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TRAINING COURSE: functional dimensioning fundamentals

OBJECTIVES

→ understand and apply the principles of linear functional dimensioning

DURATION

2 days (14 hours)

ATTENDEES

Mechanical designers
Industrialization designers
Control means designers
Quality control managers

PREREQUISITES

Knowledge of general mechanics
Basic mathematical operators and pythagoras

COURSE PRICE

900€ /trainee
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CONTENT

Introduction to the functional dimensioning process
→ Definition and justification
→ The functional design process

Static state analysis
→ Presentation of the different linkages
→ The 3 main cases of isostatism

Drawing and calculating linear dimension chains (carried by a straight line)
→ Identify functional conditions
→ Draw a dimension chain
→ Write the functional equation
→ Principle of calculation using the table method
→ Definition of the concept of sensitivity
→ Drawing of a dimension chain with an axis
→ Taking account of Gd&T
→ Principle of dimension transfer

The functional dimensioning file
→ Analysis of the functional conditions to be calculated
→ Organisation by functional blocks
→ Functional schematisation
→ Drawing of the dimensioning diagram
→ Calculation of chains
→ Principle of tolerancing
→ Organisation of functional data

Skills acquisition quiz

Teaching method

→ Many application exercises
→ We provide a full documentation the trainee can rely on after the course
→ When training is delivered in sequenced distance learning modules: trainees are given exercises to apply their own plans. There is time for questions and answers at the start of the next sequence.

Assessment method

→ Quiz

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Program sheet creation date: February 2023