A total cost comparison of alternative tolerancing formulae

Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 720-726

  Graves, S B ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

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EID: 0005781853     PISSN: 10871357     EISSN: 15288935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2833122     Document Type: Article

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