Spherical Tolerance Zone
Spherical Tolerance Zone
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I recently run into question that I thought could be interesting for the rest of this forum: what spherical tolerance zone is good for?
ASME Y14.5-2009 Fig. 7-35 shows obvious application for locating spherical feature of size.
Now, if I want to locate point in space, there is nothing wrong about that point being contained within spherical tolerance zone.
One possible use is shown on the enclosed picture; all opinions are welcome.





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If we can locate to zero tolerance, why not use zero size?
Also, what if point is “derived” from something that has size?
Actually this is the whole point of my post: collect different opinions on how far can we extend our principles.
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As for applying this concept to a physical single point = a feature without size, I could possibly buy it for Position at RFS, but for sure not in case of Position at MMC or LMC.
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Say, in 1994 flatness at MMC was a big no-no. In 2009 flatness that is derived from feature of size may be specified at RFS, MMC, and LMC.
And of course in ASME angle is not a size, but in ISO it is a size and cone is “feature of size” as well.
So we are in the grey area, not universally understood and not universally accepted all the time and in all the places.
That brings another question: should we “extend our principles” to close the gap?
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Unfortunately, at the time the standard told us to use straightness for form control on any feature of size -- even a planar block, which really didn't make sense since the concept of straightness is one-dimensional. But that was the rule at the time.
CheckerHater, you really like to keep us on our toes, huh?
John-Paul Belanger
Certified Sr. GD&T Professional
Geometric Learning Systems
http://www.gdtseminars.com
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http://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=328006
Really wild interpretation of simple position made me think that we are far away from understanding each other, and everybody extending principles their own way is not an answer.
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Frank
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Frank
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I do not see a point as a feature of size. :)
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Agree, per Y14.5 position shall be applied to features of size only, however I do not see a "logical impossibility" against applying it to a point (at RFS of course).
PS.: Nice to see you back.
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John-Paul Belanger
Certified Sr. GD&T Professional
Geometric Learning Systems
http://www.gdtseminars.com
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I have been looking for those:
thread1103-314840: What Is The Correct Position Tolerance Zone Of A Sphere To A Plane
thread1103-322523: Sphere features to planes 2?
pmarc,
Does ISO still allow position of a point?
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The newest edition of ISO 1101:2012 as well as the older one (issued in 2004) show an example entitled: "Position tolerance of a point", however the point is derived from typical spherical feature of size. It is not a physical portion of the part. Does this mean that position applied to a physical point is illegal? I am not able to tell.
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I generally don't have a problem with extension of principles.
The thing that I always watch out for is whether or not everything is clearly defined on a real part. In your cone example, the tolerance zone appears to be reasonably well defined. It's a spherical zone at a certain distance from Datum A and centered on Datum B. Datum feature B is a bit non-standard - presumably you would want a cylindrical simulator for B even though the feature itself is conical.
I would have more concerns about the definition of the toleranced point itself, however. The standard does not address how to establish the apex of an as-produced conical feature. On a real part with form error, there are many ways one could use to find an apex and they would all potentially give different results. What did you envision for the method of establishing the apex point?
Evan Janeshewski
Axymetrix Quality Engineering Inc.
www.axymetrix.ca
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Yes, we should be able to derive the virtual sharp of a cone. We just need to explicitly specify the method used for the derivation. For a sphere, the maximum inscribed/circumscribed inverse sphere works well but for a cone there is no obvious equivalent. The main question relates to the included angle of the inverse feature - is this angle held constant, or is some sort of fitting algorithm used? In your drawing, the diameter of the cone is dimensioned with a plus/minus tolerance and there is no basic angle.
Evan Janeshewski
Axymetrix Quality Engineering Inc.
www.axymetrix.ca
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Jim Sykes, P.Eng, GDTP-S
Profile Services www.profileservices.ca
TecEase, Inc. www.tec-ease.com
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Something like “DERIVED VIRTUAL SHARP”?
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Jim Sykes, P.Eng, GDTP-S
Profile Services www.profileservices.ca
TecEase, Inc. www.tec-ease.com