Patent ID: 8707573

Claim:
A measurement device that coincidentally determines the size and geometric errors of a first part for mating parts, wherein the first part has a specified manufacturing tolerance range, comprising: a base; a holding device for the first part disposed on said base; at least one non-contact micrometer disposed on said base cooperating with the holding device to coincidentally indicate opposing plural edges of the first part at a plane substantially orthogonal to a longitudinal axis of the first part, said non-contact micrometer being configured to acquire a first data set representing a first parameter of the first part, said first data set comprising a distance between one of said opposing plural edges and a reference point; a second data set representing a second parameter of the first part, said second data set comprising a distance between said opposing plural edges; and a control system in communication with said at least one non-contact micrometer receiving said first data set and said second data set, and wherein said control system determines at least one dimension of and at least one geometric error representative of the shape of the first part from at least one of said first data set and said second data set.