In modern industrial environments where responsibility for quality control is being placed upon individual workers, the understanding of dimensional metrology principles is becoming increasingly important. That's why the fourth edition of our best-selling Fundamentals of Dimensional Metrology book offers a direct path to understanding and applying the principles, techniques, and devices used within the dimensional metrology field today. This edition uses both the Metric and Imperial systems, yet emphasizes Metric measurement devices and concepts in all examples for greater consistency with the latest industry trends. Information on particular devices and concepts, previously presented in separate chapters, has been combined to improve the logical flow of the material. New chapter-end review questions have also been added to eliminate the potential for ambiguity, allowing readers to gauge their understanding as they progress through the book.

Product Benefits:

• New information on digital equipment has been thoroughly integrated into chapters on pneumatic measurement, coordinate measuring machines (CMM), and optical metrology.
• Illustrations have been updated, depicting the use of state-of-the-art equipment in today's increasingly sophisticated, technology-driven machining/manufacturing environments.
• Statistics is introduced early in the book, so that probability and acceptance sampling techniques may be readily applied to the solution of lab exercises.
• Coverage of modern manufacturing concepts - TQM, SPC, CIM, JIT Purchasing and Benchmarking - relates the study of dimensional metrology theory to real-world concerns.
• Handy appendices put decimal equivalents, inch and millimeter conversion tables, and valuable information about geometric optics at readers' fingertips.