Calibrating Thread Plug Gages – 3 Mistakes & Pitfalls To Be Aware Of

A precision threaded calibration and inspection tool, a thread plug gage is used by engineers and machinists to determine if a work piece is within the required specifications or tolerance.

While it is a measuring tool, a thread plug gage doesn’t return a size the way other tools work. Instead, it returns a state, which is either:

• Acceptable –The part is within the specified tolerance and can be used
• Unacceptable – The part beyond/below the specified tolerance and must be rejected

Thread plug gages are an integral part of the manufacturing industry especially in the quality process. The tool ensures the interchangeability of …read more