Course detail

Practical Metrology

FSI-XPTAcad. year: 2025/2026

This is a course in Engineering Metrology. The course introduces students to metrology in the Czech Republic, the EU and the world, as well as to the principles of measurement with an emphasis on the practical aspect of checking dimensions, distances, geometric tolerances and surface texture evaluation. Special emphasis is given to the problems of 3D measurement and software support of metrological processes in the ISO GPS system.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Róbert Jankových, CSc.

Department

Institute of Production Machines, Systems and Robotics (ÚVSSR)

Entry knowledge

Basic knowledge of engineering, mathematics and basic statistics.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Participation in the exercises, the correctness of the calculations and the student's activity in their processing are prerequisites for the award of credit points.
The examination consists of a written and an oral part. It will be graded according to the ECTS classification level.
Lectures are optional but recommended. Missed laboratory classes can be made up in another study group by arrangement with the teacher of that group or, if excused, at the end of the semester in make-up laboratory classes.

Aims

To introduce students to the concepts of metrology and the procedures for the use and selection of measuring instruments and measurement methods.
To teach students the principles of evaluating the applicability and capability of measuring instruments for the required tolerance of geometric characteristics of products.
Theoretical knowledge of metrology from lectures. Practical knowledge of measurement from exercises, processing of values of measured quantities in accordance with geometric requirements for products (ISO GPS). Practical experience with CMM programming.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Balasubramanian Muralikrishnan and Jayaraman Raja. Computational Surface and Roundness Metrology. Berlin: Springer, 2009. ISBN: 978-1-84800-296-8. (EN)
BUCHER, Jay L. The Metrology Handbook. 2nd ed. Milwauke, Wis: ASQ Quality Press, 2012. ISBN 978-087-3898-386. (EN)
CURTIS, Mark A. and Francis T. FARAGO. Handbook of dimensional measurement. Fifth edition. South Norwalk: Industrial Press, 2014. ISBN 978-0-8311-3465-5. (EN)
DRBÚL, M., ŠAJGALÍK, M. a kol. Strojárska metrológia a kvalita povrchov vytvorených technológiami obrábania. Žilina: Žilinská univerzita v Žiline, 2014, ITMS 22410320051. (CS)
Gao, W. Metrology. Berlin: Springer, 2019. ISBN 978-981-10-4939-2. (EN)
MITRA, Amitava. Fundamentals of Quality Control and Improvement, 4th Edition. 4. vydání. USA: WILEY, 2016. ISBN 978-1-118-70514-8. (EN)
PETR, Karel. Geometrické tolerance dle ISO GPS. Praha : Verlag Dashöfer, [2019]. ISBN 978-80-7635-019-9. (CS)
WHITEHOUSE, David J. Handbook of surface and nanometrology. 2nd ed. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2011. ISBN 9781420082012. (EN)
SIMMONS, Colin, Dennis MAGUIRE and Neil PHELPS. Manual of Engineering Drawing. 5. vydání. GB: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2020. ISBN 978-0-12-818482-0. (EN)

Recommended reading

COLOSIMO, Bianca M. Geometric tolerances: impact on product design, quality inspection and statistical process monitoring. London: Springer, 2011. ISBN 978-1-84996-310-7. (EN)
MEADOWS, James D. Measurement of geometric tolerances in manufacturing. New York: Marcel Dekker, c1998. ISBN 0824701631. (EN)
SUGA, N. Metrology Handbook: The Science of Measurement. 1st. edition. Mitutoyo (UK) Ltd., 2007. 260 p. ISBN-13: 978-0955613302. (EN)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme N-KSB-P Master's 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Róbert Jankových, CSc.

Syllabus

1. Metrology in the Czech Republic, Metrology in the EU, World metrology systems
2. Statistical tools in metrology, calibration of measuring tools
3. Capability of measuring systems
4. Geometrical product specifications (GPS)
5. Size metrology
6. Distance metrology
7. ISO GPS surface texture metrology
8. Geometric tolerances in the ISO GPS system


Laboratory exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Róbert Jankových, CSc.

Syllabus

1. Laboratory safety, assignment of exercises, requirements for laboratory exercise reports. Assessment of conformity with specification (dimension)
2. Calibration of gauges
3. Verification of conformity with specification - size, distance, geometric tolerances (optical instruments, roundness measuring instruments)
4. Applicability and capability of gauges
5. Surface texture profile parameters
6. Surface Texture Parameters
7. Verification of conformity with specification - size, distance, geometric tolerances (CMM programming)