Locating devices

• Also known as locators.

• Pins, made of hardened steel are the most
common locating devices.
• These pins are used to locate a workpiece
accurately in fixed body.(either jig or fixture)
• The shank portion of the pin is press fitted
into the fixed body.
Shank
Fixed body (jig or
fixture)
 Classification of pins
• Locating pins
• Support pins
• Jack pins
• Button locators
 Locating pins
• Used for locating reamed and finished holes
made in the workpiece.
• Locating pins are further classified as
1) Conical locating pins/conical locators
2) Cylindrical locating pins/cylindrical locators
 Conical locating pins
• Conical in shape.
• Used to locate work
pieces having drilled
holes.
• Any variation in the
hole size can be easily
accommodated due to
Conical shape of the pin.
 Cylindrical locating pins
• Cylindrical in shape.
• Employed for locating
components having
drilled holes.
• The locator is fitted in
the jig body and then the drilled hole of the
component is made to locate against it.
• The face of the jig body around the locator is
undercut to provide space for swarf
clearance.
 Support pins
• With these pins,
workpieces with flat
surfaces can be
supported.
• In the fixed type of
support pins, the locating surface is either flat or curved.
• Flat surface pins provides location for machined surfaces
because more contact area is available for locating.
• The spherical or curved surface pins provides location
for supporting rough surfaces because they provide a
point support which may be stable under this condition.