Western Gage Corp. Announces Air Gage for Measuring Internal, External Diameters
IMTS 2024: Western Gage Corp. features a custom air gage, enabling accurate measurement for toolholders, medical implants and internal and external diameters among others.
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Western Gage Corp. announces the Micro IIi Air Gage Readout, which is said to provide fast and accurate measurements of internal and external diameters. The air gage instrument features a built in microprocessor, digital and analog displays, USB & RS-232 serial data outputs and auto calibration. Diameters are displayed with resolutions to 5 micro-inches or 0.1 microns. Applications include measurement of ID’s, OD’s and tapers of toolholders and medical implants.
Western also designs and manufactures custom air gages for precision ID and OD match fittings, inspecting flatness, concentricity, perpendicularity and parallelism.
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