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Metrology equipment is vital to a wide range of industries, allowing the science of measurement to provide increasing levels of accuracy in the manufacture of other artefacts. Discover more through the range of objects in our collection.

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A 2 drawer steel cabinet with 'formica'work top for storage and supporting the ancilliary equipment of the Mitutoyo coordinate measuring machine.

2 drawer steel cabinet

1983

Stand for the printer for the Mitutoyo Coordinate Measuring machine; with pull out drawer.

Stand for the printer for the Mitutoyo Coordinate Measuring machine

Stand for main measuring unit of the Mitutoyo Coordinate measuring machine, model FN - 403 ;

Stand for main measuring unit of the Mitutoyo Coordinate measuring machine

A machined workpiece being a suitable sample for demonstrating the operation of the Mitutoyo coordinate measuring machine being a machined aluminium head of a 3 cylinder combustion engine.

Machined workpiece

1983

Querty electronic keyboard with lead and plug with integral copy and output lamps for use with the Mitutoyo coordinate measuring machine.

Querty electronic keyboard

1983

Loose sheet steel panel to fit to the front of the main unit stand (part 2) of the Mitutoyo coordinate measuring machine.

Loose sheet steel panel

Loose sheet steel panel to fit the rear of the main unit stand (covering the air set) of the Mitutoyo coordinate measuring machine, part 2.

Loose sheet steel panel

Multi-core cable approx 5 metres long for the connection of Pt 15 servo unit to the main co-ordinate measuring machine.

Cable for co-ordinate measuring machine

circa 1982

110 volt mains supply cable to the main unit of the co-ordinate measuring machine, one end tagged C. M. M. the other tagged P1.

110 volt mains supply cable to the main unit of the co-ordinate measuring machine

circa 1982

Dividing and screw cutting machine, by Bryan Donkin, constructed in 1826.

Dividing and screw cutting machine

Two ring gauges and five double ended 'Go - No Go' plug gauges for metric sizes

ring and plug screw gauges

1969

Set of external and internal caliper gauges, thirteen components in case, and wooden stand, Windley bros Limited, Chelmsford, Essex, United Kingdom, 1910

Set of external and internal caliper gauges

1910

Wilson photometric gauge, with switch board

Wilson photometric gauge

Prestwich fluid gauge comparator, c1917.

1916-1919

Circular instrument dividing engine made by T. Cooke & Sons Ltd, London, England,1908. The cast brass dividing circle (42-inch diameter) with 1,080 teeth is fitted inlaid silver scale on a heavy cast iron table base.

Circular instrument dividing engine.

1908

N.P.L. Horizontal projection machine, without stand or screen; dated 1916

N.P.L. Horizontal projection machine

1916

'Precisionaire' pneumatic gauge fitted with contact type plug gauge for bore measurement. Made by M.P.J. Gauge and Tool Company, Birmingham in 1964. Without air filter set but complete with operation manual.

'Precisionaire' pneumatic gauge

1964

Circular dividing engine and related components, believed to have been made by W.F. Stanley for own use between 1852 and 1880.

Circular instrument dividing engine.

1852-1880

Steel centre gauge, Whitworth standard 55 degree angles. Pattern no. 878, and steel centre gauge, U.S. standard angle, 60 degrees pattern no. 879, both mounted together on a display board (see 2 stroke nos).

Steel centre gauge

Wickman dial gauge for comparator use, made by Venner Time Switches, with adjustable upper and lower acceptable tolerance indication; 1939-1946.

Wickman dial gauge for comparator use

1939-1946

Box of 12 profiles

Light-alloy cover for change gears

An apparently unfinished bearing housing

Made-up 3 point support probably for microscope; fits on tool saddle but does not align correctly

Made-up 3 point support probably for microscope

Crate containing 6 fittings

Item in locked case

3 stops for floor rails

Double pulley on wooden stand

Straight edge fitting in case

Two floor rails on wooden battens

Tube with double pulley fitting

Half-bearing probably associated with pedestal /5

Winch for tool slide

Split bearing housing to carry tail of workpieces

Bushes, some composite and some incomplete, all presumed to be associated with /13

Bushes, some composite and some incomplete

Micrometer hand wheel and vernier index

Raising plate for pedestal /3

4 holding-down bolts and washers, probably for /3

2 spindles for change gears, one with 2 ring nuts (another spindle in the lathe)

2 spindles for change gears

2 plain cast-iron bearing plates for fret of /1 (original) and a madeup roller bearing plate for the 3rd foot of /1 (lacks cover plates), and 3 raising plates

2 plain cast-iron bearing plates

Made-up bracket to fit head end of bed (4 screws are original manufacture)

Made-up bracket

16 change gears (another 4 in the lathe)

Spindle and 2 brackets made up to carry an idle reversing pinion for left-hand threads

Spindle and brackets

Optical lever type workshop comparator measuring machine, with extra daylight projector giving a 1000 : 1 magnification at the scale.

Optical lever type workshop comparator measuring machine

circa 1920

Flange probably from original driving gear (shaft on /3) and four fitted studs stamped up to match, each with 2 nuts

Flange probably from original driving gear (shaft on /3) and four fitted studs stamped up to match

Tank for cutting oil, with cirulating pump and hoses

Tank for cutting oil

Watts type microptic measuring instrument, by E. R. Watts & Son Ltd, London 1944, Purchased by Plessey in 1944

Watts type microptic measuring instrument

1944

Early example of a Sigma mechanical comparator with workings visible. Made 1945-1955

Early example of a Sigma mechanical comparator

circa 1940

Level comparator - Matrix, serial no. P.2690-1956 by Conventry Gauge & Tool Company

Level comparator - Matrix

1956

Horizontal optical comparator made by Troughton and Simms: 1940-1945

Horizontal optical comparator

1940-1945

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