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The short wavelength limit of surface texture and a depicted surface crack.įigure 2 shows a graph of all possible wavelengths of surface texture. This is not a pure interpretation of rule “s,” but it is the closest that we can reliably approximate it, given the current state of measurement art.įigure 1. Using this surface texture-based approach, we can consider that GD&T measurements would include features down to 2.5 micrometer wavelengths, but would exclude flaws smaller than 2.5 micrometers, as shown in Figure 1. It is interesting to note that ASME B46.1-2019 also indicates that surface flaws are not considered as part of surface texture.
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Wavelengths shorter than 2.5 micrometers are mostly filtered out of the data prior to analysis. The ASME B46.1-2019 “Surface Texture” standard implies that, in most cases, surface texture begins at a wavelength of 2.5 micrometers. However, one approach we can consider is to include the features down to the scales that are typically considered “surface texture” as these are also required by rule “s”.
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We can all agree that most production measurement systems are incapable of measuring surface defects, say, to the molecular or atomic level. To address the rule “s” requirements we first need to agree on some lower end limit for the smallest features that can feasibly be included. Using Surface Texture Limits To Define The Measurable Range