How does a design go from the computer screen to something you hold in your hand? Not being able to fully answer this question is a huge risk in manufacturing because . One of the important tools ...

One of the challenges facing precision manufacturers and their medical device manufacturing partners is the increasing feature complexity of tight-tolerance parts. These complex geometries can result ...

Major Rules of GD&T provides an overview of the rules and concepts of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing, or GD&T. The major rules include Rule #1, or the Envelope Principle, which specifies how ...

In manufacturing, the devil is in the details—and the smallest oversight can lead to big headaches. Too often, it’s 4:30 p.m. on a Friday, you find out your trusted machinist is away on a fishing trip ...

Dimensional tolerances are critical for making parts that will fit together in an assembly and meet the design and performance goals. Getting the tolerances wrong could easily mean parts will be too ...