INTERNATIONAL

STANDARD (E)
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Verniercallipersreadingto 0,1 and0,0b mm

1 SCOPEAND FIELD OF APPLICATION 3,1.4 Jaws

This lnternationalStandardspecifiesthe most important For the minimumprojectionof the jaws,J-¡n, seetable1.
dimensional,functional and quality characteristics of
vernier callipersreading to 0,i and 0,05 mm, with a The maximumprojection, J-"", shallbe equalto one-third
maximum range of 1 000 mm. Methodsfor testingthe of the measuring
rangebut with a maximumof 200 mm.
accuracy of the instrumentsare given in an annex. for The slidingjaw shallbe a goodslidingfit alongthe beamin
generalinformationonly. order to permit fine adjustmentto be made.
NOTE - These vernier callipers are also commonly known as l/10 The slidershallbe providedwith a suitableclampso that it
and l/20 vernier call¡pers respectively-
may be effectivelyclamped to the beam without altering
the setting.
2 N O M E N C L A T U RA
EN D D E F l N I T I O N S For the minimum length of the faces f or internal
2.1 For the nomenclature
for verniercallipers.seefigures (/-¡n), seetable 1.
measurement
1and2. The jaws may be provided with knife edgesas shown in
figure2.
2.2 e¡¡ot of measurement:. The algebraic difference
betweenthe measuredsizeand the true size. The nominal combinedwidth of the jaws for internal
measurement shall be 0*. 5, 10 or 20mm. The facesfor
2.3 measuring uncertainty: The error margin internalmeasurement(exceptthe knife-edgefaces)shallbe
corresponding to the ¡nherenterrorsof measurement of a of cylindricalform with a radiusnot exceeding
one-halfof
verniercalliper.lt ¡s definedas beingequalto f 2 s; i.e.for their combinedwidth (seef igure1).
a normal distributionof the readingson the instrument,
about 95 % of readings Will not deviatefrom the meansize 3.1.5 Depth-measuringdevice
(true value)by more than twice the standarddeviations.
The vernier calliper may be provided with a
depth-measuring bladewhich ¡s connected to the sliderand
3 SPECIFICATION allowsthe measurement of depthswith referenceto the end
face of the beam{seefigure 2}.
3-l Designfeatures
3.1,6 Sca/es
3.1.1 Measuringranges
The beamshallbe graduatedin millimetresand the length
For recommended
measuring
ranges,
seetable 1. of the scaleshallbe at leastequalto the measur¡ng
rangeof
the calliperplusthe lengthof the vernier.
3.1.2 Material The lengthof the vernierscalemay be 9, 19 or 39 mm (see
The main partsof the callipershallbe of goodqualitysteel figures4, 5 and 6).
(plaincarbonsteelor stainless
steel). The scalelinesof both the beam and the verniershallbe
sharp,clearand perpendicular to the edgeof the beamand
3.1.3 Beam their thickness
shallbe not lessthan0,08 mm and not more
than 0,2 mm.
The beamshallbe longenoughfor the slidingjaw assembly
not to overhang when measuring at the end of the The numberingon the beamand the verniershallbe such
measur¡ng
range. that the scaleis easyto read.

' For jawsw¡th knife edges.

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The distancebetweenthe graduatedface of the beam and 5 TABLES

the edgeof the graduated, faceof the verniershall
bevelled
not exceed0,3 mm (seef igure3). of verniercallipers
5.1 Dimensions

TABLE 1
Dimensions in mill¡metres
4 ACCURACY
Minimum M¡n¡mumlongrth
External pro¡ection of facssfo¡ interna
4.1 Measuringuncerta¡nty
measllringEngs of jaws measuromenl
The permissiblemeasuringuncerta¡ntyin micrometresat Jmin /m¡n
t 2 s. as given in table2, is calculatedfrom the following
formula: Oro 135 35 o

