Department Of Technical Education

Andhra Pradesh
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: K. Pochaiah
: Senior lecturer
: Mechanical Engineering
: Govt. Polytechnic, Warangal
: IV semester
: Manufacturing technology-II
: M402
: Milling and Gear making
: 50 Minuets
: Tool &work holding devices
: Visuals & Diagrams & ppt
: K.Chakravarty
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Recap
In the last class, we have learnt about
Various milling operations
Gang milling , gear milling, angular milling, cam
milling, end milling , profile milling ,key way milling

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Objectives
On completion of this period, you would be able
to know about
Various work holding devices and tool holding devices
Their constructional details and functions

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Work Holding Devices

Accuracy of the milling operation depends more on
the way the tool and the work are held rigidly
Work piece must be secured on the work table and
aligned with the cutter

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Work Holding Devices

1. Vices

2. Clamps & t bolts

3. V-blocks

4. angle plates

5. Dividing head

6. Milling fixtures

7. Rotary table

8. Tail stock

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Work Holding Devices - Vices

Most common work holding device
Directly clamped to work table
Clamped between fixed and movable jaw
1.plain vice
2.swivel vice
3.universal vice

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Parts Of A Vice

Fig.1

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Vices
Plain Vice
Used for small
regular shaped
work pieces

Fig.2

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Vices
Swivel vice
Fitted on circular base
Can be swiveled to
desired angle

Swivel plate

To mill angular surfaces

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Fig.3

Clamping the work for end- milling

Parallel bars

Fig. 4
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Fig 5

Universal vice
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Clamps & T-bolts

T-bolts

Fig.6
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Clamps & T-bolts

Fig.7

Direct mounting on table with clamps

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Angle Plates

To mill a surface at
right angles to
another surface

Angle plate

Fig.8

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V - Blocks
Used to hold bars and
shafts to cut key-ways
and slots

Fig.9

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Fig.10

V-block and strap clamp

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Work Holding Devices- Milling fixtures

To hold irregular
shaped work such
as castings and
forgings

Fig.11

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Milling Fixtures

Fig.12 Milling tail stock

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Milling Fixtures
Dividing head
To divide the periphery
into equal number of
divisions
Gear teeth and slot
cutting are few
applications
Fig.13
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Recap
So far, we have learnt about
Various kinds of work clamping devices
Name a few of them
Vices,angle plates,clamps ,T-bolts, V-blocks, milling
fixtures,circular table etc
Equally important is tool holding device

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Tool Holding Devices

Proper devices are designed to hold milling cutters

Some of the devices are arbor ,collets, adapter and
spring collets

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Necessity Of Tool Holding Devices

To obtain a higher metal removal rate
To get higher spindle speeds which drive the cutters.
To overcome all machining a mechanism to hold the
cutting tool is essential

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Tool Holding Devices

Cutter

Arbor support

end support

Fig.14 Basic mechanism of holding cutter

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Tool Holding Devices - Arbor

Cutter is directly mounted on it with key
One end is tapered and fits in the spindle nose
Spacing collars are used to position number of cutters
Arbors are available in different
diameters,16mm,22mm,27mm,32mm,and 40mm

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Tool Holding Devices - Arbor

Spacing collars
Tapered end

Fig.15 Arbor assembly

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Tool Holding Devices - Arbor

The other end of the arbor is supported by a yoke
It is designated by the taper number, diameter and
length
For example, ISO 40 x 22 x 500mm

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Tool Holding Devices - Arbor

Fig.16 FACE MILLING ARBOR

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Tool holding Devices - Collets

A taper sleeve fitted to the nose of the spindle
It can secure an arbor end or taper shank of cutter
Spring collets used to secure straight shank cutters
The front end is split into three equal-spaced slots and
act like jaws to the shank

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Tool holding Devices - Collets

Tapered shank

collets
Fig.17
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Tool holding Devices - Collets

Fig.18 Spring collets

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Tool Holding Devices - Adapters

Attached to the spindle by a draw bolt
Used for cutters having shanks that cannot be
mounted on arbor

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Tool Holding Devices - Adapters

Fig19 Adapter
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Tool Holding Devices - Vertical Milling attachment

It facilitates facing and groove cutting on horizontal
surfaces
It may be swiveled to machine inclined surfaces
Spindle speed remains the same

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Horizontal arbor

Vertical milling head

Fig.20
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Slotting Attachment
It can machine slots and key ways internally
Converts the rotary motion of the spindle into
reciprocating
Slotting head is capable of tilting to desired angle
For slotting , the work is to be clamped on two
parallel bars
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Slotting Attachment

Fig.21 Slotting head

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Fig.22 Some slotted parts

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Fig23 Slotting machine

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Summary
In this class we have learnt about
Various kinds of Work Holding Devices
The necessity of a tool holding device in milling operation

Various tool holding devices such as arbors,collets,

adapters and spring collets

The function of a Vertical milling attachment

Slotting attachment
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Quiz:
1.

_____________are used to position number of cutters

(Spacing collars )

2. Slotting head is capable of tilting to_____________

(desired angle)

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Quiz
1. Work holding device assures
a) accuracy
b) safety
c) efficiency
d) all

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Quiz
2.

Circular table is used for

a) spur teeth
b) helical teeth
c) straight teeth
d) none

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Quiz
3.

Swivel Vice is used to mill ______________

(angular surfaces.)

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Frequently Asked Questions

1) Explain the work holding devices in milling with line

sketches?
2) List out various work holding devices in milling?
3) List out the various Tool holding devices used in milling?
4) Explain any four Tool holding devices of milling with neat
sketches?

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Assignment
1.

Describe with a neat sketch the working of a

vertical milling head?

2.

List out various tool and work holding devices?

3.

Write a short note on arbors and collets?

4.

What is the function of parallel blocks?

5.

Write the differences between up milling and down

milling?

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