One of the revisions in the ASME Y14.5-2009 Standard is related to feature of size. In the new standard, the definition of the term, “feature of size” has been revised to make it a general term that refers to two type of features of size: a regular feature of size and an irregular feature of size.

The chart below shows a comparison between the 1994 and 2009 use of the term.

A comparison chart showing the major revisions between ASME Y14.5 1994 and ASME Y14.5-2009 is available at our website. You can also sign up for an online update class, a public workshop or an onsite workshop.

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In 1985, Alex Krulikowski began a small start up company that provided training and consulting in a little-known discipline called geometric dimensioning and tolerancing. Twenty-five years later, Effective Training Inc. has evolved into a corporation that provides GD&T training, products and services to organizations across the globe.

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ETI is offering special pricing on two of our best reference materials. Both items are valuable resources that will help you transition to the new ASME Y14.5-2009 Standard.

The Ultimate GD&T Pocket Guide and the
ASME Y14.5M-1994 to ASME Y14.5-2009
New Features Comparison Chart Set

Until February 28, 2010, for every three pocket guides your purchase, you’ll get an additional pocket guide free. For every three chart sets you purchase, you’ll receive one additional set free. Web orders only.

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We also have a course for those who want to understand the differences between the 1994 and 2009 ASME standards:
The one-day ASME Y14.5-2009 Update Workshop will teach you about the pertinent changes made to the Y14.5 standard. You’ll learn how the subject matter has been reorganized, and about new sections that have been created for profile, orientation, and form. We offer onsite workshops at your location, public workshops in the Detroit area, and live web workshops that you can access anywhere. Read more about the course.

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The 2009 GD&T pocket guide has 50% more content than the 1994 pocket guide. Its larger format allows room for more charts and graphics, but it still fits in a shirt pocket. We’ve also added several new features, like index tabs on page edges, a glossary, references to the standard, which provide quick access to terms, charts, and drawings.  It’s now spiral bound, so it lays flat. Click the graphic to see a larger view.

The Ultimate GD&T Pocket Guide is a handy reference tool in one convenient pocket-sized package. Carry it with you on the job and have a resource to all your GD&T questions at your fingertips.

This product is a valuable tool for: designers; product, manufacturing, and quality engineers; CMM operators; checkers; quality personnel; engineers; students; and anyone else who uses GD&T on the job.

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A few months ago, I created a survey asking whether companies plan to adopt the new Y14.5-2009 standard, stay with the 1994 standard, or change to ISO standards. Using statistics elicited from the survey responses, I have developed a white paper addressing these issues.

“Deliberations on Dimensioning and Tolerancing Standards” is a 12-page paper that will help organizations decide what path may be the best for them. It includes a summary of the major changes to the ASME Y14.5 standard and insight into what other companies are planning. It also includes my deliberations and recommendations on changing dimensioning standards.

It’s available for $25 on our website.

I’ve had many clients ask me what’s new in the ASME Y14.5-2009 Standard. As you can imagine, a standard that has been 15 years in the making contains numerous changes. There are over 20 new or revised symbols and over 40 new or revised terms. In fact, almost every paragraph of the standard has some revision.

In order to provide a quick reference illustrating many of the standard changes and additions, I’ve created a set of charts comparing the features of ASME Y14.5M-1994 and ASME Y14.5-2009.

The New Features Comparison Chart Set is a comprehensive set of two, 2-sided, 11×17 charts that itemize changes in the standard. It highlights additions, revisions, and modifications to symbols, terms, and modifiers, including changes to the MMC modifier, feature of size and “irregular” feature of size, the new datum translation modifier, and numerous other new features.

Because it provides the 2009 standard references, you can quickly look up additional information as you need to on the job. The charts fits neatly in a 3-ring binder.

The two-chart set is only $12.

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From January 5th to March 31st, 2009, we’re offering discounts on all of our training (onsite, public, traditional web-based, and live web training). When you book your training, you’ll also receive discounts on the workshop materials.

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ETI is starting a blog.

Why?

Like many corporate blogs,  the ETI blog will announce new products and services, keep you updated about our public training schedules, and let you know about Alex’s speaking engagements and newly published articles.

However, the heart of the blog will be dedicated to GD&T.

We’ll keep you up to date on the new standard. We’ll inform you about new developments in industry that involve quality issues. We’ll focus on news items that pertain to manufacturing and recalls that may have been avoided by using GD&T.

We’re adding a Q/A portion where you can ask Alex his expert opinion, and see comments that follow from other readers. Alex will also offer tolerancing insights culled from his years of experience working with GD&T on the job and teaching GD&T to thousands around the globe.

Alex will also provide training and mentoring tips on how to keep companies up to speed on geometric tolerancing so they remain competitive in the global industrial marketplace. He’ll give tips for those who are learning the fundamentals, as well as those who are ready to tackle the system approach for component tolerancing.

The format is fluid, so who knows where this will take us? We only know one thing: if it involves GD&T, you’ll find it here.

We look forward to hearing your comments, insights, and viewpoint.