SSBT’s College of Engg. & Tech.

, Jalgaon
METROLOGY & QUALITY CONTROL – LAB MANUAL
EXPERIMENT NO. 6

Date of Performance: _____________ Date of Completion: _____________

Title: Measurement of Screw Parameters

AIM: To measure the Effective diameter of external parallel screw threads

INSTRUMENTS USED: Screw Pitch Gauge, Floating Carriage Micrometer, standard wire.
OBJECTIVES:
After studying this experiment students would be able to measure major & effective diameter of
the given screw thread specimen.
PROCEDURE:
1. The diameter of setting master or a cylinder should be nearly same as the diameter of the thread
gauge to reduce error.
2. First meet the anvil of micrometer to dial gauge and rotate micrometer in forward to rotate
needle in dial by 10mm with setting its scale zero at needle position and make digital micrometer
to zero by pressing button.
3. Put master in between centers and make dial needle to zero by moving micrometer.
Take the reading on micrometer as RS. Similarly replace master with a threaded work piece again
second reading is taken as “R”
4. Now place two small wires or cylinders in place of prism. The wires should be chosen so that,
when placed between the threads, they should contact about halfway down the flanks. Suitable
sizes of these cylinders for various threads are given at Appendix-1
5. Take the readings for master as RW and work piece as ROW on micrometer as needle on dial
indicating zero.

OBSERVATIONS:
Specifications of Floating Carriage Micrometer:
 Range: ___________ Least Count: __________

Dimension of work piece = __________

D = Diameter of Setting master = __________

RS = micrometer reading over setting master = __________

R = micrometer reading of threaded work piece = __________

ROW = Reading measured over work piece with wires = __________

RW = Reading measured over setting master with wires = __________

Dept. of Mech. Engg. 1 Lab In-charge: Er. N. K. Patil

 SSBT’s College of Engg. & Tech., Jalgaon
METROLOGY & QUALITY CONTROL – LAB MANUAL
CALCULATIONS:
Major diameter:

M = D ± (Difference between ‘R’ and ‘RS’) = ________________________________________

(Note: The + or – is determined by relative size of the master and the work piece. Use – sign as
master is of greater size than work piece and vice-versa for + sign.)

Effective diameter:

T = measured dimension under cylinders = D ± (RW - ROW) = ____________________________

P = Constant = ____________________________
(Reading “P” values for different threads are given along wires with wires to be used in
Appendix -1)

E = effective or pitch diameter = T + P = ____________________________

RESULT:
Major Diameter = ____________

Effective Diameter = ____________

CONCLUSION:
A floating carriage micrometer is an effective diameter measuring micrometer and is used for
accurate measurement of ‘thread plug gauges’.

Grade: _____ Signature of Faculty with date: _____________

Dept. of Mech. Engg. 2 Lab In-charge: Er. N. K. Patil