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GATE Machining and Machine Tool Operations: Work holding, jigs and fixtures – Previous Year Questions

2 GATE previous year questions on Work holding, jigs and fixtures (Machining and Machine Tool Operations, Mechanical Engineering) with answers and explanations, from every paper.

  1. GATE 2023 ME Q15 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – A cuboidal part has to be accurately positioned first, arresting six degrees of freedom and then clamped in a fixture, to be used for machining.…
  2. GATE 2026 ME Q32 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – A work piece is to be firmly held in a fixture. It is to be machined by using a plain slab milling cutter as shown in the figure below. Which one of…