Engineering Metrology Scctioaal Coomittcc'

LMD 05

FOREWORD
Bureau of Indian Standards on
This Indian Standard ( Sccond Revirion ) was adopted .by .the
MJ;bt Sectional committec had
l3 March 1990. after tn" or",iioiiiiilv iuJ Engin-eerin!
-Lign,
Divirion couacil'
i"."Tlpill,]'Ji'ri i-n" Mech'"ical rirgine*inlg

This standard war originally publisbcd in 1965' r'.' Firct Rwision wa: irsucd in 1976 rcduciog thc
i.iuti .r ,o, r.om /to 4,' fi;fi;;a;.iiio" f'"" tio'grt ow
har becn i ilt strtlTliih*?t
iJi"-i""r iti"ii""t io thi Nunber of sctr
"ottntty'
iengths have been inctuded to scrve all iaterceu'
of tbi! 3tandard' con:iderablc agirtance has bccn dcrivcd fron BS 95?
Inpart
the preparation
,Feeter ii;i"-;;l] io"ia uy the Britirh standardr Institution
( 2 ) : 1969 g"ugr:i-";ii1
( Bsr ).
 IE !179 r 1990

Indian Standard
ENGINEERING METROLOGY FEELER
GAUGES -
( Second Revision )
1 SCOPE
l.l, Thit *andard coverl the requircoentr for
il8f i+-f+iy#*;-**?:sH.TT,s,#it:
includ.d ir dupli6t. i! rh. &t.

!:&':l%#sPT*""i"1;'r.s n:'-; 32 Lcrytl

l-U(, Iam and arsemblod in a protective rheath.
The following_effectivc length: ( I ), are rccom-
2 NAFERENCE8 nended (.rcr Fig, I ):

2.1 The following Indian Standard 75, t00, 250 and 3(Xl mm
ir nccelary
adjunct to thir ttaDdard:
33 Wldth
IS No. Tirle
The- blades shall be approximately l0 Em wide
l10l Method for Viclen bardness at the beet .ld
'l'he outer ends of-T3y. -
pa-rallel or tapered.
be
( Pa.t I ) : 1984 test for metallic materiatr: blades sball be approridtatelv
scnri-circular. Blades if tapered rhiti bc taperef
Part I HV 5 to Hy l}e ( sccoad
rcvkioa )
tor,rie outer-part of their length ro thai the
wrotb ot the trp is approrimarely 6 nm.
3 DIMENSIONS AND TOLERANCES
3.i Accurecy
3.1 The blader rhall have tbe followiag thict-
neger arrcmblcd id, thc rets in the mann& siven The thiclncss of a blade rhall not depart from
b_elow ( ra clro Fig. I ). The ordcr in ;bicb its nomioal value by morc than th! amouat
the bladc! arc given in the lets below mav aot giva:n- in col 2 of Table I, aad any variatioo
be the morr luitable for asreobly, it ra thictnelr ia eacb blade rhall not'excecd the
is aaouot given ia col 3 of Table I.
dcrirablc
that csch thin blade should be riven
tbe ma:iuuu lrrotection by being ilterld'aved
betwecn two thidcr blader: Trblc I Tolcrencu oo Thlcllctr
of Bbd:r
,tt No. of Bhdcs TMatss of
ia &t Blads in {Clarlre t.+)
ME All di'-.iolt i! EilliE ncr.
t0 0'05 to 0'20 in steF of
0'05, aad 0'30 to 0 08 in Noaln l lblcl-
rcor ol lhdc
Potoblblc Peadrdbfc
steps of 0'10 Dclrrtuo Vedrrlor
froo Noal- htHclrr
.d ThLt ... of llrdo
l3 0'05 to 0'30 in
tteps of
0'05, and 0'4O to l.bo in (l) (2) (e)
steps of 0'10
0'03 up to and * 0'00{ 0'00t
l3 0'03 to 0'10 in steps of iacludiDg 0'04
0'01, and 0'15, 0'20,-0'90,
0'.1t) and 0 50 Above 0'0{ up to + 0.005 0'm5
aDd itrcluli.g 0'35
20 005 to l'00 in sreps of Above 0'35 up to + 0.008 0.008
and iocluding 0'65

2S 0'05 ro 0'14 in steps of Aboee 0'65 uD

-l'mto + 0'0ro 0'0r0
0'01, and 0'15 to l'OO in aad iacluding
step! of0'05
18 3179: 19eO

FEELER OAUGE (SEl No.2 r

FOR FIXING
SHE ATH

-I l0

75 hih.,€FFECTIVE LENGTH t-
-r min.

