Lab Worksheet Course Title: Mechanical Technology

Experiment No.2
Title:
Calibration of Bourdon Tube Pressure Gauge using Dead Weight Piston Gauge

Objectives:

Introduction:
What is Calibration?

What is Pressure Gauge?

Classify Pressure Gauges;

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How Bourdon Type Pressure Gauge works?

Fig. 3.2: Bourdon Tube Pressure gauge

Apparatus:
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Equipment:

Fig 3.1 Dead Weight Piston Gauge

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Working of Dead Weight Piston Gauge;

Draw the Schematic Diagram of Apparatus:

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Pressure=Weight/Area
W
P=
A

A=Cross sectional Area of piston=π r 2, where r=diameter/2

Diameter =

Procedure:

Observations and Calculations:

Gauge Pressure Mean Absolute Theoretical % age
Load W (kg) Pressure Pressure
Pg (kg/cm )
2
Pg(kg/cm ) 2 Error
(kg/cm 2) (kg/cm2)
Sr.
No.
Applied Total P1
Loading
P2
Unloading
¿¿
Pab=P g+¿ P atm ¿
Pth = W/A [ Pth −P g
Pth ]
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Where;
Pth Patm

Pab A

Results and Data Analysis:

1. Graph between Load vs P g
2. Graph between Load vs P th

Precautions:

Applications: