Article | REF: R1270 V1

Limit gauges for checking smooth parts

Author: Bernard THÉRON

Publication date: December 10, 1996

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3. Taylor's principle

3.1 Interpreting the Taylor principle

It was an English engineer, William Taylor, who filed a patent on September 30, 1905 for the control of screws by gages, who came up with the idea of using a system of Between and Not Between gages.

This system, known as the "Taylor principle", has been extended and applied to limit gauge verification of all smooth, splined, etc., fits.

This principle can be interpreted as follows:

The maximum material condition of an element of a part must be verified by a full-form Between gauge (figure 9 a ), executed at the maximum material limit of this element.

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