MACH 11B
Hand and Measuring Tools
Topic: Engine Room
Measuring Instruments
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Measuring Instruments
In order to maintain and repair all kinds
of engine room equipment, especially
machinery that operates at high pressures,
speeds, the careful and skillful use of
measuring tools is essential. If engine room
personnel were unable to measure the various
parts of an engine accurately and could not
determine whether changes were needed or
how to make such changes to other accurate
measurements, it is expected that the engine
would run very inefficiently at all.
Measuring Instruments in the Engine
room
Rules and scales Surface gauge
L- Square Sounding tape
Dividers and compass
Level Bar
Depth Gauge
Feeler gauge
Screw pitch gauge
Vernier Caliper
Micrometer Caliper
Rules and Scales
• Used to measure different lengths
• Measure all sorts of things like height of objects,
width of the spaces between gaps, thickness of
objects, diameter of circular objects and all other
kinds of geometrical parameters
L-Square
- Used for marking and referencing a 90 degree
angle.
- The shorter edge being the stock and the longer
edge the blade.
Dividers
- Used for measuring, transferring, or marking off
distances consisting of two straight adjustable legs
hinged together and ending in sharp points.
Level Bar
- Used to achieve accurate horizontal and vertical
alignments
Depth Gauge
- Used to measure the depth of anything including
holes, slots or even surfaces of objects.
Feeler Gauge
- Used to measure the distances between gaps or
radar the widths of gaps.
Screw pitch gauge
- Used as a reference tool in determining the pitch
of a thread that is on a screw or in a tapped hole.
Vernier Caiper
- Used to measure small parameters with high
accuracy.
- One of the most used mechanical measuring tools
Micrometer
- Used to measure thickness of an object and can
measure much smaller values than a vernier caliper
and is also more accurate.
Surface Gauge
- Used to scribe layout lines at any given distance
parallel to the work surface.
Sounding tape
- Used to measure the level of any liquid in the tank
of a ship.