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Subjects / LC Engineering / Strand 3: Design capability

Tolerances, limits and fits

Apply tolerances, limits and clearance, transition and interference fits when designing assembled components.

5th Year6th Year HigherOrdinary
Helps to know first: Metrology and quality assurance
16practice questions

Fill the gaps: 1 · Match the pairs: 1 · Multiple choice: 5 · Select all that apply: 1 · Numeric answer: 5 · Put in order: 1 · Short answer: 1 · Written answer (self/teacher assessed): 1

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A shaft is dimensioned 16 ± 0.04 mm. What is its upper limit of size in mm?
Whole numbers, decimals (2.5) or fractions (3/4).
Hint 1

Upper limit = nominal + tolerance.

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