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GeoTol Pro Fundamentals Workbook

The GeoTol Pro book is a professional grade, must have companion for all personnel using geometric tolerancing. The book was released in mid-2009 and is recognized as the “Gold Standard” to interpreting geometric tolerancing.

It is written to the latest ASME Y14.5-2009 standard on dimensioning and tolerancing. It has tables of symbols and an appendix that lists all the improvements and changes from the earlier ASME Y14.5M-1994 standard so it can be used to interpret the latest or earlier standards on geometric tolerancing. The book is complete and also has excerpts listing the similarities and differences from the international, ISO standards on dimensioning and tolerancing. The book has 380 pages with hundreds of graphics in full color. The color graphics make the drawings and tolerance zones “pop” off the page. The full color graphics makes the datum reference frame and tolerance zones stand out and concepts clear and easy to understand.

The book is written in a simple easy to understand language. It has 17 units that begin with the basic fundamentals that gradually progress through the advanced concepts of tolerance boundaries and simple stack-up calculations. The book is designed for engineers, designers, manufacturing and quality personnel. It has hundreds of graphics that show parts in practical assemblies, the application on the drawing, along with graphical inspection techniques and data reporting procedures. The book comes complete loaded with student exercises during and at the end of each chapter. This allows the reader to periodically test their new found skills as they progress through the units. The book has a table of contents and index for an easy search for information.

Special feature for instructors/leaders: The book can be used alone, as a reference, or as part of a complete training system on geometric tolerancing. To aid a instructor/leader in the presentation of the geometric tolerancing training materials there are a few options. A MS PowerPoint presentation is available with over 1700 full color animated computer graphics. There is also a 17 unit DVD video program in high Definition Blue Ray available. Also available is a set of wood and plastic models of miscellaneous parts an inspection equipment such as height gage, angle plate, sine bar, vee blocks etc. The pictures and page numbers in the workbook correspond to and match the wood/plastic model set, Instructor PowerPoint Kit and DVD/Video Series. The instructor/leader can use any or all of these materials to provide the students with an exciting/practical hands-on learning experience.

The book is co-authored by Scott Neumann and Al Neumann. Scott Neumann is a mechanical engineer who specializes in tolerance stack-ups and inspection techniques. Al Neumann has been a member of the ASME Y14.5 committee for the past 25 years and also serves on the ASME Y14.5.1 committee on mathematical principles of dimensioning and tolerancing. Both Al and Scott are active on the ISO standards committees and have authored best selling books and video training programs on the subject of geometric tolerancing. They both travel presenting thousands of training programs to hundreds of thousands of people around the world. The book imparts Al and Scott’s knowledge working with thousands of people in hundreds of industries around the world. The GeoTol Pro book is $85 with a 10% discount to those who wish to upgrade their earlier book on geometric tolerancing.

GeoTol Pro Pocket Guide (pack of ten)

The GeoTol Pocket Guide is recently released and is written to the latest ASME Y14.5-2009 standard. The changes and improvements from previous standards are noted so the GeoTol Pocket Guide can be used to interpret the latest or earlier geometric standards as well.

The pocket guide is 70 pages with the graphics in full color to make the concepts and tolerance zones “pop” off the page. It is written in an easy to understand language that progresses through the concepts. It has a table of contents for a quick search to necessary information.

The pocket guide is a necessary companion and a ideal reference to the major concepts and necessary formulas that are used every day by people working with geometric tolerancing.

The GeoTol pocket guides come in packages of ten and include major concepts and position tables in both metric and inch.

Print Reading and Engineering Drawing Practices Textbook

This workbook and workshop was designed to be a short course on the fundamentals of Print Reading and Engineering Drawing Practices. It is best suited for entry level engineers, designers, drafters or machinists, quality control and inspection personnel. The material presented in this workbook may also be used as a “refresher course” in the current ASME standards used in the interpretation or preparation of engineering drawings for buyers and purchasing personnel.

