803-MC Invar Kit

The 803-MC Invar Kit is designed as a multipurpose kit. It is often used as a scale extension tool - precisely extending the range of standard optical tooling scales for accurate measurement of larger dimensions, or to access previously unreachable points. It is also used with calibration scales such as our 6000-CM (and others) as a calibration or scaling artifact for three dimensional measurement systems.

 

Invar tubing is great for metrology because it has such a very low coefficient of thermal expansion. which effectively eliminates changes in length due to handling or environmental changes. This is particularly beneficial when measuring a system in its "hot" or running state.

 

 

The Invar tubing in the 803-MC is manufactured to its stated length within ±0.003 mm. Our metric Invar tubing covered with a tough polyvinyl layer designed to protect your tubing and to allow for easy cleaning. Our metric tubing is yellow in color (English tubing is red).

The Invar tubing components are hand-picked so that the total Invar tube stackup error does not exceed the stated maximum. This means that you can connect all of the tubes found in a given kit together end-to-end, and the stack will maintain the total length within the stackup error. (The table above summarizes this information.)

Individual components may be assembled to produce lengths from 25 mm to 2800 mm, in 125 mm increments. The end of each invar tube allows measuring to the tangents of shafts, and a tooling ball contact point offers the best repeatability on most machine surfaces. The table below specifies all included components. Be sure to have a look at our other Invar System components.

803-MC Invar Kit Components

 

Legend	Part Number	Description	Qty
A	12587-500MM	500 mm Invar Tube	4
	12587-250MM	250 mm Invar Tube	2
	12587-125MM	125 mm Invar Tube	2
B	12410-G4	Tooling Ball Tip	2
C	8665-G4	Rotating Scale Holder	1
D	8665-G2	Fixed Scale Holder	1
E	12406-G1	Stainless Steel Invar System Connectors	10
no photo	12421-G1	Plastic Case	1
no photo	-	NIST Traceable Certification for Kit	1

May Be Used With

Any of our optical tooling or calibration scales except for the 6040 or 6100