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  1. ScottHaselden

    calculator for Angle tolerance based on Angularity of leg length

    Does anyone know how to (or possibly have already) create a calculator to calculate the tolerance of an angle based on the angularity of the part? For example: We have a single print for 3 dozen part numbers in the same family of parts. All identical, with the same 93° angle bend, but with the...
  2. ScottHaselden

    Profile Tolerance on Sheet Metal Parts

    This is True 3DDave. Unfortunately, most of my 27 year career has been spent in factories similar to this one. I did find that ASME has a Standard that directly answers my question: Y14.43 - 2011. That standard is very clear when it states that the profile gage MUST be made to the Maximum...
  3. ScottHaselden

    Profile Tolerance on Sheet Metal Parts

    I am dealing with a situation that I have never seen in my 27 years of working with and using GD&T, and I have been unable to find any info about this anywhere. I am dealing with sheet metal parts that have been formed on a brake press, and parts formed by metal stamping processes. The company...
  4. ScottHaselden

    ASME Y14.5-2018

    Hypothetical question: When producing slip-over drop through profile gages for stamped or press-brake bent cold roll steel parts, does the material thickness (which is usually thinner than nominal) allow for a bit of MMC for the overall profile, as long as it stays within the tolerance envelope...

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