Sunday, 21 June 2015

Vernier Calliper


vernier calliper is a  measuring tool.  Vernier calliper (British spelling also calliper, or in plurale tantum sense a pair of calipers) is a device . A caliper can be as simple as a compass with inward or outward-facing points. The tips of the caliper are adjusted to fit across the points to be measured, the caliper is then removed and the distance read by measuring between the tips with a measuring tool, such as a ruler.


Parts of a vernier caliper:
  1. Outside large jaws: used to measure external diameter or width of an object
  2. Inside small jaws: used to measure internal diameter of an object
  3. Depth probe: used to measure depths of an object or a hole
  4. Main scale: scale marked every mm
  5. Main scale: scale marked in inches and fractions
  6. Vernier scale gives interpolated measurements to 0.1 mm or better
  7. Vernier scale gives interpolated measurements in fractions of an inch
  8. Retainer: used to block movable part to allow the easy transferring of a measurement





 

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