I have a confusion in my main drive shaft drawing whether to apply the cylindricity or total runout or runout or concentricity
Last edited by Kelly_Bramble; 08-24-2015 at 09:35 AM.
There are basically four qualities that might be controlled. Tell us which of these are important to the function, and whether they are to be held to the same tolerance. (Or perhaps one of these should be tighter?)...
-- size (diameter)
-- form (roundness)
-- orientation (angle)
-- location (centeredness)
For parts that rotate you often want to use circular runout, but your answer about which of these 4 are important may steer you to a different symbol.
Also, as Kelly mentioned, it is important to know if you are using the ISO standard for tolerancing, or the ASME standard for tolerancing.