Bowers Metrology launches the MicroGauge for global industry

Bowers introduced MicroGauge as a response to frequent requests for a two-point bore gauging system that could accurately measure bores from 1.0 to 6.0 mm. Featuring a completely new integral digital readout, Bowers' new MicroGauge can truly be described as a pocket-sized instrument, as its overall dimensions are approximately the same as a ballpoint pen. The Bowers MicroGauge could not be easier to use: the action of locating the gauge's hard-chromed, spherical contact points into the bore to be measured causes a mechanical force to be transferred to the gauge's digital readout unit. This action instantaneously causes the bore's size to be displayed on the unit's high visibility LCD readout. Moreover, as the MicroGauge benefits from two-point localised contact with the bore to be measured, further bore features, such as ovality, taper and barrelling, can also be evaluated. Access to the new bore gauge's functions, including set/calibrate, metric/inch conversion and choice of 0.010 or 0.001 mm resolutions, is via two buttons. Data transfer can be carried out via Proximity-RS232 or Proximity-USB outputs. As with all Bowers bore-gauging products, the new MicroGauge system is available as an individual instrument, or as a set comprising a selection of heads and setting rings, allowing a range of sizes to be measured. All setting rings are supplied with traceable UKAS certification as standard, enabling MicroGauge to be included on users' gauge calibration systems and used from the day of delivery.