Every Thursday, our Industry Readlines email features interesting, helpful, or funny things from around the technical world. Whether you are in design, machining, production, or inspection this will be a great weekly read.
From the GD&T Basics Team: Datums, Datum Features, and Datum Simulators
In this Question Line Video, Jason uses the example of a cylindrical datum feature to show how non-planar datums can be simulated and how they are able to constrain degrees of freedom.
20 Mechanical Principles combined in a Useless Lego Machine:
This may be "useless" but it's very cool! Check out this Lego build that contains 20 different mechanical principles, starting with a Schmidt coupling and ending with a worm gear.
We are excited to showcase our client, Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing this week! Watch this video to take a tour of their factory in Lincoln, NE where they build mules, jet skis, rail cars, and more!
Microns are used by manufacturers, OEMs, and MSPs to discuss tolerances and capabilities. But how long have we been using the term, and what size is a micron actually? Watch this video to learn more...
If you come across anything interesting that you'd like us to highlight in our weekly updates, please send it our way! info@gdandtbasics.com
Until next week,
Your GD&T Basics Team
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