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(BS 4311-3-1993) - Specification For Gauge Blocks and Accessories.. Gauge Blocks in Use
(BS 4311-3-1993) - Specification For Gauge Blocks and Accessories.. Gauge Blocks in Use
Incorporating
Amendment No. 1
Specification for
Contents
Page
Committees responsible Inside front cover
Foreword ii
1 Scope 1
2 References 1
3 Definitions and nomenclature 1
4 Verification 1
4.1 Frequency of recalibration 1
4.2 Measuring faces 1
4.3 Calibration 1
4.4 Grading 2
5 Case 2
5.1 Maintenance 2
5.2 Marking 2
6 Documentation 2
7 Accuracy 2
7.1 Requirements 2
7.2 Excluded border zone 2
7.3 Flatness 2
7.4 Length tolerances for used gauge blocks 2
8 Gauge blocks in inch units 2
Annex A (informative) Care of gauge blocks 5
A.1 General care 5
A.2 Preparation before use 5
A.3 Care in use 5
A.4 Wringing 5
A.5 Damaged gauge blocks 5
A.6 Care after use 5
Annex B (informative) Wear in use and maintenance of gauge blocks 6
B.1 Wear in use 6
B.2 Restoration of wringing property 6
B.3 Designated grade after servicing 6
Annex C (informative) Selecting grade of gauge blocks 6
Table 1 — Length tolerances for used metric gauge blocks 3
Table 2 — Length tolerances for used inch gauge blocks 4
List of references Inside back cover
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Foreword
This British Standard has been prepared under the direction of the Machine,
Engineer and Hand Tools Standards Policy Committee.
All standards previously published for gauge blocks, by the British Standards
Institution or by any other national or international body, have provided
specifications to which gauge blocks are required to conform only when new.
As BS 4311-1:1968 has recently been revised and reissued bringing the
verification practice for new gauge blocks up to date, it is opportune to provide a
specification for used gauge blocks. Hence after new gauge blocks have been
provided in conformity with BS 4311-1:1993, this Part provides a specification to
which they should be controlled throughout their useful life.
NOTE The revision to BS 4311-2:1977 Accessories, which is currently in progress will
supersede BS 888:1950 section 3 – Accessories, enabling BS 888 to be withdrawn.
Gauge blocks wear during use. The amount of wear inevitably results in a gauge
block wearing beyond its original specification when new. This standard provides
requirements and recommendations which cover the initial service of a gauge
block in its original grade followed by a controlled programme of downgrading,
when the gauge block has worn, to provide further periods of service in lower
grades.
This standard also specifies methods to be used during recalibration to ensure
traceability to national standards and to provide the necessary control over
uncertainty of measurement.
This Part of BS 4311 also contains recommendations on the care and
maintenance of gauge blocks in use and the reconditioning of measuring faces.
Furthermore, guidance is provided on the suitability of use of the various grades
in relation to the work-piece tolerance in a specific measuring application. This is
necessary to ensure that the grade of gauge blocks being used is of sufficient
accuracy to achieve the required measuring result, but, from an economic view
point, not of an unnecessarily higher grade which should be retained for
appropriately higher grade measuring purposes.
Clauses 4 to 7 of this standard apply specifically to metric gauge blocks with
clause 8 defining its application to inch gauge blocks.
A British Standard does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a
contract. Users of British Standards are responsible for their correct application.
Compliance with a British Standard does not of itself confer immunity
from legal obligations.
Summary of pages
This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, pages i and ii,
pages 1 to 8, an inside back cover and a back cover.
This standard has been updated (see copyright date) and may have had
amendments incorporated. This will be indicated in the amendment table on
the inside front cover.
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Table 1 — Length tolerances for used metric gauge blocks
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Nominal length Tolerances on deviation of measured central length Maximum associated Tolerances on variation of measured length
from nominal at 20 °C uncertainty of measurement
Greater Less than Grade
than or equal 0 1 2 3 4 0, 1 & 2 3 4 0 1 2 3 4
to
Unit (mm) Unit 0.001 mm (1 µm)
0 10 ± 0.12 ± 0.25 ± 0.50 + 0.50 + 0.50 ± 0.08 ± 0.10 ± 0.15 0.10 0.16 0.30 0.40 0.50
– 1.0 – 2.00
10 25 ± 0.15 ± 0.30 ± 0.60 + 0.60 + 0.60 ± 0.10 ± 0.13 ± 0.20 0.10 0.16 0.30 0.40 0.50
– 1.20 – 2.40
25 50 ± 0.20 ± 0.40 ± 0.80 + 0.80 + 0.80 ± 0.12 ± 0.17 ± 0.25 0.10 0.18 0.30 0.40 0.50
– 1.60 – 3.20
50 75 ± 0.25 ± 0.50 ± 1.00 + 1.00 + 1.00 ± 0.15 ± 0.21 ± 0.30 0.12 0.18 0.35 0.40 0.50
– 2.00 – 4.00
75 100 ± 0.30 ± 0.60 ± 1.20 + 1.20 + 1.20 ± 0.18 ± 0.25 ± 0.35 0.12 0.20 0.35 0.40 0.50
– 2.40 – 4.80
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Table 2 — Length tolerances for used inch gauge blocks
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Nominal length Tolerances on deviation of measured central length Maximum associated Tolerances on variation of measured length
from nominal at 20 °C uncertainty of measurement
Greater Less than Grade
than or equal 0 1 2 3 4 0, 1 & 2 3 4 0 1 2 3 4
to
Unit (in) Unit 0.000 001 in (1 µin)
0 0.4 ±5 ± 10 ± 20 + 20 + 20 ±3 ±4 ±6 4 6 12 16 20
– 40 – 80
0.4 1 ±6 ± 12 ± 25 + 25 + 25 ±4 ±5 ±8 4 6 12 16 20
– 50 – 100
1 2 ±8 ± 15 ± 30 + 30 + 30 ±5 ±7 ± 10 4 7 12 16 20
– 60 – 120
2 3 ± 10 ± 20 ± 40 + 40 + 40 ±6 ±8 ± 12 5 7 14 16 20
– 80 – 160
3 4 ± 12 ± 25 ± 50 + 50 + 50 ±7 ± 10 ± 14 5 8 14 16 20
– 100 – 200
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See BS 1133: Packaging code
Section 6: Temporary protection of metal surfaces against corrosion (during transport and storage).
Subsection 6.1: Cleaning and drying of metal surfaces.
Subsection 6.2: Temporary protectives and their application.
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Normative references
Informative references
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