Two Main Thread Gauges Used By Engineering Industry

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Two Main Thread Gauges Used By Engineering
Industry Those who are in the mechanical and
engineering fields would definitely know the
importance of thread gauges. Basically, the
thread gauge is considered as a cynosure by many
engineers because this petite looking instrument
has immense caliber in profiling screws and bolts!

• However, you have to be simultaneously conscious
  about the type of Custom Thread Gage that will
  be perfect in measuring the specific variety of
  screw or bolt that you have with you.
• Here are the two common varieties that you will
  come across every day. Watch out!
• Leaf Gauge

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• 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 this gauge is its
  aesthetics. Hence, at an apparent glance this
  variety of gauge will look almost similar to that
  of the multi-bladed Swiss army knife.
• The best thing about leaf gauge is that you get a
  range of gauging options in a single tool. This
  is because the leaf gauge comes 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.
• This gauge variant also comes with a major
  drawback it is unable to measure the full
  diameter of a screw or a bolt owing of its leaf
  like design.
• Ring gauge
• After 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 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 that leaf gauge.
  Further, you can also get Calibration Custom
  Designs ring measurements too if you order to
  it.
• The most cardinal disadvantage of this ring gauge
  is that you do not have an option to use 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 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
  almost equal number of ring gauges of varying
  diameter.

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Besides these two variants of thread gauges, you
will also get other options like plug gauge, go
gauge and no go gauge that are used for specific
purposes owing of their specific benefits. For
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