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Engineering H191 Engineering Fundamentals and Laboratory I

Week 07 Day 01 Tolerancing: Control of Variability

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Objectives
Understand description and control of variability through tolerancing Understand various classes of fits Introduce multiple part tolerancing

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Tolerance
Tolerance is the total amount a dimension may vary. It is the difference between the maximum and minimum limits. Ways to Express: 4. Direct limits or as tolerance limits applied to a dimension 5. Geometric tolerances 6. A general tolerance note in title block 7. Notes referring to specific conditions

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1. Direct Limits and Tolerance Values

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1. Direct Limits and Tolerance Values Plus and Minus Dimensions

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2. Geometric Tolerance System

Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) is a method of defining parts based on how they function, using standard ANSI symbols. Feature Control Frame Concentricity Symbol

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3. Tolerance Specifications in Title Block

General tolerance note specifies the tolerance for all unspecified toleranced dimensions.

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4. Notes Referring to Specific Conditions

General Tolerances could be in the form of a note similar to the one shown below: ALL DECIMAL DIMENSIONS TO BE HELD TO .002" Means that a dimension such as .500 would be assigned a tolerance of 0.002, resulting in a upper limit of .502 and a lower limit of .498
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Important Terms Single Part

Nominal Size general size, usually expressed in common fractions (1/2" for the slot) Basic Size theoretical size used as starting point (.500" for the slot) Actual Size measured size of the finished part (.501" for the slot)
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Important Terms Single Part

Limits maximum and minimum sizes shown by tolerances (.502 and .498 larger value is the upper limit and the smaller value is the lower limit, for the slot) Tolerance total allowable variance in dimensions (upper limit lower limit) object dimension could be as big as the upper limit or as small as the lower limit or anywhere in between
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Important Terms Multiple Parts

Allowance the minimum clearance or maximum interference between parts Fit degree of tightness between two parts Clearance Fit tolerance of mating parts always leave a space Interference Fit tolerance of mating parts always interfere Transition Fit sometimes interfere, sometimes clear
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Fitting Multiple Parts

Tolerance of B Part B

Fit Tolerance: Clearance or Interference Tolerance of A Part A

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Fitting Multiple Parts

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Shaft and Hole Fits

Clearance Interference

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Shaft and Hole Fits

Transition

CLEARANCE FIT + .003

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Standard Precision Fits: English Units

Running and sliding fits (RC) Clearance locational fits (LC) Transition locational fits (LT) Interference locational fits (LN) Force and shrink fits (FN)

See Table A.1 in the Appendix (pp. A-3 to A-9)

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Basic Hole System or Hole Basis

Definition of the "Basic Hole System": The "minimum size" of the hole is equal to the "basic size" of the fit Example: If the nominal size of a fit is 1/2", then the minimum size of the hole in the system will be 0.500"

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Basic Hole System

Clearance = Hole Shaft Cmax = H____ S____ Cmin = H____ S____ Fill in the subscripts (min, max) in the equations above.

SMAX SMIN HMAX HMIN

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Basic Hole System

Clearance = Hole Shaft Cmax = Hmax Smin Cmin = Hmin Smax
Both Cmax and Cmin <0 _________ fit Both Cmax and Cmin >0 _________ fit Cmax > 0; Cmin < 0 ___________ fit

SMAX SMIN HMAX HMIN

What types of fits are these?

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Basic Hole System

Clearance = Hole Shaft Cmax = Hmax Smin Cmin = Hmin Smax
Both Cmax and Cmin <0 Interference fit Both Cmax and Cmin >0 Clearance fit Cmax > 0; Cmin < 0 Transition fit

SMAX SMIN HMAX HMIN

System Tolerance = Cmax Cmin Allowance = Min. Clearance = Cmin

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Basic Hole System

Calculate Maximum and Minimum Clearance Clearance = Hole Shaft Cmax = Hmax Smin Cmax = .510 .485 = .025 Cmin = Hmin Smax Cmin = .505 .490 = .015 What type of fit is this? Cmax > Cmin > 0 Clearance
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.490 .485 .510 .505

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Metric Limits and Fits

Based on Standard Basic Sizes ISO Standard, see the Appendix material (Table A.2 on pp. A10 to A-13 in text) Note that in the Metric system: Nominal Size = Basic Size Example: If the nominal size is 8, then the basic size is 8
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Metric Preferred Hole Basis System of Fits

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Metric Tolerance Homework TOL-1B

Free Running H9/d9 Basic Size: 8 (1) Nominal Size: 8 ? (2) Shaft Limits: (3) Shaft Tolerance: 0.036 ???? 7.960 ???? 7.924 ???? 8.036 ???? 8.000 ????

(7) Minimum Clearance: 0.040 ???? (8) Maximum Clearance: 0.112 ????

(4) Hole Limits: (5) Hole Tolerance: 0.036 ???? (6) Ts: 0.072 ????

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CHECK: 0.072 Ts = Cmax = 0.112 Cmin? 0.040 = 0.072

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Good Review Material

TG Chapter 6 Dimensions and Tolerances Specifically pages 6-18 to 6-22 TG Chapter 7 Dimensions For Production

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Today's Assignment
Drawing 33 G27 Drawing 34 TOL-1A

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