The range of measurements a multidimensional gage can handle is quite broad. However, modular gages have faced their share of doubt from manufacturers. Kurt manufactures modular, multidimensional gaging systems, along with application-specific gages. Its first integrity is that it has to be a repeatable instrument. It has to give accurate and repeatable answers.
Modular gages are no different.
In fact, it's their degree of repeatability that guarantees the accuracy. Caliper-like modular gages accept a range of attachments to determine dimensions from inner and outer diameters to taper and chamfer. Flexbar Machine Corp. Modular gaging systems are built to quickly accommodate parts. Their elements, those components that make contact with the part to be measured, retract and converge on the part either manually or under computer control. In most systems, the elements and the part are held steady by the gage structure instead of the operator, eliminating the possibility of mishandling.