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Mmc

Can’t believe most inspectors and especially engineers don’t know this!

On a hole diameter MMC = Actual measured hole size minus the smallest allowable size which is the MMC condition… max material.

So for TP .5 on a 10.0 +/- .5 hole that measures 10.1
You get .6 Bonus (actual size 10.1 minus the smallest size 9.5 = .6) this .6 extra tolerance is then added to the given .5 TP tolerance for a grand total of 1.1 tolerance.

For a solid pin or outside cylinder it’s outside diameter, same concept. Largest allowable size minus the actual = Bonus Tolerance.

BONUS TOLERANCE =
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MMC SIZE AND ACTUAL SIZE! ADDED TO GIVEN TP TOLERANCE IN THE FEATURE CONTROL FRAME.​
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  • I have a coworker, that has been an inspector for 30+ years, that says MMC on datums and datum shift do not exist and that I just made them up. He even went on to say that, if PC DMIS allows it, then it is unreliable and cannot be used. It is not as accurate as his manual machine running of GEO PAK.


    Have you asked him to build you a functional gage with proper tolerance stack-ups? Rolling eyes
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  • I have a coworker, that has been an inspector for 30+ years, that says MMC on datums and datum shift do not exist and that I just made them up. He even went on to say that, if PC DMIS allows it, then it is unreliable and cannot be used. It is not as accurate as his manual machine running of GEO PAK.


    Have you asked him to build you a functional gage with proper tolerance stack-ups? Rolling eyes
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