Angle plate

Angle plate

An angle plate is a type of fixture used in machining and manufacturing processes to support a workpiece vertically on a surface plate. It is used to ensure accurate marking out of the workpiece. Angle plates can be used in conjunction with other types of fixtures, such as vice jaw-type fixtures for axis symmetry parts and angle plate-type fixtures for prismatic parts.From: Mechanical Engineering Level 2 NVQ [2012], Automation of tool path generation in multi-process micromachine tool for micromachining of prismatic and rotational parts [2018]

Marking out for engineering activities

View Chapter

Purchase Book

Published in David Salmon, Penny Powdrill, Mechanical Engineering Level 2 NVQ, 2012

David Salmon, Penny Powdrill

An angle plate is used to support a workpiece vertically on a surface plate so that it can be marked out accurately. The work can be clamped to an angle plate when marking out from a line or point datum or they can be used for resting workpieces against when marking out from a face datum.

Automation of tool path generation in multi-process micromachine tool for micromachining of prismatic and rotational parts

View Article

Journal Information

Published in International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, 2018

S.P. Leo Kumar

Set-up plan and cutting tool selection are the two important activities associated with the tool path generation. Type of clamping, sequencing of operations in a set-up and tool approach direction (TAD) are the three important activities of set-up plan generation. Prismatic parts with features at any two opposite sides, axis symmetry parts that could be held in the chuck and parts having external and internal features at the right side are considered in this work in order to perform the operations in a single set-up. Vice jaw-type fixture for axis symmetry parts and angle plate-type fixtures for prismatic parts are used. TAD will be bottom to top side for micro turning and top to bottom side for micro drilling operation. TAD will be front to back side set-up or left to right side set-up arrangement for micro end milling operation (Leo Kumar, Jerald, and Kumanan 2014a).

Explore chapters and articles related to this topic

Marking out for engineering activities

Automation of tool path generation in multi-process micromachine tool for micromachining of prismatic and rotational parts