The objective of this workbook/reference guide is to reduce a comprehensive series of drawing standards into simple and digestible segments to provide the individual with a better understanding of these fundamental practices used in the preparation or interpretation of engineering drawings.

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

Engineering drawings are prepared to the ASME Y14 Series of Standard Drawing and Drafting Practices, accepted industry wide practices, and individual company standards. These standards establish uniform practices for anyone who either prepares drawings or reads the print with accepted methods to interpret the information on the drawing.

This program contains fourteen units covering the basic requirements used in the preparation of or the interpretation (print reading) of engineering drawings. Workshop exercises are contained within each unit where applicable. Solutions to these problems are in the back of the book. Critiquing your company’s engineering drawings and others during this workshop is a outstanding opportunity to increase the quality and readability of your own engineering drawings.

GeoTol Pro Leader’s Guide

Stacks and Analysis Workbook

This workbook covers fundamentals of tolerance stacks, it follows along with the Geometric Tolerancing Stacks and Analysis Program. Tolerance stacks are an important tool for designers, engineers, manufacturing, quality and shop personnel. Tolerance stacks are used to evaluate the variable features and dimensions of a single part or an assembly of parts. There is a variety of stacks and this workbook is divided in units to cover each type separately. These basic principles can be used individually or in combination to complete an evaluation.

The Geometric Tolerancing Stacks Workbook is designed to educate students on performing tolerance stacks and reallocation analysis on linear and axial assemblies. The examples are reinforced with loads of student hands-on exercises in a variety of mechanical case studies on both details and assemblies. The solutions and explanations to the exercises are included so the students may evaluate their skills.

Keep the pictures of the books along with the description. The text had to be rewritten for these other books. This workbook provides simple easy to use common sense formulas to solve the most complex problems. To calculate axial stacks it illustrates the advantages of using the “boundary method” of evaluating joints rather than evaluating mating surfaces covered in the vector method. This boundary method evaluates joints in an assembly and dramatically simplifies the procedure. It cuts in half the process of evaluating tolerance stacks with feature and datum modifiers. The stacks and tolerance allocation become very intuitive and easy to understand. The implication of the MMC, RFS and LMC modifiers are explained and included in the calculations.

Statistical tolerancing is introduced in unit 9. Statistical tolerancing principles can be employed on problems throughout the workbook. The solutions to the stack problems can be found in the solutions section in the rear of the workbook. There is also an Excel stack spreadsheet available that follows along with workbook and automatically calculates the necessary boundaries.

Special feature for instructors/leaders: The pictures in the workbook correspond to and match the Instructor PowerPoint Kit and DVD/Video Series. The instructor/leader can use these materials to provide the students with an exciting/practical hands-on learning experience. The workbook is loaded with student workshop exercises at the end of each chapter. The Geometric Tolerancing Stacks and Analysis Workbook is perfect for schools and corporate in-plant programs. It can be used alone or in conjunction with the other training materials.

A popular presentation is to use the Geo Tol Stacks program and Applications workbook simultaneously. The student would alternately complete a lesson in the Stacks Program and afterwards solve a practical case study problem in the Applications with Stacks Program. This format provides variety in the lessons and practical applications at the same time.

Applications with Stacks Workbook

This workbook is designed to educate students on reasonable and proper application of geometric tolerancing to parts and assemblies. It follows along with the Geometric Tolerancing Applications with Stacks Program. The workbook starts out with a quick review of the major concepts of geometric tolerancing and the necessary fastener formulas used to calculate position tolerances. The review also includes examples and illustrations on when to use the feature and datum modifiers MMC, RFS and LMC.

The workbook continues with a series of case study problems the student must solve. The problems consist of practical examples of parts and assemblies that can be found in an industrial environment. The introduction in each case study provides design information and functional requirements about the problem. In the hands-on lessons, students must apply necessary geometric tolerancing to the parts to ensure assembly and functional requirements. This includes the establishment of DRF’s, the relation between the datum features, and the location of all the remaining features to the DRF. The students must also apply any necessary form, orientation, profile, position and runout tolerances. This workbook contains a variety of problems including machinings, sheet metal, plastic applications with a variety of functional design requirements.

