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Stylus techniques were developed mainly to meet the need for quantitative assessment of the surfaces of manufactured components. The method received impetus because of the need for accurate methods of quality control during the war, in particular, because of the need for controlling the quality of surfaces of components manufactured by subcontractors. Since then, the uses of stylus techniques have increased manyfold. Reduction of the dimensional tolerances of parts has been achieved by improvements in manufacturing processes; this in turn has meant that the surface texture plays a more significant role in the determination of how well a component will behave when in operation. Exactly the same can be said for the functional importance of the roundness and straightness of parts. the necessity for accurate and fast methods of surface metrology incorporating the measurement of surface texture, out-of-roundness, etc. has long been apparent.
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Whitehouse, D.J. (1974). Stylus Techniques. In: Kane, P.F., Larrabee, G.B. (eds) Characterization of Solid Surfaces. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-4490-2_4
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