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A micrometer is a device used for precise measurement of small distances. It incorporates a calibrated screw that moves a spindle to measure thickness or depth. There are different types for different measurements, including outside micrometers to measure external features like wires or shafts, inside micrometers for internal diameters, and depth micrometers. Reading a micrometer involves understanding the markings on the fixed sleeve and rotating thimble, with the sleeve markings representing dollars and quarters and the thimble lines as pennies that are added to the sleeve measurement.

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Screw Gauge, Is A

A micrometer is a device used for precise measurement of small distances. It incorporates a calibrated screw that moves a spindle to measure thickness or depth. There are different types for different measurements, including outside micrometers to measure external features like wires or shafts, inside micrometers for internal diameters, and depth micrometers. Reading a micrometer involves understanding the markings on the fixed sleeve and rotating thimble, with the sleeve markings representing dollars and quarters and the thimble lines as pennies that are added to the sleeve measurement.

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(USdict:mkrmtr),

sometimes known
as amicrometer
screw gauge,is a
device
incorporating a calibratedscrew
used widely
for precise measurement of
small distances
inmechanical
engineering andmachiningas well as most
mechanical trades. Micrometers are often, but not
always, in the form ofcalipers.

BASIC TYPES
Outside micrometer(aka micrometer

caliper), typically used to measure wires,


spheres, shafts and blocks.
Inside micrometer, used to measure the
diameter of holes.
Depth micrometer, measures depths of
slots and steps.

MICROMETER

How to Read
Reading a micrometer takes practice.

To learn to read the mike you need to

understand theThimbleand theSleeve.


Here we are going to learn to read the
micrometer by figuring out the markings on
the Thimble and the Sleeve.

TheSleevedoes not move. It looks like a ruler

with ten numbers. The space between each


number is divided into quarters. As
theThimblerotates around this Sleeve it covers
up, or reveals the numbers marked on the Sleeve.
It is easy to read a micrometer if you think of the
markings on the Sleeve as dollars and quarters.

Now it gets a little easier to read the mike.

For example, what are the readings on the


micrometers shown below?

If you think of the lines on the Sleeve as

dollars and quarters,


the lines on theThimblerepresent "pennies"
or cents.

As the thimble rotates, you add those pennies

to the dollars and quarters

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