Surface analysis is a key specification, but one, at least according to some members of a surface texture standards committee, that not enough engineers knows enough about. They hope that a newly revised version of the standard will help overcome that deficiency.
The committee is working to revise the American Society of Mechanical Engineer's (ASME) B46.1-1995 Surface Texture standard. The group has added chapters to reflect the explosion of new surface measuring equipment and analysis methods. The standard should be published in about a year.