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    Tolerancing a simple weldment consisting of sheet metal parts.

    Thanks for your input. Think we are all on the same page. We can conclude that for each part we need to balance the need for tolerances verses the amount of work (cost, time) we put in the designs/ drawings. With sheetmetal parts we normally see that they are in clear sight of the customer...
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    Tolerancing a simple weldment consisting of sheet metal parts.

    Thanks for your replies. I agree with what you are saying. In my role as drawing checker I'm asking my colleagues to add mentioned tolerances on the final part drawings. They see the benefit and agree it should be added. But then the question arises WHAT dimensions, form and place tolerances...
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    Tolerancing a simple weldment consisting of sheet metal parts.

    Dear all, at my company we are trying to add tolerances on certain envelope dimensions of sheet metal weldment parts to make sure the parts will cause no issues in assembly. (Procurement can switch suppliers as they see fit.) For your information: We have drawings for the sheetmetal sub...
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    ANSI Z535 safety colors; where is gloss specified?

    Dear all, We are uncertain of the gloss specification of safety colors per ANSI Z535. We require this for designing and inspection of labels. We have purchased ANSI Z535.1. Do the values mentioned herein also account for gloss? I'm not familiar with the mentioned CIE and Munsell systems, but...

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