to locate a part by its internal surfaces There are two types of internal
locators fixed and compensating
Fixed locatOrs are made to a specific size to suit certain holes diameter Eg
machine locators pin locators
Compensating locators are used to centralize the location of a part or to allow
for larger variations in hole sizes Two typical forms are conical and selfshy
adjusting locators
iii) Clamping units such as toe-clamps strap clamps screw clamps cam clamps
wedge-action clamps toggle clamps swing clamps and hook clamps
iv) Locating and clamping units are vises collets chucks and indexing units
II
growing In recent years There is some study in the overall automation of fix ture
configuration and assembly FUlthermore there is fix ture design automation for
spec ified application domains
221 DEGREE OF FREEDOM
For a part to be statically s table wh ile it is being machined it must be in
equ ilibri ~m in the x y and z direct ions [Jerome C Lange 1984] There fore the sum
of the machining forces in the x y and z d irections must be equal to zero Also the
sum of the moments about the x y and z-axes must be equal to zero if the part is to be
in equilibrium [n other words the free body of the part must be in equilibrium
Since a part may have three degree offreedom of translation and three degrees
of fr-edom of rotal ion it is the Pdrpose of a jig or fixture to restrict these six degrees
of freedom of a part during the machining operation These six degrees o f freedom are
shown in Figure 2 1
z Rotation
x
y
Figure 2 1 Six degrees of freedom (Courtesy of Design Dimensioning with Computer Graphi cs AppJ ication Jerome C Lange)
9
222 FIXTURE HARDWARE
Basic components are
i) Mounting components - mounting blocks are a form of locating and
supporting elements that are used to position locators and clamping devices at
specific heights off the mounting base Eg base plates angles plates
mounting or riser blocks and rotary tables bases
ii) Locating uni t - external and intemal locators
External locators are devices which are used to locate a part by its external
surfaces There are fixed and adjustab le
Fixed extemal locators are solid locators that establish a fixed position fo r the
workpiece Some instances of fi xed locators are
~ Integral locators are machined into the body of the work holder Hene-e it
requires added time to machine the locator and additional material has to
be provided to allow for machining of the locator
~ Locating pins are the simplest and most basic forms of locating element
~ V -locators
~ Locating nests involve a cavity in the work holder into which the
workpiece is placed and located No supplementary locating devices are
required
~ Edge ba rs and edge blocks
10
Adjustable external locators are movable locators that are freque ntl y used for
roughcast parts or simi lar parts with surface irregularities They are
~ Threaded locato rs
~ Spring pressure locators
raquo Equalizing locators
Internal locators are locating features such as holes Or bored diameters are
used to locate a part by its internal surfaces There are two types of internal
locators fixed and compensating
Fixed locatOrs are made to a specific size to suit certain holes diameter Eg
machine locators pin locators
Compensating locators are used to centralize the location of a part or to allow
for larger variations in hole sizes Two typical forms are conical and selfshy
adjusting locators
iii) Clamping units such as toe-clamps strap clamps screw clamps cam clamps
wedge-action clamps toggle clamps swing clamps and hook clamps
iv) Locating and clamping units are vises collets chucks and indexing units
II
222 FIXTURE HARDWARE
Basic components are
i) Mounting components - mounting blocks are a form of locating and
supporting elements that are used to position locators and clamping devices at
specific heights off the mounting base Eg base plates angles plates
mounting or riser blocks and rotary tables bases
ii) Locating uni t - external and intemal locators
External locators are devices which are used to locate a part by its external
surfaces There are fixed and adjustab le
Fixed extemal locators are solid locators that establish a fixed position fo r the
workpiece Some instances of fi xed locators are
~ Integral locators are machined into the body of the work holder Hene-e it
requires added time to machine the locator and additional material has to
be provided to allow for machining of the locator
~ Locating pins are the simplest and most basic forms of locating element
~ V -locators
~ Locating nests involve a cavity in the work holder into which the
workpiece is placed and located No supplementary locating devices are
required
~ Edge ba rs and edge blocks
10
Adjustable external locators are movable locators that are freque ntl y used for
roughcast parts or simi lar parts with surface irregularities They are
~ Threaded locato rs
~ Spring pressure locators
raquo Equalizing locators
Internal locators are locating features such as holes Or bored diameters are
used to locate a part by its internal surfaces There are two types of internal
locators fixed and compensating
Fixed locatOrs are made to a specific size to suit certain holes diameter Eg
machine locators pin locators
Compensating locators are used to centralize the location of a part or to allow
for larger variations in hole sizes Two typical forms are conical and selfshy
adjusting locators
iii) Clamping units such as toe-clamps strap clamps screw clamps cam clamps
wedge-action clamps toggle clamps swing clamps and hook clamps
iv) Locating and clamping units are vises collets chucks and indexing units
II
Adjustable external locators are movable locators that are freque ntl y used for
roughcast parts or simi lar parts with surface irregularities They are
~ Threaded locato rs
~ Spring pressure locators
raquo Equalizing locators
Internal locators are locating features such as holes Or bored diameters are
used to locate a part by its internal surfaces There are two types of internal
locators fixed and compensating
Fixed locatOrs are made to a specific size to suit certain holes diameter Eg
machine locators pin locators
Compensating locators are used to centralize the location of a part or to allow
for larger variations in hole sizes Two typical forms are conical and selfshy
adjusting locators
iii) Clamping units such as toe-clamps strap clamps screw clamps cam clamps
wedge-action clamps toggle clamps swing clamps and hook clamps
iv) Locating and clamping units are vises collets chucks and indexing units
II