Heritage Institute of Technology

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Mechanical Measurement & Instrumentation Lab. (MECH-2261)
Expt. No. : MECH 2261/1 Date: ____________
Experiment: Measurement of linear dimension of rectangular block by Vernier Caliper and Outside
Micrometer.

Objective:
1. To measure length, width and thickness of rectangular block by Vernier Caliper.
2. To measure length, width and thickness of rectangular block by Outside Micrometer.

Theory: Vernier calipers are used to make linear measurements to a precision on the order of 0.001 mm.
Fig.1 shows the schematic diagram of vernier caliper and fig.2 depicts the use of vernier caliper for
precision measurement.

Fig.1 Vernier Caliper Fig.2 Use of Vernier Scale

Micrometer measurement as shown in fig. 3 is considered to give a more accurate measured

value than that obtained by using a Vernier Caliper. Fig.4 shows the use of Outside Micrometer.

Fig.3 Outside Micrometer

1
 Fig.4 Use of Outside Micrometer

As shown in Fig4. the total length measured by the Outside Micrometer is as follows:
Barrel: 5 divisions+0.5 sub divisions
Thimble: 0.28
Total length= 5+0.5+0.28 = 5.78 mm

Specification of Instruments used:

(i) Vernier Caliper : Range __________ Least Count_______ Make________

(ii) Outside Micrometer : Range __________ Least Count_______ Make_________

Procedure: (To be filled by the students)

2
Observations & Calculation Table:

Sl. No Name of the Dimension of job Measured value Average

instruments used

1 Vernier Caliper Length

2 Vernier Caliper Width

3 Vernier Caliper Thickness

4 Outside Micrometer Length

5 Outside Micrometer Width

6 Outside Micrometer Thickness

Conclusion:

Name: ___________________________________________________________________________
Department________________________ Roll No_______________________ Section___________
Date of the experiment______________________________________________________________

Signature of Class Teacher with date Signature of the student with date