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Towards a tolerance representation model for generating tolerance specification schemes and corresponding tolerance zones

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In this paper, a tolerance representation model for generating tolerance specification schemes and corresponding tolerance zones is proposed to meet the requirement of the representation of tolerance information semantics. This model is hierarchically organized and consists of five layers. They are component, geometric feature, variational geometric constraint, tolerance specification scheme, and tolerance zone layers. The mating relations between components in the component layer, the mating relations between geometric features in the geometric feature layer, the variational geometric constraints between geometric features in the variational geometric constraint layer, the tolerance specification schemes of component in the tolerance specification scheme layer, and the tolerance zones of tolerance specification schemes in the tolerance zone layer are formally defined by one or more adjacency matrices, respectively. Based on the model, a method for generating tolerance specification schemes for component and their resultant tolerance zones is designed. This method shows how to adopt a top-down strategy to carry out tolerance specification for an arbitrary assembly designed in a CAD system. The paper also provides a practical example to illustrate how the method works.

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The authors would like to appreciate the insightful comments from the three anonymous reviewers and the regional editor Professor Andrew Y. C. Nee for the improvement of the paper. The authors also would like to acknowledge the financial supports by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51475190 and 51365009), the Hubei Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 2015CFA109), the Doctoral Dissertation Innovation Foundation of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, and the National Scholarship of China Scholarship Council.

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  1. The State Key Laboratory of Digital Manufacturing Equipment and Technology, School of Mechanical Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, People’s Republic of China

    Yuchu Qin, Wenlong Lu & Xiaojun Liu

  2. EPSRC Future Advanced Metrology Hub, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, HD1 3DH, UK

    Qunfen Qi, Paul J. Scott & Xiangqian Jiang

  3. School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin, 541004, People’s Republic of China

    Meifa Huang

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Qin, Y., Lu, W., Qi, Q. et al. Towards a tolerance representation model for generating tolerance specification schemes and corresponding tolerance zones. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 97, 1801–1821 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-018-1977-y

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