DV07PUB5 Study Guide
DV07PUB5 Study Guide
DV07PUB5 Study Guide
Training Objective
After watching the program and reviewing this printed material, the viewer will understand the basic aspects
of gaging and inspection tool device design.
Class XX - Such gages are precision lapped to the closest tolerances feasible and used as master
gages and for very tight tolerance inspection.
Class X - Also precision lapped, but used in limited master gage inspection and for close tolerance
inspection and working gages.
Class Y Lapped to slightly larger tolerances and used as inspection and working gages.
Class Z These gages are used primarily as working gages where tolerances are large and the number
of pieces to be gaged is small.
Once the gage tolerance is determined, the tolerance direction from nominal, either plus or minus, must be
decided. Two basic systems used in this determination are the unilateral and the bilateral systems.
In the unilateral system, the work tolerance zone includes the gage tolerance zone. This makes the work
tolerance smaller by the sum of the gage tolerances but guarantees that every part passed by such a gage,
regardless of the amount of the gage size variation, will be within the work tolerance zone.
In the bilateral system, go and no-go gage tolerance zones are divided into two parts, half minus and half
plus, relative to the high and low limits of the work tolerance zone.
Gages can wear beyond usefulness unless some allowance for wear is built in. One method uses a
percentage of the working tolerance as the wear tolerance. Another is to create a standard beyond which the
gage is not used. Gage wear surfaces are made of hardened alloy steel for medium production quantities,
and chromium-plated steel for greater volume. Tungsten carbide is often used for high production quantities
and superior wear resistance. Worn contact surfaces are commonly ground, plated, reground, and lapped to
size.
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Screw-pitch gages
Plug gages
Ring gages
Snap gages
Screw-pitch gages are used to determine the pitch of a screw by placement on the threaded portion. Such
gages are available for the most common thread-pitch forms. However, screw-pitch gages do not check
thread size and are not adequate for checking thread form for precision parts.
Plug gages usually consist of two members: the go end and the no-go end, and can be of three types: single
end, double end, and progressive.
Ring gages are fixed gages usually used in pairs of go and no-go members. They are available in many
sizes and lapped to close tolerance on the inside diameter. Ring gages are often used to gage external
threads and splines. These gages are designed in accordance to certain American Society of Mechanical
Engineers or ASME standards.
Snap gages are fixed gages with internal measuring surfaces for callipering diameters, lengths, thicknesses
and widths. One type of snap gage is the thread-roll snap gage, which is a complete external caliper gage
used to inspect the size of a thread-pitch diameter, thread lead, and thread form.
Magnifying/Amplifying Dimensions
As dimension changes become too small for easy measurement, it is necessary to amplify or magnify them
prior to measurement. This can be performed mechanically, electronically, pneumatically, or optically using a
variety of tools.
Dial indicators have a contact point that is attached to a spindle or rack. When this spindle or rack is moved,
it transmits that movement to a pinion and then through a train of gears. These gears magnify the movement,
which is then read off the hand on the dial face of the indicator. Because the principle of direct reading from a
graduated dial face provides both accuracy and speed of reading, the dial indicator has been incorporated
into many types of gaging equipment.
Electronic digital readout tools reduce interpretation errors that may occur when a graduated scale or a dial
indicator is read. Electronic digital readout tools provide instantaneous readings; they can be zeroed out at
any point; provide out-of-tolerance alerts; and can be used for data collection and analysis for statistical
process control (SPC).
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The most precise and close tolerance gages are classified as:
a. Z
b. Y
c. XX
d. X
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Gage wear surfaces in high-production gaging are often made out of:
a. hardened alloy steel
b. tungsten carbide
c. chromium carbide
d. chromium-plated steel
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A CMM is a:
a. noncontact measuring device
b. surface condition measuring device
c. coordinate measuring device
d. multiple gaging device
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X, Y, Z refers to:
a. gage accuracy designations
b. base line origins
c. machine directional movements
d. inspection sequences
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b
d
c
c
b
b
d
c
c
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