Holy Angel University

School of Engineering and Architecture

Mechanical Engineering Department

MELAB-1

Experiment no. 1
Use and Calibration of Linear Measuring Instruments

Submitted By:
Gomez, Jae Vincent P.

Submitted To:
Engr. Edwin Eco
Instructor

Date Performed:
January 11,2023
 EXPERIMENT NO. 1

Use and Calibration of Linear Measuring Instrument

Objective:

1. To study the use and calibration of some measuring instruments.

2. Determine the errors of the measurement

Instruments, equipments, Materials:

1. Steel Rule 5. Vernier Caliper

2. Outside Caliper 6. Pipe Sample
3. Inside Caliper 7. Plate
4. Micrometer 8. Wire

Procedure:

I.

1. Check the micrometer and see to it when the anvils are in contact, its reading is exactly zero.
2. Measure the diameter of the wire by revolving its rocket stop until it clicks.
3. Clicking of the rocket stop indicates that the material is now in contact with both
anvils, record the reading from the barrel plus the reading from the thimble.
4. Repeat the procedure with the plate and the pipe.
5. Now measure the samples with the vernier caliper and the exact amount is found
by examining the division lines to see lines coincides with one of the line in the rule.
6. Multiply the reading with the indicated decimal equivalents printed in every scale.
II.

A.

1. Measure the pipe no. 1, 2 and 3 using steel rule and convert the readings into

decimal equivalents by looking at the other side of the rule.

B.

1. Measure the diameters of the pipe with the outside and inside caliper
2. Hold one leg of the caliper against the wall of the material (pipe) and turn the other leg
until it touches the opposite side.
3. The Caliper should be move back and forth to feel the proper contact.
4. The size of the opening is then read from a
rule.

C.

1. In this Case, just apply the same procedure as in I-5 and I-6 for the pipes.
2. Record your data.
Data and Results:

I. PLATES

INSTRUMENT USED PLATES DIAMETER (mm) THICKNESS (mm)

1 18.85 1.71

2 14.38 1.33
MICROMETER
3 23.34 2.31

4 9.31 0.97

1 15.10 1.30

2 12.80 1.05
VERNIER
3 21.30 2.25

4 8.10 0.65

1 3.75 0.41

Amount of 2 1.58 0.28

Difference
3 2.04 0.06

4 1.21 0.32

Micrometer (Plate Diameter)

2
3

Micrometer (PlateThickness)

2
3

Vernier (Plate Diameter)

2
3

Vernier (Plate Thickness)

2
3

II. Pipes

Instrument used PIPE # Height/Length Inside Outside Thickne

(mm) Diamet Diamet ss(Do-
er (mm) er (mm) Di)/2
(mm)
1 60 21.55 25.05 1.75

2 60 20 26.7 3.35
VERNIER
3 60 22.75 27.90 2.575

4 60 24.25 28.50 2.125

Vernier ( Pipe Inside Diameter)

2
3

Vernier (Pipe Outside Diameter)

2
3

III. Sphere

INSTRUMENT USED Sphere No. DIAMETER (mm) VOLUME (mm3)

1 16.32 2275.93

MICROMETER 2 15.87 2092.81

3 17.20 2264.31

4 11.54 804.67

1 13.75 1361.15

VERNIER 2 13.55 1302.62

3 15.20 1838.78

4 10.45 597.51

1 2.57 914.78

Amount of 2 2.32 790.19

Difference
3 5.00 425.53

4 1.09 207.16
 Micrometer (Sphere Diameter)

4
 Vernier(Sphere Diameter)

4
CONCLUSIONS/OBERVATIONS:

In this experiment, our objective was to investigate how measuring devices are used and
calibrated. We were only able to study the use of a vernier caliper and a micrometer because we only
completed this experiment via an online course. A measuring tool used to determine linear dimensions
is called a vernier caliper. With the aid of measuring jaws, it is also used to measure rounded objects.
The main scale adds the main number and one decimal place to the reading when using a vernier
caliper to read the measurement. The second decimal place in the reading is provided by the vernier
scale. You must put the scale readings from the main scale and the vernier scale together to achieve
the final measurement reading. A micrometer is a device used to take accurate linear measurements
of the lengths, thicknesses, and diameters of solid objects. You must read the sleeve measurement
first, then the thimble measurement, the vernier measurement, and finally add all of the measurements
together to read the measurement in a micrometer. When I looked at the measurements of the objects
we used, I saw that the range of values we got using a vernier caliper and a micrometer was only 1 to
5 mm, which is not that huge of a difference. To summarize the experiment, we learned how to use
and read the measurements of an object via vernier caliper and micrometer.