The students must also use the fixed and floating fastener formulas to calculate proper mating conditions. The drawings should be complete, including the application of realistic tolerance values in the feature control frames for the given situation and manufacturing concerns. The student should also pay particular attention to the proper selection of MMC, RFS and LMC feature and datum modifiers. The workbook uses geometric tolerancing completely. Plus/minus tolerancing is used only for the size of features and not the location of features.

The Applications with Stacks Workbook has two parts, the application of geometric tolerancing to parts and assemblies and the tolerance stacks evaluation process of those applications. If the student is interested in just the application of geometric tolerancing, the stack problems need not be completed. However, if the student desires to perform any of the stack problems in this program, the knowledge of tolerance stacks is a perquisite. For detailed information on tolerance stacks see the Geometric Tolerancing Stacks and Analysis Workbook by Al Neumann. The Applications with Stacks Workbook contains the case study problems as well as the solutions. It is a excellent reference for applying geometric tolerancing to parts and assemblies.

Special feature for instructors/leaders: The pictures in the workbook correspond to and match the Instructor PowerPoint Kit and DVD/Video Series. Also available is an optional plastic model set. The instructor/leader can use these materials to provide the students with an exciting/practical hands-on learning experience. The workbook is loaded with student workshop exercises. The Geometric Tolerancing Applications with Stacks Workbook is perfect for schools and corporate in-plant programs. It can be used alone as a self study or reference or in conjunction with the other training materials.

A popular presentation is to use the Geometric Tolerancing Stacks and Analysis Workbook and the Geometric Tolerancing Applications with Stacks Workbook simultaneously. The student would alternately complete a lesson in the Stacks book and afterwards solve a practical case study problem in the Applications book. This format provides variety in the lessons and practical applications at the same time.

Fundamentals Workbook

The Geometric Tolerancing Fundamentals Workbook covers the fundamental principles of geometric tolerancing and follows along with the Geometric Tolerancing Fundamentals Program. The 350-page workbook is written in a simple to understand practical format. It includes over 500 graphics many in isometric 3D which makes the tolerance zones and Cartesian coordinate concepts easy to understand.

The text has practical examples and tips showing how to select datums and apply the geometric tolerances. The text also discusses and illustrates inspection and verification techniques. The workbook has an appendix, which lists all the changes, revisions and enhancements from the earlier ANSI Y14.5M 1982 standard. The workbook is programmed to follow along with the fundamental program DVD/video and Instructor PowerPoint Kit. It can also be used alone in a classroom presentation, as a reference text or self study guide.

The Geometric Tolerancing Fundamentals workbook conforms and provides interpretation for the American National Standards ASME Y14.5M – 1994 and ASME Y14.5.1M – 1994 on dimensioning and tolerancing. It also contains information on the international ISO standards on dimensioning and tolerancing.

Special feature for instructors/leaders: The pictures in the workbook correspond to and match the wood/plastic model set, Instructor PowerPoint Kit and DVD/Video Series. The instructor/leader can use these materials to provide the students with an exciting and practical hands-on learning experience. The workbook is loaded with student workshop exercises at the end of each chapter. The Geometric Tolerancing Fundamentals Workbook is perfect for schools and corporate in-plant programs. It can be used alone or in conjunction with the other training materials.

Fundamentals Pocket Guide (pack of ten)

The Geometric Tolerancing Fundamentals Program is also accompanied by the Geometric Tolerancing Pocket Guide. These 70 page guides are pocket sized and contain the most important points of the geometric system.

The pocket guide also contains many of the formulas and conversion tables necessary to work with geometric tolerancing. The pocket guides come in packages of ten.

Fundamentals Solutions Manual – 1994 Standards