Geometric Tolerancing - Definitions
Geometric Tolerancing - Definitions
Maximum Material Condition (MMC) The condition in which a feature of size contains the maximum amount of material with the stated limits of size, fore example, minimum hole diameter and maximum shaft diameter Least Material Condition (LMC) Opposite of MMC, the feature contains the least material. For example, maximum hole diameter and minimum shaft diameter Virtual Condition The envelope or boundary that describes the collective effects of all tolerance requirements on a feature (See Figure 7-25 TG)
.007
Material condition B
.007
This feature must be parallel to Datum B within .007 at MMC (largest cylinder) as measured on the diameter
19.89 19.76
What it means -
XX
YY
This cylinder (the right cylinder) must be concentric within .007 with the Datum A (the left cylinder) as measured on the diameter
What It Means
DIMENSIONING
Requirements 1. Unambiguous 2. Completeness 3. No redundancy
0.83 ' 0.95 ' 3.03 ' 1.22 '
Incomplete dimensioning
1.72 '
Redundant dimensioning
0.86 '
1.22 '
Adequate dimensioning
TOLERANCE
unilateral bilateral
0.95
+ 0.10 - 0.00
1.05
+ 0.00 - 0.10
1.00 + - 0.05
0.80 '
1.20 '
0.01
x
0.80 ' 0.01
?
3.00 ' 0.01
1.20 '
0.01
Maximum x length = 3.01 - 0.79 - 1.19 = 1.03 Minimum x length = 2.99 - 0.81 - 1.21 = 0.97
SURFACE FINISH
w av i n e s s r oughness
roughness widt h
waviness
widt h
STRAIGHTNESS
Tolerance zone between two straightness lines.
0 .0 0 1
1.000 '
0.002
Measur ed er r o r 0 . 0 0 1
0 .0 0 1 0 .0 0 1
1.000 '
0.002
Design
Meaning
FLATNESS
Tolerance zone defined by two parallel planes.
0 .0 0 1
1.000 '
0.002
p ar al l e l p la n e s 0 .0 0 1
CIRCULARITY (ROUNDNESS)
Tolerance zone bounded by two concentric circles.
0 .0 1
CYLINDRICITY
Tolerance zone bounded by two concentric cylinders within which the cylinder must lie.
0 .0 1
Rotate in a V
0 .0 1
PERPENDICULARITY
A surface, median plane, or axis at a right angle to the datum plane or axis.
.0 0 2 T .0 0 2 A
0.500 '
0.005
1.000 ' 0.005
ANGULARITY
A surface or axis at a specified angle (orther than 90) from a datum plane or axis. Can have more than one datum.
0 .0 0 5 A
PARALLELISM
The condition of a surface equidistant at all points from a datum plane, or an axis equidistant along its length to a datum axis.
.0 0 1 A
1.000 "
0.005
PROFILE
A uniform boundary along the true profile within whcih the elements of the surface must lie.
0 .0 0 5 A B
0 .0 0 1
RUNOUT
A composite tolerance used to control the functional relationship of one or more features of a part to a datum axis. Circular runout controls the circular elements of a surface. As the part rotates 360 about the datum axis, the error must be within the tolerance limit.
A 1.500 " 0.005 0 .0 0 5 A 0.361 " 0.002
D at u m ax is
TOTAL RUNOUT
D at u m ax is
TRUE POSITION
Dimensional tolerance
1 .0 0 0 .0 1
1 .2 0 0 .0 1
O .8 0 0 .0 2 O 0 .0 1 M A B
T o le r an c e z o n e 0 . 0 1 d ia
B A
1 .2 0
Produced
1 .0 0
hole size
0.97
1 .2 0
S 0.01 0.01
B A
MMC
0.98 0.99
1.00
The default modifier for true position is MMC. 1.01 LMC 1.02 1.03 For M
0.03
0.04 0.05
0.03
0.02 0.01
0.01
0.01 0.01
the allowable tolerance = specified tolerance + (produced hole size - MMC hole size)
MMC HOLE
LMC hole MMC hole
Given the same peg (MMC peg), when the produced hole size is greater than the MMC hole, the hole axis true position tolerance zone can be enlarged by the amount of difference between the produced hole size and the MMC hole size.