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Dimensioning and Tolerancing Mechanical Tolerancing
Principles for Gages and Fixtures for Six Sigma

PD515 PD449

Participants of this course will study and apply techniques concerning This two-day course teaches participants how to solve assembly
the proper design, dimensioning, and tolerancing of GO gages, stacks using both traditional and Six Sigma methods. We highlight
NOGO gages, Functional Gages and Fixtures per the ASME Y14.43- the design risks that are associated with the classical methods of
2011 Standard, entitled, Dimensioning and Tolerancing Principles for tolerance analysis, and introduce Six Sigma methods that will eliminate
GEOMETRIC DIMENSIONING AND TOLERANCING Public Courses
Gages and Fixtures. Those who are involved in the application or these risks.
interpretation of dimensioning and tolerancing of products will gain a The goal of the Six Sigma techniques is to teach the participants how
thorough understanding of these principles through the knowledge to assess the manufacturing and design risk of their tolerances. This
of how to gage and fixture them properly. This course encompasses risk is quantified in terms of manufacturing defects and assembly de-
lectures, discussions and applications working directly with handout fects. These methods are unique because they allow the participants
materials and the standard. to optimize their designs by making trade-offs between assembly
Each participant will receive a copy of the ASME Standard, Y14.43 - 2011 defects and manufacturing defects.
Dimensioning and Tolerancing Principles for Gages and Fixtures. This is a lecture course, with many opportunities for participants to
You Will Learn To work on problems. We walk the participants through each of the
• Explain the roll of gaging within a company’s quality management tolerance analysis and allocation methods. After they master each
method, we show them an Excel® spreadsheet that automates each
system related to ISO 9001, specifically Clause 8, and B89 7.2 method. This course is unique because it teaches participants to apply
Measurement Plan Six Sigma techniques to predict their design and manufacturing risk
• Explain how to apply the rules, principles and practices of gage and before they build parts.
fixture design, dimensioning and tolerancing per the Y14.43-2011
standard Participants receive an Excel® spreadsheet to automate the tolerance
• Explain how to extend the principles contained in ASME Y14.5M-1994 analysis and allocation methods and a participant guide as a hands-on
and ASME Y14.5M-2009, to gages and fixtures used for manufacturing reference.
and inspection
• Explain how choices made on design, dimension, and tolerance gages You Will Learn To
and fixtures determine whether good parts will be rejected and/or bad • Create one-dimensional loop diagrams
parts will be accepted • Explain the development of assembly requirement equations
• Examine the economic reality of gage use based on part function and • Conduct an analysis of mechanical assembly requirements using
production volume Worst Case (WC), Root Sum of the Squares (RSS) and Modified Root
• Explain how to put into practice the proper simulation of datum Sum of the Squares (MRSS) methods
features • Document risks associated with using the WC, RSS and MRSS
analysis methods
Who Should Attend • Describe the analysis of Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing
Those with an interest in learning the new rules, regulations and (GD&T) controls in a tolerance analysis
preferred ASME and ANSI practices per the newly released standard; • Describe the allocation of mechanical tolerances based on process
gage designers, fixture designers, manufacturing engineers, process capabilities using WC and Six Sigma statistical methods
engineers, quality engineers, inspectors and/or anyone wishing to • Provide estimates of manufacturing piece part defect rates and
strengthen their knowledge of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing assembly tolerance defect rates
• Use MechTOLTM Lite spreadsheet to automate tolerance analysis
Special Requirements and allocation processes
Course participants should have a basic knowledge of the Y14.5 Who Should Attend
Standard in order to optimize their learning experience.
Anyone responsible for putting tolerances on mechanical drawings,
Instructor Pat McCuistion including mechanical design engineers, drafting designers, fabrication
3 Days, 2.3 CEUs, 23 PDHs engineers, assembly engineers and quality engineers
Member $1,895 / List Price $1,995
Special Requirements
It is recommended that participants bring a laptop with Excel®
software. Additionally, participants must bring a calculator with square
and square root functions.
Instructor Paul Drake
2 Days, 1.5 CEUs, 15 PDHs
Member $1,450 / List Price $1,550

See pages 90–95 for dates and locations of ASME Public Courses
delivered in the USA during Autumn 2016.

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