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Engineering Drawings Lecture Linear Fits and Tolerances Rev 1 - 2
Engineering Drawings Lecture Linear Fits and Tolerances Rev 1 - 2
LinearFitsandTolerances
AshortseriesoflecturesonEngineeringDrawingasPartofENGG1960
ByPaulBriozzo
LinearFitsandTolerances
Catersforimperfectmanufacturingprocesses
Sizewithinfunctionallimits
Variationinvalueofadimension
Controlsthemanufacturingprocess
Controlsvariationbetweenmatingparts
Allowstheinterchangeofparts
TheThreeMethodsof
Tolerancing
1. LIMITSOFSIZE: 20.4
20.2
0
20.4 0.2
2.UNILATERALOR
+0.2
20.20
Dimensionsinmm
Whichtypeoftolerancing hasbeen
usedinthisexample?
Anexampleofchaindimensioning
Anexampleofchaindimensioning
andprogressivedimensioning
SomeImportantDefinitions
WhenDiscussingShaftandHole
SizesandLimits
SomeDefinitions
HOLE:Aholeisdefinedasthememberwhichhousesorfitstheshaft
NOMINALSIZE:Thisthesizebywhichanitemisdesignatedasamatterof
convenience
BASICSIZE:Thisisthesizefromwhichthelimitsofsizearedereived bythe
applicationoftheupperandlowerdeviations.Itisusuallyequaltothenominal
size.
LIMITSofSIZE:Thesearetheextremesofsizewhichareallowedforatoleranced
dimension.
Twolimitsarepossible:
1.MaxAllowableSize=upperlimitofsize
2.MinimumAllowableSize=lowerlimitofsize
MaximumMaterialLimit(MML):Themaximum(upper)limitofsizeforan
externalfeature(shaft),theminimum(lower)limitofsizeforaninternalfeature
(hole)
LeastMaterialLimit(LML):Theminimum(lower)limitofsizeforanexternal
feature(shaft),themaximum(upper)limitofsizeforaninternalfeature(hole)
Comparisonsbetweenthethree
classesoffitusingtheunilateral
holebasissystem