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Runout Experts needed...

I have 2 circles that I scanned. I drew a line between the 2 and that is being used as my Datum. Can runout be measured using a line drawn between to circles? I was told that using cones makes it nearly impossible to get good runout data.
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  • Your question is very short-worded, so we can only imply a few conditions...
    I have 2 circles that I scanned. I drew a line between the 2 and that is being used as my Datum.

    Are these two circles for your datum coaxial?

    Can runout be measured using a line drawn between to circles?

    No. Runout is a surface measurement, not an axis measurement. You would be measuring concentricity if you judge only the center-line.

    I was told that using cones makes it nearly impossible to get good runout data.

    What does this have to do with cones?
  • yes the total variation of the surface while rotated about that axis line, the axis is just the datum not the runout itself. Move the axis and the runout value changes though so it is not really as independent of center point as a circularity measurement is, but yes the error is on the surface in both cases
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  • yes the total variation of the surface while rotated about that axis line, the axis is just the datum not the runout itself. Move the axis and the runout value changes though so it is not really as independent of center point as a circularity measurement is, but yes the error is on the surface in both cases
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