COURSE DELIVERY PLAN

Faculty Name

Staff code

Subject Name

Subject code

: ME2304

Academic Year

: Engg. Metrology and

Measurements
: 2014-2015

Semester

: V

Degree & Branch

: B.E. Mechanical Engineering

Section

: A

LECTUR
E
HOUR

DETAILED TOPICS TO BE COVERED

1
2
3
4
5
6

UNIT I CONCEPT OF MEASUREMENT

General concepts of measurements
Generalised measurement system - Units and standards
Measuring instruments -sensitivity, Stability
Range, accuracy, precision
Static response
Dynamic response

Repeatability, Systematic & random errors

Correction, Calibration & Interchange ability

Introduction to Dimensional & Geometric Tolerancing

UNIT II - LINEAR AND ANGULAR MEASUREMENT

10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18

Definition of metrology, Linear measuring instruments: Vernier

Micrometer
Slip gauges and classification
Tools makers microscope
Interferometery, optical flats
Limit gauges, Mechanical Comparator
Pneumatic and electrical comparators
Applications, Angular measurement: Sine bar , Sine center
Angular measurement: Bevel protractor, Angle Decker
UNIT III - FORM MEASUREMENT

19

Measurement of screw threads

20

Thread gauges, floating carriage micrometer

Measurement of Gear tooth thickness - constant chord and base
tangent method
Measurement of Gear tooth thickness - Gleason gear testing
machine
Radius measurements
Surface finish - Equipments and parameters
Straightness, Flatness measurements
Roundness measurements.
Revision

21
22
23
24
25
26
27

UNIT IV - LASER AND ADVANCES IN METROLOGY

28
29
30
31

Precision instruments based on laser Principles

Laser interferometer-application in linear measurements
Laser interferometer-application in angular measurements
Machine tool metrology

ACTUAL
COMPLETION
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33
34
35
36

Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM) - Need

Constructional features, Types
Industrial applications
Computer aided inspection
Revision
UNIT V - MEASUREMENT OF MECHANICAL PARAMETERS

37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45

Force - mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic and electrical types

Torque - mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic and electrical types
Power: mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic and electrical types
Pressure measurement
Flow measurement-Venturi, orifice
Flow measurement- rotameter, Pitot tube
Temperature: bimetallic strip, thermocouples
Temperature: Pyrometer
Temperature- Electrical resistance thermistor.

TEXT BOOKS:
1. Jain R.K., Engineering Metrology, Khanna Publishers, 2005
2. Allan S. Morris, " The Essence of Measurement", Prentice Hall of India, 1997

REFERENCES
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Gupta S.C, Engineering Metrology, Dhanpat rai Publications, 2005

Jayal A.K, Instrumentation and Mechanical Measurements, Galgotia Publications 2000
Beckwith, Marangoni, Lienhard, Mechanical Measurements, Pearson Education, 2006
Donald Deckman, Industrial Instrumentation, Wiley Eastern, 1985.

Course Faculty

HOD