Method and instrument for gauging a workpiece
US6901797B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 5, 2001 |
| Grant date | Jun 7, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 23, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01B13/10
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An instrument is adapted to be attached to a rotational member of an instrument station for obtaining information about a workpiece. The instrument includes at least one orifice adapted to be placed in selective fluid communication with a source of fluid. An instrument station may also be provided to include an instrument and a rotational member connected to the instrument for rotating the instrument about a rotational axis. The instrument station may also include a source including fluid, wherein the fluid source is in fluid communication with the instrument and a monitoring apparatus. An apparatus may also include an instrument and a source of substantially incompressible fluid wherein the source is in fluid communication with the instrument. Methods of obtaining information about a workpiece and methods for determining the center of a bore are also disclosed.
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