Design and Modification of Bench Vice by Increasing the Degrees of Freedom

A Bench vice or fixture is a production tool. The main aim is to locate, support and hold the work securely so we can perform the required machining operations. Feeler or thickness gauges and set blocks are also used to provide reference of the cutter with the work piece. A bench vice must be easily fastened with the machine and the table. As a result, the work can be done. It can be used for the other operations on most of the standard machining tools like drilling machine. Bench Vices are available in different size and shapes ranging from cheap and simple devices to very expensive and complicated devices. Bench Vices can also help to simplify the metalworking operations which are performed on the special equipment. Considering the advantages of fixture and jigs, a fixture was designed to cater to our needs. We are going to design a work holding device which will be able to hold the work piece in any direction. The one-part bottom assembly is free to rotate and other part of bottom assembly fixed to bench. This type of assembly will assist to top assembly which consist jaws. These jaws are likewise pipe vice & conventional bench vice. Lead screw is provided for engagement & disengagement of the jaws. Citation:Akshay Sanjay Kadam, NBN SSOE, Ambegoan, Pune, Pune University; Swapnil Ramesh Tanpure ,NBN SSOE; Tagakh Vishnu Daundkar ,NBN SSOE; Rajendra Mahadeo Rupanawar ,NBN SSOE; Prof. V. V. Saidpatil ,NBN SSOE. "Design and Modification of Bench Vice by Increasing the Degrees of Freedom." Global Research and Development Journal For Engineering 111 2016: 21 - 24.