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GeometricTolerancing
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GeometricTolerancing Whatisit?
GeometricTolerancing
UnlikeDimensionalTolerancethatconcernsitselfwithsizecontrol, GeometricTolerancing concernsitselfwithshapecontrol GeometricTolerancing influencesthemanufacturingandinspection processchosen GeometricTolerancing isrequiredinfeaturesinindustriessuchas Aerospacecomponentmanufacture Automobilecomponentmanufacture Precisionmachinerymanufacture Biomedicalcomponentmanufacture GeometricTolerancing isusedwherehighinterchangeofpartsis required GeometricTolerancing andDimensionalTolerancing arelinked
BasicConceptsofGeometry Tolerancing
GeometryTolerancesarespecifiedaccordingtofunctional requirements:Useitifitisneeded,ifnotDONOTasitaddstothe expenseofthemanufacture,inspectionofacomponentandclarityof anengineeringdrawing. Dependingonthefeaturetobetoleranced andthewayinwhichitis dimensioned,thetolerancezonewillbeoneof: Thespacebetweentwoparallellines Thespacewithinacircle Thespacebetweentwoconcentriccircles Thespacewithinacylinder Thespacebetweentwocoaxialcylinders Thespacebetweentwoequidistantsurfaces Thespacewithinasphere
GeometryTolerancing SymbolicStructure
Straightness
Astraightnesstolerancemaybeusedtocontrol: 1.Straightnessofaline 2.Straightnessofanaxisinasingleplane 3.Straightnessoftheaxesofsolidsofrevolution
Perpendicularity
Aperpendicularity toleranceisusedtocontrol: 1.alinewithrespecttoadatumline 2.anaxiswithrespecttoadatumplane
3.asurfacewithrespecttoadatumaxis 4.asurfacewithrespecttoadatumplane
Position
Apositiontoleranceisusedtocontrolthelocationofafeatureby limitingitsdeviationfromaspecifiedtrueposition. 1.aholeaxis 2.asurface
Position(Concentricity)
Aconcentricitytoleranceisusedtocontrolaconditioninwhich twoormorefeaturessuchascircles,spherescylinders,conesor hexagonsarerequiredtoshareacommoncentreoraxis
CaseStudy QantasA380OilStubPipe
Latein2010,aQantasA380sufferedacatastrophicfailureofoneofits fourmainRollsRoyceengines.Investigationspointtoafailureinanoil stubpipecausedbyamanufacturingdefect.
Position(Symmetry)
Asymmetrytoleranceisusedtocontrolaconditioninwhichoneormore featuresaresymmetricallydisposedeithersideofacentreline(axis)orcentre plane(median)ofanotherfeaturewhichisspecifiedasthedatum.
Cylindricity
Acylindricity tolerancespecifiesatolerancezoneconsistingofanannularspacebetween twocoaxialcylindershavingadifferenceinradiiequaltothespecifiedtolerance.
Angularity
Anangularitytoleranceisusedtocontrolangularrelationshipsofanyanglebetween straightline(axes)orsurfaceswithstraightlineelementssuchasflatorcylindricalsurfaces
Circularity
Acircularitytolerancespecifiesthewidthofanannulartolerancezone,boundedbytwo concentriccirclesinthesameplanewithinwhichthecircumferenceofthefeaturemustlie.
Parallelism
Aparallelismtoleranceisusedtocontroltheorientationoffeaturesrelatedtooneanother byanangleofzerodegrees.
Example(ABadOne)
EffectsofCombiningLinear andGeometricTolerances
Intolerancing featuresofsizeonmatingcomponentswhereeaseofassemblyisimportant,it shouldberealisedthattheleastfavourableconditionforassemblyoccurswhenmatingsizes arethemaximummaterialsizeallowablebytheindividualtoleranceofeachcomponent.
VirtualSize
Virtualsizereferstothedimensionoftheoverallenvelopeofperfectformwhichtouchesthe highestpointsofafeature. Forashaft,itisthemaximummeasured sizeplustheactualeffectofform variationssuchasflatness,straightness, roundness,cylindricity andprofile.
InterpretthisExampleof GeometricTolerancing