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  2. L. S. Starrett Company - Wikipedia

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    In 2002, a former Starrett subcontractor alerted US Defense Department investigators to an alleged fraud issue with a Starrett RapidCheck Coordinate Measuring Machine that Starrett had to replace free-of-charge to customers because of a fault. Federal agents raided Starrett's North Carolina plant [12] looking for evidence of fraud. The federal ...

  3. Indicator (distance amplifying instrument) - Wikipedia

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    Ideal test indicator pushed. Prior to modern geared dial mechanisms, test indicators using a single lever or systems of levers were common. The range and precision of these devices were generally inferior to modern dial type units, with a range of 10/1000 inch to 30/1000 inch, and precision of 1/1000 inch being typical.

  4. Gauge (instrument) - Wikipedia

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    Dial indicator, also known as a dial test indicator, dial gauge, or probe indicator an instrument used to accurately measure small linear distances. Feeler gauge: a simple tool used to measure gap widths. Gauge block, (also known as a gage block, Johansson gauge, slip gauge, or Jo block) a precision ground and lapped length measuring standard.

  5. Combination square - Wikipedia

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    Though some earlier 19th century tools were called combination squares, the modern combination square was invented in the late 1870s by American inventor Laroy S. Starrett, and patented in 1879. [note 1] [8] In 1880 he founded the L. S. Starrett Company in Athol, Massachusetts, United States. The tool was originally designed for machinists, but ...

  6. Total indicator reading - Wikipedia

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    The indicator traditionally would be a dial indicator; today dial-type and digital indicators coexist. The earliest expansion of "TIR" was total indicated run-out and concerned cylindrical or tapered (conical) parts, where " run-out " (noun) refers to any imperfection of form that causes a rotating part such as a shaft to "run out" (verb), that ...

  7. Enron went bankrupt 23 years ago. Pranksters have seemingly ...

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    Enron employees leave the headquarters building in 2002 in downtown Houston, Texas. The company appears to have been relaunched as of Dec. 2, 2024 as an elaborate joke more than 20 years after it ...

  8. Dial (measurement) - Wikipedia

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    A dial is generally a flat surface, circular or rectangular, with numbers or similar markings on it, used for displaying the setting or output of a timepiece, radio, clock, watch, or measuring instrument. [1] Many scientific and industrial instruments use dials with pointers to indicate physical properties.

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