George Schuetz Director of Precision Gages
An Indicating Snap Gage Primer
The variable snap gage, with its built-in features and combined with modern digital readout devices, offers a sound and easy-to-use tool for controlling critical diameters.
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Measuring Distance With Surface Texture Systems
Defining and monitoring the surfaces of mated parts is crucial to ensuring they function properly together.
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Gear Surface Texture Is More Important Than Ever
The interactions of gear surfaces are becoming increasingly important in applications such as automotive electric motor drive systems and aircraft turbines.
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Measuring Tighter Tolerances With a 3-Point Precision Bore Gage
For lower volumes and a wide variety of bore checking, three-point (or tri-bore) gages offer a high-precision, cost-effective solution.
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Mastering Large ID and OD Measurements
Measuring large IDs and ODs boils down to selecting the right tool for the application.
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A New Frontier in Surface Finish Control
What if your machine tool could measure surface roughness as it cuts? This article explores how in-process metrology is advancing from concept to reality, enabling real-time feedback, immediate detection of anomalies and new levels of control over surface quality. Discover the technologies making this possible.
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Common Methods for Measuring Workpiece Radii
With today’s complicated and very high-precision parts, workpiece radii can have a variety of shapes and contours. Sophisticated tools can help simplify the measurement process.
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Tips for Ensuring the Performance of a Surface Finish Measuring System
Industry standards for surface finish help define the specifications of the instruments, how they are used, the results they provide and how they can be tested for performance.
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Automating Fixed-Body Plug Gaging
How tight-tolerance gaging and in-process automation can converge to streamline manufacturing processes.
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Automating Double-Flank Gear Testing
The form and surface finish of individual gears are becoming more demanding. Automated double-flank rolling tests are a particularly realistic measurement that simulates the behavior of the gears in operation.
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A 100-Year-Old Measurement Tool That is Still Used Today
The reed mechanism was a breakthrough in high-precision measurement and is still used today for sub-micron or even nanometer resolution applications.
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