Use Meadows’ decision matrix:
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RSS allows for significantly looser, cheaper manufacturing tolerances while still ensuring a high probability (often tolerance stack-up analysis by james d. meadows
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Assign positive (+) values to features moving in one direction and negative (-) values to features moving in the opposite direction along the loop.
Highly critical assemblies where any interference would lead to catastrophic failure. B. Statistical Tolerancing (RSS/Root Sum Squared)