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Tolerance Allocation (with Introduction to Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing)

Allocating the right amount of tolerance is critical in ensuring manufactured parts will function, but how do you know how much tolerance to give?

1 day

Next available: London, 05 Apr 2027

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Tolerance Allocation (with Introduction to Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing)

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Summary

Allocating the right amount of tolerance is critical in ensuring manufactured parts will function, but how do you know how much tolerance to give?

Tolerance allocation starts with the part feature functional requirements, translates these into quantitative measures, which then allows the calculation of the required functional dimensions and tolerances.

Who should attend?

Designers, development, manufacturing and quality engineers.

How will I benefit?

By the end of the course, you should:

Be able to calculate critical functional tolerance values required on mechanical part
Be able to construct simple vector diagrams and perform simple tolerance stack analysis
Understand the basics of GD&T and know how to transition from plus/minus tolerancing to GD&T
Practice tolerance allocation through a series of worked examples including one of my own

Contributes 7 CPD hours

Key topics

Method for calculation of functional tolerance values
Vector diagrams and tolerance stack analysis
Calculation of tolerances for specific fits, clearances, interferences compressions and shifts
How plus/minus tolerancing and GD&T approaches differ and work
The basics of GD&T
Statistical tolerancing

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Duration:

1 day
Location:

London
CPD Hours:

7
UK-Spec:

A, B

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London: 05 Apr 2027 10% discount available until 5 February

London: 13 Sep 2027 10% discount available until 13 July

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