Process tolerancing based on the process capability studies is the optimistic and pragmatic approach of determining the manufacturing process tolerances. On adopting the define–measure–analyze–improve–control approach, the process potential capability index (C p) and the process performance capability index (C pk) values of identified process characteristics of connecting rod ...

Tolerancing has great impact on the cost and quality of a product. Dimensional and geometric tolerancing are designed to ensure that products meet both designed functionality and minimum cost. The task of dimensioning and tolerancing in process planning stage is to determine the working dimensions and tolerances of the machined parts by given blueprint (B/P) specifications. A lot of research wo...

To ensure the gear precision, industries need a coherent model to express, to analyse and to check geometrical specifications. Most gear tolerance representations are directly driven by the convenience of dimensional metrology and not by the convenience of the set of activities of the tolerancing process. Therefore, to ensure the coherence of all tolerancing process activities, there is a neces...

A new tolerance modeling scheme, semantic tolerance modeling, was recently developed to enable interpretable tolerance analysis. In this paper, a new dimensioning and tolerancing practice, semantic tolerancing, is proposed with the theoretical support of semantic tolerance models. Following principles of interpretability, this new tolerancing approach captures more design intent, including flex...

Recently we developed a new tolerance modeling scheme, semantic tolerance modeling, to enable interpretable and accurate tolerance analysis. In this paper, a new dimensioning and tolerancing practice, semantic tolerancing, is proposed with the theoretical support of semantic tolerance modeling. Based on the principles of interpretability, this tolerancing approach allows for better design inten...

Engineering tolerance plays an important role in the process capability analysis for determining whether a manufacturing process is capable of making good quality products. In contrast with the engineering tolerance region in a multivariate manufacturing process, the multidimensional machining process or the nano-cutting process has a special engineering tolerance called the positional toleranc...

Tolerancing decisions can profoundly impact the quality and cost of electro-mechanical assemblies. Existing approaches to tolerance analysis and synthesis in design entail detailed knowledge of geometry of the assemblies and are mostly applicable during advanced stages of design, leading to a less than optimal design process. During the design process of assemblies, both the assembly structure ...

Aimed at overcoming the disadvantages of traditional selective assembly and improving the manufacturing processes of mating parts, a new approach of information-based manufacturing for the mating parts of selective assembly via a coordinated statistical tolerancing (ST) and SPC model is presented. On the basis of studies on quality indices and process capability index (PCI), particularly, the m...

Purpose: Purpose of this paper is the definition of a framework to describe the Technological Product Specifications (TPS) and the information associated with the geometric dimensioning and tolerancing to integrate the design concepts into a commercial inspection system. Design/methodology/approach: A functional tolerance model provides a complete framework to define the geometric dimensioning ...

The paper surveys the current state of knowledge of techniques for representing, manipulating and analysing dimensioning and tolerancing data in computer-aided design and manufacturing. The use of solid models and variational geometry, and its implications for the successful integration of CAD and CAM, are discussed. The topics explored so far can be grouped into four categories: (a) the repres...