I9-l.A! .!_El!!t-[!J.1a!
BLAOE (SHAPE OPTIONAL)
All dioearionr io oillimeres
Fro. I DrxBNsroNS AND AssruBLY oI FEaLER GAUoB

. MATERIAL -formingthrough both sides of the

of a bush passing
sheath and a hinge rrpon which the
t-l Thc Bladc! shall be oade from suitable blades Eay be rotited. The sheath shail be so
tl""r hardened and tem- designed
and shall be as to fully Protect the blades, when
"'ri"riJ res's tharr 400 HV not in use.
i:X.':],1**trstri$: 5,2 Fiatrb
Bladec in the thiclners range abovc 0'3
.l2 nJm
for hardnesr iB accordance wtur The blade rurfaces and edges shall be frce from
shall bc tcatod
ifiidiii-ilt): le8'l urins. a test load of deformations and shall hive a smooth finish.
36 N ;tiai rhill be -thict for
applied. 15. seconds'
rbould be sub'
The blades shall be free from sharp edgcs
;iJo-i; than 0'3 mni throughout.
ieilJ ; e t tttcn compariron
-EuJl,
test whercbl'
',-h" rhai ue placea on a.hard, polished 6 DESiGNATION
surfacc end rcratched l{ith a diamond.tlPPco.
or hard rtccl stylus
-6 which has a tip radlus oI
mm. rhe. marl 6.1 Feeler gagues shall be designated with:
;;;;;i;;;;iy 6 .Produced
siiU thcn be compared with a limrlar mar{ a) Set numher,
li:f *':L:.1;i!'fi b Hl-"tri;
gling the
b) Length, and
ilJ-^.d" in tie rame manner -and
I"-rrt fo.". on both the feeler blade and the test
"iT:'+fi c) Number of this ltarrdald.
piece.
Exomplc:
5 CBNENAL RTQT'INEMENT8 of set \o 2, length
Feelel cauges
5.1 6h.rtb mm-and conforming to the require'
100
ments of this standard shall be desig'
The bladcr rball bc hiuged in the sheath on a nated as:
il"tt nut of ruch i derign -thar tbe blade:
"oA Tbe nut lhall be in the torm Feeler Gagues Set 2 Length 100 IS 3179
arc rcmovablc.
 IS 3179 r 1990
7 MAnISNG ?.3 St:aderd lfirrttag
7.1 Bledcr
The feeler gauges Bay alro be marked with tbe
Each blade shall be legibly and permanentlv standard Mart, details of which Eay
marked rvith nominal thicloes in miltmetrer be
obtained from Eureau of Indiaa StaadardJ.
and tbe rnar&ing should not protrude above the
3Urtace.
8 PACKING
7.2 Shcetl
Sheaths shall be legibly and pernanently marted
8-.1
{,s a protection agaiust climatic conditions
wtln lne lollowrnq; tbe blades and rhc sheath sha[ be coated with
lanolin or other Euitable anticorrosive prcpa-
.) Wo.d 'mm',' ration.
b) Word 'Set No.', NOTE - C.ttritr types of prepererionq hsvitr
c) Range offeeler gauges, ano .
petroreulr Jclty- tat h.v6 bc.D fouad auiaablc, butlt L
d) Indication ofthe source ofoanufacture. nccess.y to *lcc r preprt4ion which will jot crurc
l(arnrDg or gullErDg to8rtbcr ofih. blrder.
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Amendments Issued Since Publicatlon

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