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Manual of Engineering Drawing, 3rd Edition
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Manual of Engineering Drawing, 3rd Edition

by Colin H. Simmons, Dennis E. Maguire
March 2009
Intermediate to advanced
336 pages
15h 31m
English
Butterworth-Heinemann
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Chapter Maximum material and least material principles

Maximum material condition (MMC)

MMC is that condition of a part or feature which contains the maximum amount of material, e.g. minimum-size hole, or a maximum-size shaft. In certain cases its use allows an increase in the specified tolerance if it is indicated that the tolerance applies to the feature at its maximum material condition.

The maximum material principle takes into account the mutual dependence of tolerances of size, form, orientation and/or location and permits additional tolerance as the considered feature departs from its maximum material condition.

The free assembly of components depends on the combined effect of the actual finished sizes and the errors of form or position ...

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ISBN: 9780080943626