Introduction to Component Tolerance Analysis
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What’s Included: Full webinar recording, written course materials, expert instruction, a mandatory quiz, and a certificate upon completion.
Deliverability Timeline: All courses are generally available within 1-2 weeks after the live presentation.
CE Credits: AIA and/or LA/CES accreditation is available by request for courses recorded prior to March 11, 2026. All courses after that date include those accreditations by default, if applicable. With these accreditations, our courses qualify for credit in nearly all states for engineers, surveyors, architects, and landscape architects.
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Agenda
Registration: 8:00 – 8:30 am
Morning Session: 8:30 am – 12:45 pm
Lunch (On your own): 12:45 – 1:45 pm
Afternoon Session: 1:45 – 5:00 pm
Introduction to Component Tolerance Analysis
What is component tolerance analysis (stack-ups)
Where the tool applies
Benefits of the tool
Overview of dimensional tolerance analysis types
Dimensional Tolerance Analysis
Definitions
Worst case method
Statistical methods
Software packages
Method comparisons
Applying Dimensional Tolerance Analysis
Dimensional tolerance analysis methodology
How tolerance selection impacts manufacturing process selection
How geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T) integrates with tolerance analysis
Component dimension tolerance trade offs
Summary
Do’s and don’ts when using this tool
Determining the appropriate analysis approach for an organization
Organizational control of dimension tolerance analysis results
Credits
This seminar is open to the public and offers 7.0 continuing education hours (PDHs) to professional engineers in all states. Educators and courses are not subject to preapproval in Michigan.
HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida, Indiana, Maryland, New Jersey (Approval No. 24GP00000700), New York (NYSED Sponsor No. 35), North Carolina, and North Dakota.
Attendance will be monitored, and attendance certificates will be available after the seminar for most individuals who complete the entire event. Attendance certificates not available at the seminar will be mailed to participants within fifteen business days.
Speakers
Robert Hoffman
Creative Product Solutions, LLCCreative Product Solutions, LLC, Coloma, MI
Mr. Hoffman received his Mechanical Engineering degree from Michigan Technological University (MTU). He studied solid mechanics including stress, fatigue, mechanism design, and vibrations. Mr. Hoffman has 33 years of experience in both the automotive and consumer products fields. His experience includes extensive use of simulation- based design tools, design of electro-mechanical sub-systems and system level optimization through sequential learning using design of experiments (DOE). Mr. Hoffman also has experience with the reduction of performance variation using component of variation (COV) studies as well as all aspects of testing and production approval of electro-mechanical products including safety, performance, reliability, and quality. He has detailed knowledge of manufacturing processes including stampings, castings, injection moldings, and machining. Mr. Hoffman is a registered professional engineer in the state of Michigan and was trained and certified as a certified statistical black belt from Six Sigma Associates. He is also certified as a master in forced failure testing and certified as a master in product safety at Whirlpool based on the formal training received at that company.