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Engineer’s Parallels - Grades and Tolerances
Metric Parallels Part 1
Dimensions (mm)
Units 0.001mm
Grade A
Grade B
Caliper measurements for individual parallels
Functional Requirements
Individual
Pairs
Thickness T
Width W
LengthL
Departure from Nominal T & W
Variation in Caliper Measurements of T & W
Parallelism of T & W
Matching
5
10
100
±5
2
4
6
±10
8
12
20
125
15
30
150
40
200
25
50
250
3
±20
60
300
80
350
-
±25
7
14
400
±30
16
Imperial Parallels Part 2
Dimensions (inches)
Units 0.000 1inch
Maximum Permissible Errors for Each Parallel
A pair of Parallels shall have equal Thickness (T) and Width (W) to within
LengthL(Minimum)
Tolerance on T&W
Variations in T&W Not to Exceed
Error in Straightness within
¼
½
±1.0
0.5
±0.5
±2.5
1.0
⅜
¾
1.5
±1.5
1
1½
±4.0
2.0
±2.0
2.5
1¼
2½
±5.0
3.0
±3.0
1¾
3½
±6.0
3.5
±3.5
4.0
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