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To provide knowledge of the basic principles and techniques used for dimensional quality control in companies.
Insight into sources, causes, reproduction and calculation of measurement uncertainty. Insight in basic principles of dimensional measurements: SI system, traceability, Abbe principle, Taylor principle, relative versus absolute measurements, measurement standards, etc. Illustration of a number of measurement techniques: 1D, 2D, 3D measuring machines and measuring standards, surface roughness, interferometric measurements, X- ray CT measurements, the chi-square method..
Identical courses
This course is identical to the following courses:
H04P3C : Dimensionele meettechniek
Is included in these courses of study
- Master of Mechanical Engineering (Leuven) 120 ects.
- Master of Mechanical Engineering (Leuven) (Module: Manufacturing & Management) 120 ects.
- Master of Mechanical Engineering (Programme for Engineering Technology Students) (Leuven) 120 ects.
- Master of Mechanical Engineering (Programme for Engineering Technology Students) (Leuven) (Module: Manufacturing & Management) 120 ects.
- Master in de ingenieurswetenschappen: werktuigkunde (programma voor studenten gestart in 2024-2025 of later) (Leuven) 120 ects.
Activities
4.5 ects. Dimensional Metrology: Lecture (B-KUL-H0O79a)
Content
- Fundamentals of dimensional metrology and quality control
- 1D measurement
- 2D measurement
- 3D Digital coordinates measurement
- Special techniques: optical measuring techniques (laser) interferometry, X-ray CT metrology.
Course material
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1.5 ects. Dimensional Metrology: Exercises and Laboratory Sessions (B-KUL-H0O80a)
Content
Labs and seminars with dimensional measuring machines: 1D Abbe Length Measure Banks, 2D universal measuring microscopes, 3D coordinate measuring machines, roughness meters, (laser) interferometers, etc.
Course material
Lab reports.