2002/01/01 by Y.S. Hong, Yoo S. Hong, T.C. Chang · 302 citations
Engineering · Mathematics · #Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies #Computer science #Engineering #Engineering drawing #Engineering ethics #Engineering management #Geometric dimensioning and tolerancing #Industrial Vision Systems and Defect Detection #Management science #Manufacturing Process and Optimization #Manufacturing engineering #Mathematics #Product (mathematics) #Realization (probability) #Systems engineering
paper · doi:10.1080/00207540210128242
published in International Journal of Production Research 40(11), 2425-2459 (Taylor & Francis)
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Ever since the plus/minus limits on dimensions first started to appear on engineering drawings in the early 1900s, tolerances have been one of the most important issues for every engineer involved in the product realization processes. In particular, with the advancement of computers and CAD/CAM techniques in the 1970s, the tolerance-related issues have continuously drawn the attention of many researchers since then. As a result, a tremendous number of research articles have been published over the last 30 years. This paper aims at a comprehensive state-of-the-art review on various tolerancing issues in design and manufacturing. However, due to the overwhelming number of existing research publications, any reviews on tolerancing issues could by no means be exhaustive. Rather, this review attempts to provide the reader with a view toward a balanced understanding of the various problems in tolerancing by presenting some typical research work for each of the classified fields, and tries to draw the potential research directions in the future.