Dimensional tolerances are critical for making parts that will fit together in an assembly and meet the design and performance goals. Getting the tolerances wrong could easily mean parts will be too ...

How does a design go from the computer screen to something you hold in your hand? Not being able to fully answer this question is a huge risk in manufacturing because . One of the important tools ...

Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) has been around since the 1940s, yet it is unappreciated as a way of finding bad designs before parts get made. • Tolerances are a vital part of ...

When developing medical device products and the parts that comprise them, engineers must usually decide what elements of the design are critical to function and, therefore, what dimensions require ...

Medical device customers often say, “The design is close to lockdown.” This means that the list of requirements has been met and that the project is nearing handoff to manufacturing. The next steps ...