runout vs concentricity question
runout vs concentricity question
(OP)
If I mount the following object on a V block at point A and put a indicator at point B, what am I measuring? Basically I want to see if the two diameter's center lines are collinear.





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If your feature A is not perfectly round, using V-block to establish axis of rotation is a major pain.
Just an opinion.
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Due note TheTick's statement about v-blocks. If your A feature has significant lobing it can effect the results.
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Without touching the aspect of proper datum axis establishment by V-block at the moment, depending on how you will rotate and move the dial indicator or the part during the check, you may verify different things - circular runout, total runout or even ASME's concentricity. (dgallup, are you sure that it is not possible to measure concentricity [per ASME definition] with a dial indicator, of course assuming that datum axis is well established?)
What GD&T standard are you working to - ASME or ISO? Concentricity has different meaning in both, so it would be good to know what "Concentricity" means to you. Additionally, assuming you are in ASME world, "I want to see if the two diameter's center lines are collinear" makes me think that you are very close to mix Concentricity with Coaxiality.
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Concentricity simply can NOT be fully verified with a chuck or V-block. It requires more. That is one reason that runout even exists as a spec. Runout is simpler to measure and in most cases is sufficient.
Many people specify concentricity when they really mean runout, and even specify measurement methods for runout. It is "folk GD&T", and not correct.
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Let's say that I have a will, time and money to try to inspect ASME's Concentricity of an external cylinder relative to datum axis derived from other external cylinder with the use of single dial indicator and a chuck. I place datum feature cylinder in the chuck - the axis of the chuck becomes my datum axis. Then I start to probe toleranced cylinder surface with the dial indicator, but not in a continuous way, like I would do in case of circular or total runout check. Instead of it, I probe one point, register the indicator reading, and then rotate the part by 180 degress around datum axis and register second reading. Next I analyze magnitude of difference in readings and divide it by 2. This is the distance of single median point from datum axis.
By doing this I inspected and analyzed one pair of diametrically opposed points. And I can/have to do it for other points in the same cross section and in other cross sections along the axis of toleranced cylinder.
Wouldn't it work as a check of actual Concentricity error?
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In the light of that, do you still think that my method of inspection does not lead to proper actual Concentricity error check?
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Pmarc,
Is the technique you describe any different from using a chuck and 2 indicators?
As concentricity is described as condition of two opposite points, chuck and 2 indicators should be perfectly fine IMHO.
The Tick,
As concentricity controls TWO OPPOSITE POINTS, and runout controls ALL THE POINTS, runout is more restrictive control than concentricity.
If part passes runout requirement, it automatically passes concentricity reqirement of the same amount, and THAT IS the reason that runout even exists as a spec.
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No, geometrical fundamentals behind my idea is no different than in case of use of 2 dial indicators. The only difference - you will need two of them, I will need just one.
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There is no need for envisioning some fancy scenarios with ellipses, corkscrews and v-blocks. I was asking for simple answer to the simplest possible case of all.
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If corkscrew doesn’t have opposite points, then concentricity doesn’t apply.
Does OP part look anything like a corkscrew? Because if it’s not, you are not helping.
(I won’t post anything else here, I promise)
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Another example:
Posted here is an example of opposing ellipses which would show zero runout when measured on a V-block. Again, this example is exaggerated for effect.
It is also possible to have shapes that appear to have uniform diameter when measured with calipers at different orientations but are not round.
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It would be good if your attachments vere in formats readable to all of us here. I do not have Solid Works, so can just imagine what your "another example" is about.
You seem to stick to V-block issue. The thing with it is that if you are sure that datum feature experiences significant form and/or size errors (within stated limits of size if we are in ASME world), because you previously checked it, v-block should not be used for datum axis simulation, exactly due to the reasons you mentioned. In reality it happens quite often that datum features are of sufficient form and size quality to enable v-block usage. Sometimes v-block(s) is(are) the only reasonable choice.
I have a feeling that v-block was not the clue of OP's question. Of course it is very good that the caution was urged by you and others, but did it bring him any closer to understand what can be measured by dial indicator on feature B? I do not think so.
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I've been over the concentricity vs. runout thing many times in my career. There are thems that gets it and thems that refuses to. Not much in between.
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If the part stands still and the indicator rotates around datum axis, the error will be there, don't you think?
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(Sorry, I know I promised to keep quiet)
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Are you going to rotate the indicator around the axis? How are you going to set that up without a mandrel? If you had a mandrel, why are you using a V-block?