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Exactly four opened sources from four publishers were retained.","source_ids":["SRC1","SRC2","SRC3","SRC4"],"status":"PASS"},"bounded_next_test":{"rationale":"PASS: A predeclared retrospective comparison of 60 consecutive, traceable assemblies is bounded and reversible. Existing work supplies the fit equation, individual-measurement precedent, relevant physical covariates, and uncertainty methods needed to execute it. Missing traceability or uncertainty triggers a halt.","source_ids":["SRC1","SRC2","SRC3","SRC4"],"status":"PASS"},"distinct_testable_claim":{"rationale":"PASS: Continuous interference calculation, individual matching, and uncertainty propagation are established separately, but the proposed falsifiable contrast is narrower: compare an uncertainty-aware continuous shadow record with current categories using the same traceable press, seating, inspection, and disposition outcomes.","source_ids":["SRC1","SRC2","SRC3","SRC4"],"status":"PASS"},"no_obvious_safety_or_authority_stop":{"rationale":"PASS: The authorized step is retrospective and non-controlling; it cannot accept, pair, reject, or change drawings or press settings. Explicit stops address traceability, uncertainty, configuration ambiguity, and known unacceptable cases. Manufacturer guidance reinforces that mounting force, interference, finish, and temperature require controlled treatment.","source_ids":["SRC3","SRC4"],"status":"PASS"},"supported_problem":{"rationale":"PASS: Prior work shows that selective assembly traditionally groups measured parts, including in bearing production, while individual optimization can avoid grouping; shaft-hole fit is calculated by subtraction. Press-fit research independently confirms that the joint-relevant interference is a continuous diameter difference with materially consequential variation.","source_ids":["SRC1","SRC2","SRC4"],"status":"PASS"}},"prior_art_disposition":"ADJACENT_PRIOR_ART","problem_evidence":{"finding":"PARTLY SUPPORTED: Public literature makes the representation issue credible—traditional selective assembly groups measured components, individual matching can improve on grouping, and interference is inherently a continuous paired-diameter difference. Metrology guidance supports temperature correction and uncertainty propagation. The retained sources do not demonstrate actual category cliffs or inferior decisions in the proposal's specific production records.","source_ids":["SRC1","SRC2","SRC3","SRC4"],"status":"PARTLY_SUPPORTED"},"research_id":"eoa_inverse_innovation_exp13_light_screen_20260806","schema_version":1,"screen_id":"E13P022","screen_survival":true,"search_lanes":{"component_combination":{"no_result_note":null,"queries":["\"interference fit\" measured shaft diameter bore diameter uncertainty press force","selective assembly exact measured dimensions shaft hole matching bins","interference fit press force displacement measured dimensions bearing shaft","press fit bearing shaft experiment measured interference insertion force open access"],"source_ids":["SRC1","SRC2","SRC3","SRC4"]},"direct_problem_and_intervention":{"no_result_note":null,"queries":["\"fit margin\" shaft bearing tolerance continuous measurements","continuous fit margin shaft bearing measured diameter pairing uncertainty press force","interference fit measured dimensions press force displacement trace","bearing fit tolerance measurement uncertainty shaft bore"],"source_ids":["SRC2","SRC3","SRC4"]},"products_practices_and_standards":{"no_result_note":null,"queries":["site:skf.com bearing interference fit shaft tolerances effective interference temperature mounting force","site:nist.gov measurement uncertainty dimensional metrology temperature correction uncertainty propagation","bearing manufacturer press fit force shaft interference measurement","NIST law propagation uncertainty dimensional measurement temperature"],"source_ids":["SRC3","SRC4"]},"synonyms_and_historical_terms":{"no_result_note":null,"queries":["\"individual selective assembly\" shaft hole measured dimensions","\"selective assembly without grouping\"","\"individual matching\" selective assembly shaft hole dimensions","ungrouped selective assembly measured dimensions shaft hole matching journal"],"source_ids":["SRC1"]}},"sources":[{"claims_supported":["Traditional selective assembly divides measured parts into dimensional groups and has been used in bearing and engine production.","For linear assemblies, subtraction applies to shaft-hole fit, and individual-part optimization rather than grouping is established prior art.","Measuring all parts accurately and matching individual parts adds operational work."],"publisher":"Taylor & Francis Group; accessible through Chalmers University of Technology","source_id":"SRC1","source_type":"PRIMARY_RESEARCH","title":"Developing a Selective Assembly Technique for Sheet Metal Assemblies","url":"https://research.chalmers.se/publication/509195/file/509195_Fulltext.pdf"},{"claims_supported":["Press-fit interference is the difference between the outer diameter of the inner component and the inner diameter of the outer component.","Interference size materially affects bearing-ring displacement, while material, temperature, geometry, surface condition, and elastic deformation also matter.","Dimensional and geometric shaft deviations can affect bearing clearance and service behavior."],"publisher":"Hindawi, Advances in Materials Science and Engineering","source_id":"SRC2","source_type":"PRIMARY_RESEARCH","title":"Study of the Press Fit Bearing-Shaft Joint Dimensional Parameters by Analytical and Numerical Approach","url":"https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/f864/f822beb50f4179f60f9ef542b835c6739ab3.pdf"},{"claims_supported":["Dimensional measurements away from the 20 °C reference require attention to thermal-expansion corrections.","Temperature and expansion-coefficient uncertainties contribute to expanded dimensional-measurement uncertainty.","Uncertainty propagation is necessary when corrected dimensions are compared with tolerances."],"publisher":"National Institute of Standards and Technology","source_id":"SRC3","source_type":"OFFICIAL_GUIDANCE","title":"Uncertainties in Dimensional Measurements Made at Nonstandard Temperatures","url":"https://www.nist.gov/publications/uncertainties-dimensional-measurements-made-at-nonstandard-temperatures"},{"claims_supported":["A bearing manufacturer recommends measuring shaft and housing-bore diameters at several points and checking them against drawings.","Required press-fit force varies with shaft finish and allowed interference.","Heating and mounting guidance is based on maximum interference and temperature-dependent bore expansion."],"publisher":"JTEKT Corporation (Koyo Bearings)","source_id":"SRC4","source_type":"FIRST_PARTY_PRODUCT","title":"Bearing Mounting — Basic Bearing Knowledge","url":"https://koyo.jtekt.co.jp/en/support/bearing-knowledge/15-3000.html"}],"world_novelty_boundary":"This bounded public-web screen found adjacent prior art for every principal component—individual measured-part matching, continuous interference calculation, temperature correction, uncertainty propagation, and bearing mounting-force practice—but no retained source describing the full non-controlling, boundary-focused retrospective comparison. That absence cannot establish world novelty, patentability, market size, expert acceptance, or realized value."}