Concise yet comprehensive, this highly acclaimed training manual and reference provides the many phases of inspection work and their application to today's manufacturing operations through a practical down-to-earth presentation.
• Discusses a range of manual and automatic measuring devices along with their specific functions and the specialized functions involved in their use. • Analyzes the methods and duties of inspectors. • Appropriate for use by inspection supervisors, plant managers, quality control engineers and subcontractors. • Includes SPC and other data analysis methods for manufacturing applications. • Provides detailed discussions of available measuring and quantitative systems. • Compares important measuring and gaging systems.
Preface to Sixth Edition
Preface to Sixth Edition
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1 : The Need and Function of Inspection in Industry Chapter 2 : How Specifications Aid the Inspector Chapter 3 : Tolerances and Allowances Chapter 4 : How Standards Aid the Inspector Chapter 5 : Basic Procedures Chapter 6 : Basic Principles and Techniques of Measurement Chapter 7 : Comparison and Fixed Gages Chapter 8 : Surface Plate Methods and Equipment Chapter 9 : Mechanical Indicating Equipment Chapter 10 : Electrical Gaging Equipment Chapter 11 : Air Gaging Equipment Chapter 12 : Optical Measuring and Inspection Equipment Chapter 13 : Gaging and Inspection of Screw Threads Chapter 14 : Special Measuring and Inspection Problems Chapter 15 : Gage Checking and Calibration Chapter 16 : Measuring in Millionths Chapter 17 : Coordinate Measuring Machines Chapter 18 : Automatic Gaging Chapter 19 : Nondestructive Testing