Topics Covered
3-1 Comparable and inspection-able geometry specification
Calculation of Angle, Center of Gravity, Distance, Area, Distances and angles (trigonometric functions), Cartesian and polar coordinates, Limits of maximum inscribed and minimum circumscribed calculation for segments smaller than 180°. Limits of coaxiality of concentricity and possible alternatives, Measuring small circle segments, crowing, Function- and inspection-compliant design, Cost-reducing design, Dealing with ambiguous drawings, Digital inspection planning
3-2 Production-compliant Inspection
Production Types and Achievable Production Precisions, Form Deviations and Their Causes, Measuring deviations
3-3 CAD Basics
Principles of Construction and Technical Drawing, Principles and Tools of CAD Design, Imaging of Geometry, Model Types, CAD Data Dimensions, Import of CAD Data, Interfaces
3-4 Point Cloud and Reverse Engineering
Point clouds, STL data, Nominal-actual comparisons, Basics of reverse engineering, Creating geometric elements via reverse engineering, Reverse engineering in practice, Data formats
3-5 Automated measurement program generation (PMI)
Types of automated generation of measurement programs, Fully parameterized workpieces, Workpieces with product and manufacturing information (PMI, “3D tolerances”), Tasks and responsibilities of the measurement engineer for the automated generation of measurement programs
3-6 Digital Filtering and Evaluation
Software Filters, Gauss Filters, High-Pass, Low-Pass, Waviness, Roughness, mechanical filter, morphological filters, Dealing with outliers
3-7 Communication
What is communication? How does communication work? Cultural values, Positive formulation, Benefit/gain argumentation
3-8 Sensor Competence
Planning measurement strategies, Criteria for the determination of the measurement strategy, Criteria for the selection of sensors, Effect of different strategies on the measurement result
3-9 Monitoring of CMMs
CMM Monitoring, ISO 10360/VDI 2617, Possibilities to optimize the accuracy of CMMs, Calibration, calibration chain, traceability, normals, monitoring, acceptance test, verification, calibration, process capability, influence of temperature and coefficient of expansion
3-10 Measuring Uncertainty and Measuring Process Suitability
GUM Handbook, Determination of the Measuring Uncertainty, Uncertainty Budgets, PUMA Method, Increasing Measurement Uncertainty, Extended Measurement Uncertainty, Conformity, ISO 14253, Determination of Uncertainty Using Calibrated parts, Use of the Virtual CMM, Measuring Process Suitability according to MSA (GR&R), VDA 5, Comparing the methods
3-11 Quality Management
Quality Management Standards, Audit and Certification, Quality Tools, Origin of Errors and Error Elimination, Optimizing quality costs, Influence of design and inspection on the quality costs
3-12 Process Monitoring
Process Monitoring, Statistical Process Control (SPC), cp Values, cpk Values, cm Values, cmk Values, Monitoring Strategies and Quality Control Cards, Capability studies and their relevance to the overall process
3-13 Measuring Room Management
Aspects of measurement room management as a whole, Planning, procuring and operating measurement rooms, Work procedures in a measurement room, Tools and methods for controlling the processes in a measurement room, Personel selection, qualification and further development
3-14 Conclusion
Influences on the measurement result, Influence of measurement uncertainty on process parameters, Job profile Metrologist
