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Metrology and Quality Assurance Lab: Department of Mechanical Engineering

The document discusses the bevel protractor, including its working principle, uses, and applications. It has a graduated circular scale and pivoted arm used to measure or make angles with a least count of 5 minutes. Its working principle involves rotating an adjustment blade along the circular plate to coincide divisions on the vernier scale with the main scale, allowing measurement of the angle. It can precisely measure angles up to 360 degrees. Common uses include establishing and testing bearing angles with close tolerances. Applications include checking V-blocks and measuring acute angles.

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Metrology and Quality Assurance Lab: Department of Mechanical Engineering

The document discusses the bevel protractor, including its working principle, uses, and applications. It has a graduated circular scale and pivoted arm used to measure or make angles with a least count of 5 minutes. Its working principle involves rotating an adjustment blade along the circular plate to coincide divisions on the vernier scale with the main scale, allowing measurement of the angle. It can precisely measure angles up to 360 degrees. Common uses include establishing and testing bearing angles with close tolerances. Applications include checking V-blocks and measuring acute angles.

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Metrology and Quality Assurance Lab

Topic: Bevel Protector, its working principle, use and application

Student Name: Shavaiz Ali

Roll no: 18-MCE-16

Semester: 6th

Supervisor: Dr. Muhammad Arif

Department of Mechanical Engineering


NFC Institute of Engineering and Fertilizer
Research, Faisalabad
BEVEL PROTRACTOR
Introduction:
Bevel protractor is an instrument that has a graduated circular scale with one pivoted
arm that is used for measuring or making off the angles.
This instrument is capable of measuring angles with a least count of 5′ or 5 minutes.
It is used to measure the angle of any workpiece. It is used for various objects like jigs.
Sometimes the vernier scale in the bevel protractor has an attachment for giving a more
precise reading. Bevel protractor has a very vital role in mechanical architectural drawing.
General use of bevel protractor is decreasing due to the introduction of software like CAD.
The bevel protractor is used for testing the angles very precisely.
It is used for a variety of mechanical and engineering related applications.

Working Principle:
1) As the Base Plate (Stock) acts as one of the working edges, and the other working edge
will be the blade which is held on the circular plate. as you can see the some of the
sample positions of the bevel protractor in action.
2) This Adjustment Blade can be rotated along with the circular plate on the main body.
3) Which means the vernier scale on the circular plate will be rotated on the Main scale
which is graduated on the Main body.
4) The Vernier scale has 12 divisions on each side of the center zero. (It means there are 24
divisions on the vernier scale).
5) The 12 divisions are denoted as 60 min on the vernier scale (Like this 15, 30, 45, 60).
That means 12 division = 60 minutes.
6) One division= 60/12 = 5 minutes.
7) On the Main scale, the same portion is represented as 23° (12 divisions on vernier scale
= 23° on the main scale).
8) One division on the Vernier scale = 1.91666° = 1° 55′ (one degree 55 minutes).
9) As similar to the vernier calipers working principle as Zero on the vernier scale moves
on the main scale.
10) While taking a measurement, The Zero line on the vernier scale shows the reading on
the main scale, called main scale reading.
11) At somewhere the divisions on the vernier scale will coincide with the divisions on the
Main scale. this reading is noted as the Vernier scale reading.
12) With these values along with the least count of the Vernier bevel protractor, we can
calculate the reading.

Use of Bevel Protractor:


 It can measure angle very precisely up to 5 arcminutes and can measure angle up to
360 degrees.
 It gives a very accurate measurement.
 It is used to establish and test to bear angles in very close tolerance.

Applications of Bevel Protractor:


 Bevel Protractor is used to check V Blocks.
 It is used to check the inside beveled face of the ground surface.
 It is also used for measuring acute angles.

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