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    Total Runout Measurement using CMM

    Hello, The CMM section in my workplace are measuring total runout on a bearing seating surface. The way it was explained to me is that they take scans axially along the surface,construct a cylinder and calculate the total runout. I am struggling to understand how this calculation exactly...
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    Runout measurement when datums are hidden by fixture

    Thanks for responding to my question. Yes, B is a diametric feature. I believe your reply answers part of my question i.e. that we don't need to do any other measurements on the datums. Am i correct to state that, once the part is fixtured, it is deemed to sit on the highest points of the...
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    Runout measurement when datums are hidden by fixture

    I have a part which has to be machined in a fixture. The repair document requires measurement of a runout w.r.t two datums. When the part is placed and held down in the fixture, both the datums locations are hidden by the fixture. In such a scenario, do i just put a DTI on the surface which...

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