Course Code : AME1122

GAYATRI VIDYA PARISHAD COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING (AUTONOMOUS)

Madhurawada, Visakhapatnam

Affiliated to JNT University K, Kakinada

B.Tech.V-Semester Regular & Supplementary Examinations, November 2012

METROLOGY
(Mechanical Engineering)
Date : 30-11-2012
Time : 3 Hours
1. Question No. 1 is Compulsory.
2. Answer any FOUR from questions 2 to 8.
3. All parts of a Question must be answered in one place to get valued.
1.

2.

Max. Marks : 60

Answer the Following in 4 or 5 sentence

a) Distinguish between allowance and tolerance.
b) Write the advantages of Wave length standards
c) What are the applications of Tool Maker`s microscope.
d) List the methods of measurement of surface finish.
e) Write the defects of Mechanical Comparators.
f) What is the best size of wire for measuring the effective diameter of screw thread.
g) What is meant by chordal width and chordal height of a gear tooth.
h) Why machine tool alignment tests are required.

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a) Explain the terms: Basic size; Zero line; lower and upper deviations. Draw a conventional
diagram to represent these terms for a shaft and hole pair of interference fit.
+0.020
b) The hole and shaft assembly of 30mm nominal size have tolerance specified as 30 0.000 mm for

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0.04

hole and 30 0.07 mm for shaft. Determine.

(i) Maximum and minimum clearance (Interference) attainable
(ii) Allowance
(iii) Hole and shaft tolerances
(iv) Fundamental deviation.
(v) Maximum material limit for shaft and hole
(vi) Type of fit.
Sketch these values on a conventional diagram
3.

a) What is wringing? Explain the procedure for wringing of slip gauges?

b) Differentiate between:
(i) Standard gauges and limit gauges
(ii) Ring gauges and plug gauges.

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4.

a) What is flatness? What are various methods of checking flatness of surfaces?

b) What are the numerous fringe contours in checking slip gauges by means of optical flats?

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5.

a) Explain terms Ra and Rz values

b) Describe evaluation of surface finish by
(i) Peak to valley height method
(ii) The average roughness method.

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6.

a) Enumerate various screw thread parameters for metrological measurement. Also enlist
instruments corresponding to their measurements
b) Describe with the help of a neat sketch the working of Gear tooth Vernier caliper

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7.

a) Enumerate various characteristics of good comparator.

b) Explain the working of sigma comparator with special reference to cross strip lever in detail.

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8.

a) Explain the following alignment tests on lathe:

(i) True running of locating cylinder of main spindle.
(ii) True running of taper socket in main spindle.
b) Explain the types of CMM and their applications.

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