ASME B46 Committee Surface Texture Panel Discussion

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Ed Becker
Josiah Knight
Timothy C. Ovaert
Cindy Tomala
Kathy Wahl

ASME B46 Committee on Surface Texture

 ASME B46 Committee Surface Texture Panel Discussion

Agenda:
Intro to B46 ( Don Cohen)

Instruments (Ted Vorburger)

Measurement Process (Mark Malburg)

Filtering (Jay Raja)

Texture Parameters 2D/3D (Don Cohen)

Fractals/Scale (Chris Brown)

Nanometer/Uncertainty (Al Hatheway)

Open Q & A

ASME B46 Committee on Surface Texture

 Surface Texture..What is a surface?
Surface: The boundary that separates an object from another object,
substance, or space

Texture: The composite of certain deviations that are typical

of the real surface. It includes roughness and waviness
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Surface Texture (Surface Roughness, Waviness and Lay)
ANSI/ASME B46.1, 2002, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, NY, New York 10017.

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 ASME B46
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 ASME B46
First standard March 1940..
Revisions every 5 to 10 years..
Latest revision.( ~ 100 pages)

8th Revision

ASME B46 Committee on Surface Texture

 ASME B46
Key Topics:
Terms Ra, Rsk, Rku, Sa, Sq
Instruments Stylus, Optical, AFM
Measurement Techniques Stylus, Skidless, Skidded..
Nanometer Measurement Considerations
Filters (RC, Gaussian, Cutoffs, Bandwidth)
Fractal Analysis
Optical Techniques (Phase Shifting Interferometry)
Reference Specimens (Step Heights etc.)
Appendix (General Information)

Sampling Length

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 ASME B46
Member Affiliations B46 Main Committee
1/6/2006
Academia Dan Sisemore AD
Chris Brown AF
Industry (User/Supplier) Jay Raja AF
Government Jie Shen
Brian Renegar
AF
AI
Ted Vorburger AI
Toby Bergstrom AI
Al Hatheway AS
Bob Wasilesky AS
Dave Weld AS
Ira Kerns AS
Jack Clark AS
Scott Ledger AS
John Wilt AS
Alex Tabenkin AV
Don Cohen AV
Mark Malburg AV
Mike Stewart AV
Pat Stack AV
Ed Becker AW
Ed Widder AW
Rob McNaughton AW
Youssef Hamidieh AW
Ed O'Lear Emeritus

AW-User
AF-General Interest
AS Producer/Mfg
AD - Distributor
AV - Services
AI - Laboratory
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 ASME B46

ASME B46.1 2002 Key Addition

The cutoffs, c and s should be chosen by the designer in light of the intended
function of the surface. When choosing c and s, one must be cognizant that the surface
features not measured within the roughness cutoff bandwidth may be quite large and
may affect the intended function of the surface. Thus in some cases it may be necessary
to specify both surface roughness and waviness.

On all surface texture specifications as of January 1997, c and s must be stated .

When c and s are not specified, guidelines are given in section 3.3.20.1 and 3.3.20.2 of
ASME B46.1 2002 for the metrologist to establish c and s.
These guidelines are intended to include the dominant features of the
surface in the measurement whether these surface features are relevant to the
function of the surface or not.

ASME B46 Committee on Surface Texture

 ASME B46
ASME B46.1 200??- Key Addition
Executive Summary (One Page Standard)
http://cstools.asme.org/csconnect/pdf/CommitteeFiles/18009.pdf

Cookbook
Filtering
Stylus Tip Radius
Stylus Force
Measurement Parameters
Texture Symbols

ASME B46 Committee on Surface Texture

 ASME B46 Committee Surface Texture Panel Discussion

Agenda:
Intro to B46 ( Don Cohen)

Instruments (Ted Vorburger)

Measurement Process (Mark Malburg)

Filtering (Jay Raja)

Texture Parameters 2D/3D (Don Cohen)

Fractals/Scale (Chris Brown)

Nanometer/Uncertainty (Al Hatheway)

Open Q & A

ASME B46 Committee on Surface Texture