The Applications and Tolerance Stacks course material contains 17 units. Units 1-6 focus on tolerance stacks and units 7-17 focus on design applications.
Tolerance Stacks Units 1-6
Unit 1 Plus/Minus Stacks
- Linear stacks on assemblies using plus/minus tolerancing
Unit 2 Profile Detail Stacks
- Linear stacks on single parts using profile tolerancing
- How to add flatness and perpendicularity tolerances to a stack analysis
Unit 3 Profile Assembly Stacks
- Linear stacks on assemblies using profile tolerancing
- When to add flatness and perpendicularity to a stack analysis
Unit 4 Boundary Detail Stacks
- Axial stacks on single parts
- Calculating boundaries for position, runout, profile
- RFS, MMC and LMC datum and feature modifiers
- Wall thickness calculations
Unit 5 Boundary Assembly Stacks
- Axial stacks on assemblies using position and profile
- Adding datum feature shift to a stack analysis
- When not to add a geometric tolerance to a stack
- Multiple datum reference frames
Unit 6 Orientation Stacks
- Stacks affected by parallelism, perpendicularity, angularity
Unit 6.5 Statistical Stack Methods
- Worst Case vs. RSS vs. MRSS
Design Applications Units 7-17
Unit 7 Introduction to Design Applications
- Introduction to applications
- Fixed and floating fastener formulas
- Example parts and drawings
Unit 8 Grommet Assembly
- Milling machined part exercise
- Linear profile stack
- Axial position stack
Unit 9 Powder Case Assembly
- 2 part turned machined part exercise
- Axial profile position stack
Unit 10 Fuel Cooler Bracket
- Formed sheet metal part exercise
- Functional gage exercise
Unit 11 Valve Assembly
- 3 part round machined part exercise
- Axial profile position stack
Unit 12 Step Bracket Assembly
- 3 part formed sheet metal part exercise
Unit 13 Regulator Mounting Bracket
- Formed sheet metal part exercise
- Composite position discussion
Unit 14 Optic Connector Assembly
- 2 part round machined part exercise
- Linear profile stack
- Axial position stack
- Axial position profile stack
Unit 15 Mixer Assembly
- 7 part round machined part exercise
- Linear profile stack
- Linear profile stack
- Axial position stack
- Axial profile stack
Unit 16 Alternator Bracket
- Weldment assembly exercise
- Piece part exercise
- Weld fixture design
Unit 17 Link Assembly
- Machined part exercise
- Casting part exercise
- Cast feature size calculations