(Use of approved design data book is permitted in the examination)
Limits, fits and tolerance - hole basis and shaft basis system, quality engineering based product development process.
Interpretation, inspection and application of form tolerances - datum system and targets – tolerance of position.
Fundamentals of descriptive statistics and inferential statistics - use of distributions - Taguchi approach - tolerance analysis.
Tolerance stack analysis and allocation - linear and non-linear stack analysis - worst case tolerance analysis - computer aided tolerance technique – cost based optimal tolerance analysis - tolerance allocation methods.
Tolerance charting - blue print dimensions - machining allowances - datum features - functional and manufacturing datum - exercises.
REFERENCES
1) ASME “study manual on tolerance stacks ”, Vol I, Second edition 1994.
2) ASME self study workbook on GD & T second edition 1994.
3) Spotts,, “Dimensioning and tolerancing of mass production”, Prentice Hall, 1983
