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Can Flatness be a refinement of Profile?

Can Flatness be a refinement of Profile?

Can Flatness be a refinement of Profile?

(OP)
I will attempt to describe my situation in words:

The part is basically a tin can shape (but thicker than tin) with a flange at the top rim. I want to control the flange area with Profile of .01", but engineer wants the bottom of the flange to be held Flat within .002". For the profile, I will call it out between points A and B. Within A to B is the bottom of the flange that needs to be Flat.

Is this a correct thing to do? Can something be called out as Flat within an area that is being Profiled, as long as the Flatness is held tighter?

Thanks

RE: Can Flatness be a refinement of Profile?

Flatness can be a refinement of profile as long as the surface being controlled is nominally flat.

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RE: Can Flatness be a refinement of Profile?

Is Profile control using datum(s)?

"For every expert there is an equal and opposite expert"
Arthur C. Clarke Profiles of the future

RE: Can Flatness be a refinement of Profile?

(OP)
Yes CH, Profile is using datums.

RE: Can Flatness be a refinement of Profile?

OK.

It just was my thought, that if Profile controls just a single nominally flat feature without reference to datums, then profile essentially is no different from flatness.
In this case tighter flatness requirement will simply override it.

Now, if profile is controlling orientation / location, etc., flatness is legitimate refinement and I join powerhound with "yes".

"For every expert there is an equal and opposite expert"
Arthur C. Clarke Profiles of the future

RE: Can Flatness be a refinement of Profile?

Without knowing more about your part, this suggestion may be way off mark, however:

Would Perpendicularity meet both of your requirements in a more elegant manner, or would a tolerance zone perpendicular to the relevant datums not be appropriate?

RE: Can Flatness be a refinement of Profile?

Looks legit to me.

"Know the rules well, so you can break them effectively."
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RE: Can Flatness be a refinement of Profile?

Even more "yes" than before

Randy,

Your sketch sure looks like a "tin can" to me smile

RE: Can Flatness be a refinement of Profile?

Looks clear and practical to me. That is not what I had in mind when I read "flange" though. I was thinking "bolt flange" more than a feature like that! Now that I see the part, yea, that looks clear to me, assuming Datums C and D are logical.

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