UNIT 4
FORM MEASUREMENT
Principles and Methods of
straightness – Flatness measurement
– Thread measurement, gear
measurement, surface finish
measurement, Roundness
measurement – Applications.
APPLICATIONS
INTRODUCTION
• Threads are of prime importance, they are used as
fasteners.
• It is a helical groove, used to transmit force and
motion.
• In plain shaft, the hole assembly, the object of
dimensional control is to ensure a certain
consistency of fit.
• The performance of screw threads during their
assembly with nut depends upon a number of
parameters such as the condition of the machine
tool used for screw cutting, work material and
tool.
GEOMETRICAL FEATURES
• The measurement of
• Straightness
• Flatness
• Squareness
• Parallelism
• Roundness
• Circularity
• Cylindricity
FORM MEASUREMENT INCLUDES
• Screw thread measurement
• Gear measurement
• Radius measurement
• Surface Finish measurement
• Straightness measurement
• Flatness measurement
• roundness measurement
STRAIGHTNESS MEASUREMENT
• A line is said to be straight over a given length,
if the variation of the distance of its from two
planes perpendicular to each other and
parallel to the general direction of the line
remains within the specified tolerance limits.
• The tolerance on the straightness of a line is
defined as the maximum deviation in relation
to the reference straight line joining the two
extremities of the line to be checked.
• Important geometrical parameter of machines
• Example: shaping machine-guideways
• Shortest distance between the two lines –
straight line
• Ray of light, liquid level
• It is a qualitative measure of a surface
• Straightness measuring system should be in
line with functional point – called Bryan’s
principle
Straightness Measurement
METHODS OF STRAIGHTNESS
SPIRIT LEVEL:
• Inspecting the horizontal surfaces
• Finding direction and magnitude of minor
deviation from nominal condition
• The bubble will move from its position along
the radius of the angle of tilt.
• Ether, alcohol, benzol- low viscosity fluid
• Having graduated scale
Spirit level indicator
Spirit level indicator
STRAIGHT EDGES:
• With the help of surface plates and sprit
levels straight edges are used for checking
straightness and flatness
• Flat – sectioned measuring instrument
• Made up of steels
• Straight edges are used for testing large areas
of surface
• Painted surfaces are used to measure
straightness
LASER MEASURING SYSTEM:
Straight edge equipment
FLATNESS MEASUREMENT
• Minimum distance between the two planes,
which will cover all irregularities of the
surface to be tested
• Best-fit plane between two standard
reference plane one above and one below
the plane surface to be tested
• Deviation of the surface from the best fitting
plane
TEST PROCEDURE
METHODS
• Beam comparator is used for flatness testing
• Flatness measuring by using
interferometry(NPL)
• Using laser interferometer
• Using electromechanical gauges.
• Autocollimator
Beam comparator
Electromechanical
gauge
NPL FLATNESS TESTER
SURFACE PLATES
• Used as reference datum plane
• Act as a master pattern
• Different materials like cast iron
granite
glass block
PARALLELISM
• Two lines or planes or surfaces are parallel to
each other.
• It is defined as angle between two surfaces of
a sample specimen.
AUTO COLLIMATOR
ROUNDNESS MEASUREMENT
• Measure of how closely
the shape of an object
approaches the circle.
• All points of cross
sections are equal
distant to a common
surface.
Types of irregularities
Ovality Lobing
Methods of roundness measurement
• Diametral method
• Circumferential confining gauge
• Rotating on centers
• V- Block
• Three point probe
• Roundness measuring spindle
• Reference circle
• Roundness measuring machines
Diametral method
Circumferential confining gauge
Rotating on centers
Three point probe
V-Block method
Roundness measuring spindle
Overhead method Rotating table
THREAD MEASUREMENT
• Helical structure
• To convert rotational movement into linear
movement
• Helical ridge produced by forming a
continuous helical groove of uniform section
• To transmit power and motion
SCREW TERMINOLOGY
NOMENCLATURE
• Major diameter of nominal diameter (d)
• Minor diameter or core diameter or root
diameter (dc)
• Pitch diameter or effective diameter (dp)
• Pitch(p)
• Lead: lead=pitch
• Crest
• root
• Depth of thread
• Flank
• Angle of thread
• Screw thread:
• Flank angle
• Helix angle
• Addendum
• Deddendum
tan α= p/π d
TYPES OF THREAD
• British association thread
• Whitworth (bsw) threads
• Metric thread
• It is necessary to measure the following
– Major diameter
– Minor diameter
– Effective diameter
– Pitch
Different Types of Thread profiles:-
1. Square Threads.
2. V-threads.
3. ACME Threads
4. Buttress Threads.
5. Whitworth threads
Thread Conventions
ACME threads
Buttress threads
Square Threads
V- threads
MEASUREMENT OF VARIOUS
ELEMENTS OF THREAD
• MAJOR DIAMETER
• MINOR DIAMETER
• EFFICTIVE DIAMETER
• PITCH
• THREAD ANGLE AND FORM
MEASUREMENT OF MAJOR
DIAMETER
• ORDINARY MICROMETER
• BENCH MICROMETER
MEASUREMENT OF MINOR
DIAMETER
MEASUREMENT OF EFFECTIVE
DIAMETER
• Effective diameter measurement is carried out
by following methods.
1. One wire,
2. Two wires, or
3. Three wires method.
4. Micrometer method
One wire method
Two wire method
E=T+P where, T=M-2d
THREE WIRE METHOD
THREAD MICROMETER METHOD
Measurement of pitch
TOOLMAKERS MICROSCOPE
THREAD GAUGES
ADJUSTABLE THREAD GAUGES
FLOATING CARRIAGE MICROMETER
SURFACE FINISH MEASUREMENT
• Surface texture
• Primary texture or roughness
• Secondary texture or waviness
• The factors to be affected
cutting speed
feed
depth of cut
• Properties of the work piece
• Tool materials
• Types of machine tool
• Quality of the machine tool
ANALYSIS OF SURFACE FINISH
• For determining the surface tecture
• Peak to valley height method
• The average roughness method
• Form factor or bearing curve
Peak to valley method
Centre line average method
RMS METHOD
TEN POINT HEIGHT METHOD
Stylus probe instrument
Profilometer
Tomlinson surface meter
Taylor-hobson taly surf
Talysurf layout
GEAR PROFILE
Gear tooth vernier caliper
Base tangent method
Gear rolling test
Parkinson gear tester
Involute checking
CONSTANT CHORD METHOD
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