Funktionsorientiertes Toleranzdesign

As precise as necessary, but not more: The path to optimal tolerance specification

Tolerances are target specifications for manufacturing dimensions. Their compliance is intended to ensure the product's functionality. There is a constant competition between opposing requirements, namely between the highest possible accuracy and the lowest costs. This book shows you how to establish sensible tolerances based on functionality. You will find many starting points and suggestions to optimize your own approach:

• A process for defining the tolerance concept
• Procedures for gathering requirements
• Description and representation of functions
• Planning of assembly sequences and manufacturing processes
• Recording, alignment, and references
• Analysis of the tolerance concept
• Application examples

This book explains the most important fundamentals in an easily understandable way for beginners. The experienced reader will find the methodology of function-oriented tolerancing leads to the right measures, both for the developer and the manufacturer. In the second edition, changes in relevant standards have been taken into account. The sections on references and types of tolerances have been significantly expanded, and new practical examples have been added.