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What's this sticky tape called?
The sort that looks a bit like decorators masking tape, but used in
engineering to establish what clearances lie between mating surfaces by looking at indentations when parts are assembled? -- Adrian C |
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What's this sticky tape called?
Adrian Caspersz explained :
The sort that looks a bit like decorators masking tape, but used in engineering to establish what clearances lie between mating surfaces by looking at indentations when parts are assembled? I know just what you mean, but sorry I cannot think of the name.. |
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What's this sticky tape called?
On Wednesday, 10 July 2019 16:16:19 UTC+1, Adrian Caspersz wrote:
The sort that looks a bit like decorators masking tape, but used in engineering to establish what clearances lie between mating surfaces by looking at indentations when parts are assembled? Replica tape. https://www.corrosionpedia.com/defin...5/replica-tape |
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What's this sticky tape called?
harry presented the following explanation :
Replica tape. https://www.corrosionpedia.com/defin...5/replica-tape I had in mind the material which compresses, so that measuring its thickness once the two surfaces are disassembled = you know what the clearance is between the faces. |
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On 10/07/2019 16:16, Adrian Caspersz wrote:
The sort that looks a bit like decorators masking tape, but used in engineering to establish what clearances lie between mating surfaces by looking at indentations when parts are assembled? Plastigauge? https://plastigauge.co.uk/ -- Kevin |
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What's this sticky tape called?
Kevin explained on 10/07/2019 :
Plastigauge? https://plastigauge.co.uk/ That is the one I had in mind.. |
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What's this sticky tape called?
On 10/07/2019 19:01, Harry Bloomfield wrote:
harry presented the following explanation : Replica tape. https://www.corrosionpedia.com/defin...5/replica-tape I had in mind the material which compresses, so that measuring its thickness once the two surfaces are disassembled = you know what the clearance is between the faces. Isn't that plastiguage ? |
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What's this sticky tape called?
Kevin explained on 10/07/2019 :
Plastigauge? https://plastigauge.co.uk/ That is the one I had in mind.. But it looks nothing like decorators masking tape https://youtu.be/lHucfmFMXSE?t=166 -- Graham. %Profound_observation% |
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What's this sticky tape called?
Harry Bloomfield wrote:
Kevin explained on 10/07/2019 : Plastigauge? https://plastigauge.co.uk/ That is the one I had in mind.. Lead wire was an older method I have seen used to check the bearing clearance on a ships triple expansion engine. The engineer , the engine and probably the reel of the wire all dated from before the plastic age. GH |
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What's this sticky tape called?
On 10/07/2019 18:07, harry wrote:
On Wednesday, 10 July 2019 16:16:19 UTC+1, Adrian Caspersz wrote: The sort that looks a bit like decorators masking tape, but used in engineering to establish what clearances lie between mating surfaces by looking at indentations when parts are assembled? Replica tape. https://www.corrosionpedia.com/defin...5/replica-tape Never heard of that (although I spent years measuring rough surfaces, including taking replicas). Our replica material of choice was Acrulite, this is just methyl methacrylate monomer which you mix with powdered polymer. It sets in a couple of minutes. You can also get replicas using RTV silicone, either two pack putty as used by dentists for replication, or creamy liquids dispensed from a double tube syringe through a mixing nozzle. Metallurgists have a clever technique for large, immovable plant. They grind and polish the surface finishing with micron diamond paste, then etch, then apply a drop of acetone and press a thin piece of acetate sheet on to the surface, and allow it to dry. Done well, the resulting replica, examined in a metallurgical microscope, gives almost as good an image as could be obtained from the original metal. |
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