A SIP model 4 type screw cutting lathe which had been used in a machine shop for a long time, was repaired and altered to the screw thread lead tester with automatic recording equipment. By this investigation the following results were obtained.
(1) An electric micro-comparator with automatic recording equipment was made by utilizing wire strain gauges, and it was ascertained that it had the satisfactory accuracy and linearity for the lead tester.
(2) Periodic error of measurement which was caused by the eccentric rotation of the lead screw was fully eliminated by using a suspension type lead nut instead of the original one.
(3) The screw thread lead tester was enabled to measure with an accuracy of± 1 μ in the measuring range of 100 mm, by giving the correction curve to the plate cam and repairing several parts of the machine.
(4) Lead error of an internal thread could be measured without the influence of eccentric chucking.
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