0 to 160 40 o
t ( 5 0+ 0 , 1 ¿ ) O to 200 50 8
within the
length,¡n millimetres,
whereL is any measured O to 250 50 10.
measuringrange. Oto 300 60 10
0 ro 500 80 15
4.2 Measuringfaces 0 ro 750 80 15
Oto 1 O0O 100 20
With the sliderclampedto the beamat any pos¡tionwith¡n
the measuringrangeof the calliper,the facesfor external
measurement shall be flat to w¡thin 10¡rm per 100 mm 5.2 Measuringuncertainty
over their length.They shallbe parallelto within 20l]m per
TABLE2
100 mm overtheir length.
shall be parallelto Measuredlsngth Measur¡nguncorla¡nty
The faces for internal measurement
L ari2s(95%)
w¡thin 10 gm over their length, and the permissible
tolerance for their combined width {see 3.1.4) shall mm ,/m
be:*30¡lm
0 0 r 5 O
100 t 6 O
The measuringfacesshallhavea diamondpyramidhardness
200 i 7 0
numberof not lessthan
300 É 8 0
- 700 HV for plaincarbonsteel; 400 + 9 O
- 500 i 100
550 HV for stainless
steel.
600 i 110
700 ! 120
4,3 Scalelines
800 ! 130
the th¡ckness
In any one ¡nstrument, of all scalelineson the 900 i 140
main scale and vernier shall not differ by more than 1 000 É 150
0.03 mm.

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Fine adjustmentclamp

9 l 0 f l 1 2 1 3 l ¡ 1 5 1 6 1 t t l
,1,,,,1,,,,1ur,1,,,,1,,,¡1,,,,1,,,,1,,,,1,,,,1,,,,1,,,,1',

F¡ne adjustment screw

Vernier scale Fine adiustmentnut

Combined width for ¡nternal measurement

S l ¡ d ¡ n gj a w

Knife-edge faces for ¡nternal measulement

9 t 0 i l t 2 1 3
,1,,,'1,,,,1,,,,1,,,,1,,,,1,,,,1,,,,1',,'1,,,,1,,,,1,,,,1,,,,1,,

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3,
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1 " " | " ' f ì - \ \Vernierscale
O I ¡ O I lO

F I G U R E3 FIGURE 4 - 0,1 vernier of length 9 mm

0 5 1 0
FIGURE 5 -0,1 vernie¡ of langrth 19 mm FIGURE 6 -0,05 vernier of longrth39 mm

NOTE - The illustrations are d¡agrammat¡c only and are not ¡ntended to show details of des¡gn.

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ANNEX

METHODSOF TEST

4.1 MEASURINGUNCERTAINTY

The inherenterrorsof measurement of a verniercallipermay be checkedwith gaugeblock combinations

of known size.
chosento covera numberof points both over rangeof the instrumentand that of the vernier.

The measuring facesof the gaugeblocksshallbe placedbetweenthe jaws,and the outsidemeasuring

facesof the callipershall
be checkedat threepoints.

4.2 MEASURINGFACES

4.2.1 Flatness
The flatnessof the facesfor external measurementmay be checkedby applyinga "knife edge" straightedge,
or by another
appropriatemethod.

4.2.2 Parallelism

The parallelismof the facesfor external measurementmay be checkedby insertinggaugeblocksbetweenthem at d¡fferent

points of the iaws and at different measuredlengthsby varyingthe sizesof the gaugeblocks.

The parallelismof the facesfor externalmeasurementshall not be affectedby clampingthe slider.This may be checkedby
leavinga narrowgapbetweenthe measuring facesand observingthis gapwhenclampingthe slider.
The parallelismof the facesfor internalmeasurement
may be checkedby meansof a micrometer.To ensurethat the radiusis
not too large,the combinedjawsmay be checkedwith a plainringgaugeof 5, 10 or 20 mm diameter.asapplicable.

4.2.3 Scalelines

The thicknessof the scalelines may be checkedby direct measurement

with a microscopefitted with a micrometricdevice.

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