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    "Critical" or "Inspection" dimensions -- useful or waste of

    I'm in engineering, designer of the parts, creator of the drawings. Our procedures currently require 100% inspection of our first article parts as they are delivered from our vendors. We want to develop a procedure for inspecting the balance of the lot. Of course 100% inspection would...
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    Interference Fit - finding radius of contact

    Given a hollow shaft of one material press-fit into a housing of a different material and knowing the initial dimensions and material properties, I'm having a most difficult time calculating the radius of contact (ROC). What am I missing? If the materials were the same I might assume they...

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