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Article Specification limits and costs

22.10.2012: Edgar Dietrich

Why unnecessarily tight tolerances cause additional costs

An unnecessarily close distance between two specification limits can cause a considerable amount of additional costs. The measurement process should hardly contribute to the increase of costs which might lead to the fact that a higher quality and more expensive measuring instrument is required. However, the investment can be worth it as the following article shows.

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