Single End Snap Gauge
Features
Snap Gauges provide a quick and easy method of checking outside diameters, grooved diameters or width dimensions. When these gauges are manufactured, GO and NO-GO tolerance dimensions of the component being checked are set into the snap gauge.
Usage: Snap gauges are oftentimes used when a large quantity of workpieces must be inspected.
The snap gauge has four anvils or jaws
- The first one or pair (outermost) are set using the upper limit (GO tolerance) of the part.
- The inner set adjusted to the lower limit (NO-GO tolerance) of the part. A correctly machined part will pass the first set of jaws and stop at the second set of jaws. And that’s it, end of test.
Advantage
In this manner, a part may be checked in one action, unlike the plug gauge that needs to be used twice and flipped to access the second gauge.