Starrett Rectangular Steel Gage Block Sets-Inch System

Gage Blocks – Major Product Characteristics Precision gage blocks are the primary standards vital to dimensional quality control in the manufacture of parts. The four major characteristics that are necessary for a precision gage block are accuracy, surface finish, wear resistance and dimensional stability. Other factors are corrosion resistance, hardness, thermal conductivity and coefficient of expansion.

• Traditional High G-Grade Steel gage blocks, which are generally used in shop floor environments.

• Tungsten Carbide gage blocks, which have the advantage of being harder and longer wearing than steel. (Not available from Webber.)

• Ceramic gage blocks have and advantage over regular steel.  They will outwear regular steel and they will not corrode.

• Chromium Carbide gage blocks are considered the top of the line-the finest available.  They outwear regular steel and ceramic.  In addition, they will not corrode and are very stable and accurate, and have exceptional "wringing" qualities.

• croblox® Chromium Carbide-the superior gage block material.  The reason that our Webber Gage Division emphasizes gage blocks made from Chromium Carbide is because they are the most stable measuring devices ever developed.

NO ONE IN THE WORLD EXCEPT STARRETT/WEBBER HAS PRODUCED THE ACCURACY AND STABILITY OF OUR CROBLOX® GRAND MASTERS. They were produced in 1955 of Chromium Carbide material to an accuracy within one millionth of an inch (.0000254 mm) and have been checked periodically by the U.S. National Bureau of Standards and the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (N.I.S.T.) and have remained stable over this period.

Other Characteristics:

• Accuracy

All Starrett/Webber gage blocks meet or exceed all known specifications. The flatness, parallelism and surface finish necessary to achieve the required accuracies are the same as or better than government requirements.

• Stability

Starrett/Webber gage blocks do not change in size except through normal wear. Gage block stability is a characteristic that our Webber Gage Division has mastered with over seventy years of experience. Our gage blocks have withstood the test of time.

• Hardness

Steel blocks have a Rockwell “C” hardness of approximately 64-65. Chromium Carbide blocks have a Rockwell “C” hardness of 71-73, with an unusually fine, hard grain structure which gives them exceptional resistance to wear and abrasion.

• Thermal Conductivity and Coefficient of Expansion

These are not important considerations when measurements are taken in temperature-controlled environments. This is primarily done when measuring to microinches or microns. On the shop floor, where precision measurements are rarely finer than .0002