Method for Determining Tolerances of Components or Assemblies

A method for determining tolerances of components or assemblies, comprising:

• at least periodically monitoring the components or assemblies of motor vehicles (5.1-5.6) of the same type during a driving operation in order to metrologically gather condition data (10) characteristic for tolerances at the components or assemblies;
• transmitting the condition data (10) via existing, wireless communication paths to a central computer (1) or a cloud (2);
• storing the condition data (10) within the central computer (1) or the cloud (2) together with a specific identifier for the individual vehicle (5.1-5.6);
• and
• analyzing the stored condition data in a data processing unit (3), computing actual values of the tolerances existing at the detected vehicles (5.1-5.6) from the stored condition data, and determining generally valid variables of the component or assembly sizing on the basis of the actual values for the particular vehicle type (5).

A system for determining tolerances of components or assemblies, comprising:

• capturing means for at least periodically monitoring the components or assemblies of motor vehicles (5.1-5.6) of the same type during a driving operation and for metrologically gathering condition data (10) characteristic for tolerances at the components or assemblies;
• a data transmission unit configured for transmitting the condition data (10) to a central computer (1) or a cloud (2) via existing, wireless communication paths, the condition data (10) stored in the central computer (1) or the cloud (2) together with a specific identifier for the individual motor vehicle (5.1-5.6);
• and
• a data processing unit (3) configured for analyzing the stored condition data, computing actual values of the tolerances existing at the detected motor vehicles (5.1-5.6) from the stored condition data, and determining generally valid variables of the component or assembly sizing on the basis of the actual values for the particular vehicle type (5).