A work support includes a mounting plate and a mechanical lock coupled to the mounting plate. The mechanical lock includes a base coupled to the mounting plate and a support pin. The support pin is movably coupled to the base. As such, the support pin can move relative to the base. The work support further includes a locking collar at least partly disposed inside the base. The locking collar surrounds the support pin and includes a first collar portion disposed around the support pin. The first collar portion has an outer tapered surface facing away from the support pin. The locking collar further includes a second collar portion disposed around the support pin. The second collar portion has an inner tapered surface facing toward the support pin and can move relative to the first collar between an unlocked position and a locked position.

A locking device for mechanical pieces, particularly for pieces subjected to mechanical processing or similar, comprising at least one hollow body that forms a sliding seat, a movable stem that is accommodated slidingly partially within the sliding seat of the hollow body and radial expansion elements which are interposed between the hollow body and the movable stem, the radial expansion elements being adapted to mutually lock the hollow body and the movable stem, the movable stem protruding partially from the hollow body with the hollow body and the movable stem jointly associable, at their free ends, by way of elements for connection, respectively, to a mechanical piece to be processed or a fixed part of a machine with which the mechanical piece is to be processed.

A jig device of a workpiece in a machine tool includes: a holding mechanism that holds the workpiece in a cantilevered state; and a spindle-direction support mechanism including at least one spindle-direction support member disposed to face the workpiece from a side opposite to a spindle of the machine tool in a spindle direction with respect to the workpiece held in the cantilevered state by the holding mechanism. The spindle-direction support mechanism includes a spindle-direction drive unit that drives the spindle-direction support member in the spindle direction between a spindle-direction support position in contact with the workpiece and a spindle-direction retracted position separated from the workpiece, wherein the spindle-direction support mechanism is configured to be capable of changing a contact position where the spindle-direction support member is in contact with the workpiece on an orthogonal plane orthogonal to the spindle direction.

A jig device of a workpiece in a machine tool includes: a holding mechanism that holds the workpiece in a cantilevered state; and a spindle-direction support mechanism including at least one spindle-direction support member disposed to face the workpiece from a side opposite to a spindle of the machine tool in a spindle direction with respect to the workpiece held in the cantilevered state by the holding mechanism. The spindle-direction support mechanism includes a spindle-direction drive unit that drives the spindle-direction support member in the spindle direction between a spindle-direction support position in contact with the workpiece and a spindle-direction retracted position separated from the workpiece, wherein the spindle-direction support mechanism is configured to be capable of changing a contact position where the spindle-direction support member is in contact with the workpiece on an orthogonal plane orthogonal to the spindle direction.

A jig device of a workpiece in a machine tool includes: a holding mechanism that holds the workpiece in a cantilevered state; and a spindle-direction support mechanism including at least one spindle-direction support member disposed to face the workpiece from a side opposite to a spindle of the machine tool in a spindle direction with respect to the workpiece held in the cantilevered state by the holding mechanism. The spindle-direction support mechanism includes a spindle-direction drive unit that drives the spindle-direction support member in the spindle direction between a spindle-direction support position in contact with the workpiece and a spindle-direction retracted position separated from the workpiece, wherein the spindle-direction support mechanism is configured to be capable of changing a contact position where the spindle-direction support member is in contact with the workpiece on an orthogonal plane orthogonal to the spindle direction.