Dimensioning and Tolerancing Principles for Gages and Fixtures
Learn the rules, principles and practices of gage and fixture design, dimensioning and tolerancing per the newly approved standard, “Y14.43-2011 — Revision of ASME Y14.43-2003 (R2008) — Dimensioning and Tolerancing Principles for Gages and Fixtures.”
This course can be applied to the Dimensioning and Tolerancing Certificate.
Benefits and Learning Outcomes
- Learn gage and fixture design, dimensioning and tolerancing per the approved Y14.43-2011 standard
- Understand variables data collection methods and datum establishment by coordinate measurement machines and other inspection tools
- Learn techniques to analyze collected variable data
Course Outline/Topics
- Collecting variables data using coordinate measurement machines, optical comparators, gear analyzers and other inspection equipment
- View inspection procedures filmed
- Analyze boundary verification vs tolerance zone verification
- Assess part compliance with given geometric tolerances
- Analyze variables data
- Learn the function and use of gages
- Gage tolerancing policies
- Statistics
- How to make gage geometric tolerances reflect part geometric tolerances
- Tolerance stack-up on gages
- Gage definition requirements
- Principles of gage size and full engagement of features
- The effect of a gage on a part being measured
- Free state and restrained state inspection rules on flexible parts
- Go and no-go gage design rules and principles
- functional gage design to verify assemblability and orientation in 3d space
- Gaging temperatures
- Economics of gage design
- Gages vs other inspection methods
- Plug gages — spherical ended rod gages
- Full-form cylindrical ring gages
- Snap gages
- Setting master disc; setting master ring
- Differentiation
- Datum feature simulator design, dimensioning and tolerancing
- Gage element configuration design, dimensioning and tolerancing
- Datum target simulator design, dimensioning and tolerancing
- Material condition modifiers on gage elements
- Material condition modifiers on datum feature simulators
- Design constraints
- Coefficient of expansion
- Repeatability
- Tolerance calculation for gages and fixtures
- Tolerance distribution for gages and fixtures
- Usage: environmental condition; certification and calibration; referee gaging; principal alignment; measurement force; handling
- Similarities and differences between gages and fixtures
- Gaging parts that imply the regardless of feature size modifiers
Notes
Please note that on the final date of this course, it only goes until 12pm
Dates and locations to be announced.