Generic Thread Gauges of Engineering Industry

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A Few Generic Thread Gauges of Engineering
Industry Those who are in the mechanical and
engineering fields would definitely know the
importance of thread gauges. Fundamentally, many
engineers consider the thread gauge as a
cynosure because this petite looking instrument
has immense caliber in profiling screws and
bolts! However, you have to be simultaneously
conscious about the type of Thread Gage that
will be perfect in measuring the specific variety
of screws or bolts that you have with you.

• Here are the two common varieties that you will
  come across every day. Watch out!
• Leaf Gauge
• The leaf gauge is undoubtedly the commonest
  variant of thread gauge that you will come
  across in the engineering industry. The most
  distinctive feature of these gauges is their
  aesthetics. Hence, at an apparent glance, this
  variety of gauges will look almost similar to
  that of the multi-bladed Swiss army knife.
• The exceptional thing about leaf gauge is, it
  enables you to get a range of gauging options in
  a single tool. This is why leaf gauges come in
  the form of multiple leafs that are fitted into
  a single platform. Therefore, every time you need
  to conduct a trial and error for getting the
  right thread measurement of a screw, there is
  always a different leaf with different teeth
  spacing to ease the work.

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• This gauge variant also comes with a major
  drawback it is unable to measure the full
  diameter of a screw or a bolt owing to its leaf,
  like design.
• Ring gauge
• After the leaf gauge, the next variant that is
  often used for measuring screw pitches is the
  ring gauge. These gauges come in standalone
  pieces with varying diameters. These gauges are
  ideal for measuring male screws.

The greatest advantage of a ring gauge is that it
is able to precisely measure the diameter of a
screw. Moreover, this thread gauge shows the same
efficiency in measuring the diameter and pitch
of the screw. Therefore, it measures the thread
of a screw with more accuracy than a leaf
gauge. The most cardinal disadvantage of this
ring gauge is that you do not have an option to
use the trial and error method to come to a final
conclusion with the measurement of a screw
thread with this gauge. So, it can be said that a
ring gauge is not as versatile as a leaf gauge.
Thus, if you are supposed to measure a number of
thread gauges then you have to be adequately
equipped with an almost equal number of ring
gauges of varying diameters. Besides these two
variants of thread gauges, you will also get
other options like plug gauge, go gauge, and no
go gauge that is used for specific purposes owing
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