What is the difference between Runout and Concentricity???
What is the difference between Runout and Concentricity???
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1. What is difference between Runout and Concentricity, esp. just want to get a coaxiality.
2. Does Runout applied on rotating part only? If not, then I thought it is same as concentricity. Am I right?
2. Does Runout applied on rotating part only? If not, then I thought it is same as concentricity. Am I right?





RE: What is the difference between Runout and Concentricity???
Can I use CMM to measure the concetricity and Runout? And does CMM can get the exact measurement?
RE: What is the difference between Runout and Concentricity???
Chris
SolidWorks 07 4.0/PDMWorks 07
AutoCAD 06
ctopher's home (updated 04-21-07)
RE: What is the difference between Runout and Concentricity???
Concentricity is used to identify the axis of the part.
In general, concentricity is most often used in highspeed rotating parts where balance is desired, such as crankshafts and camshafts to name a couple.
RE: What is the difference between Runout and Concentricity???
Concentricity is much more difficult to measure and verify. Concentricity requires verification of size, circularity (roundness) and position of features.
Often I have seen concentricity called when runout is actually what is measured. This can be a problem for ISO or QS documentation.
Unless you are dealing with extreme precision and speed, runout is almost always a sufficuent measure of whether features are coaxial.
RE: What is the difference between Runout and Concentricity???
Runout (both circular and total) is a surface condition on a cylindrical feature relative to a centre line created through another cylindrical feature sharing the same centre.
Circular runout combines roundness and off centre while total runout has the addition of shape of the feature along its length.
Both are performed on small cylindrical products (such as screw machine products) that one can set up in a chuck or divider head and is perform using a height gauge (stand) and dial (digital) indicator.
Concentricity is the median points of diametrically opposing sides of a cylindrical feature relative to a centre line created through another cylindrical feature sharing the same centre.
This is tough stuff to measure and most people who think they are checking concentricity are really checking the position of a feature in RFS. Keep away for concentricity.
It is usually measured using a CMM and is always in RFS.
Dave D.
www.qmsi.ca
RE: What is the difference between Runout and Concentricity???
Bradley
SolidWorks Premim 2007 x64 SP4.0
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RE: What is the difference between Runout and Concentricity???
My 2C worth, from my experience once you think it through concentricity is rarely the correct tolerance.
More often one of the runouts or position is more appropriate.
The above is a sweeping generalization but hopefully gives you some food for thought.
KENAT, probably the least qualified checker you'll ever meet...