With close-tolerance machining, variances in the temperature of the part or gage can lead to out-of-tolerance work. This article describes the compensation systems that have been developed to measure temperatures and make the necessary adjustments to gage readings.
Imported from the CTE archive to seed discussion on MFGAxis.
Originally published on CTE: 1999-04-01
CTE source: https://ctemag.com/articles/tolerances-feel-heat/
Legacy path: /articles/tolerances-feel-heat