Deliberations on Dimensioning and Tolerancing Standards

Many companies are in the midst of cost-reduction programs and are under intense pressure to increase productivity. As a result, the timing of this new ASME Y14.5-2009 standard's release has caused an unexpected challenge for industry. Changing dimensioning and tolerancing standards is a major effort, and the decision should be made with as much information as possible.

Utilizing the statistics collected from a survey regarding plans for companies to either adopt the new standard or adopt ISO standards, Alex has developed a white paper addressing these issues.

Abstract/Synopsis
The new ASME Y14.5-2009 dimensioning and tolerancing standard was published in April, 2009. Many companies are faced with a decision to continue working in their current dimensioning and tolerancing standard, adopt the new ASME 2009 standard, or adopt the ISO standards. This paper contains three topics that will help organizations decide what path may be the best for them:

• A summary of the major changes to the ASME standard
• The results of a survey that provides insight into what other companies are planning
• The author’s deliberations and recommendations on changing dimensioning standards