METROLOGY LABORATORY

Professor-In-Charge

Prof. Kaushik Pal

Professor

kaushik@me.iitr.ac.in

Room No:104, West Block

01332-284761

Prof. Varun Sharma

Assistant professor

varun.sharma@me.iitr.ac.in

Room No:212, West Block

01332-285611

Facilities

Stereo Microscope

The stereo or stereoscopic or dissecting microscope is an optical microscope variant designed for low magnification observation of a sample, typically using light reflected from the surface of an object rather than transmitted through it. The instrument uses two separate optical paths with two objectives and eyepieces to provide slightly different viewing angles to the left and right eyes. This arrangement produces a three-dimensional visualization of the sample being examined. Stereomicroscopy overlaps macrophotography for recording and examining solid samples with complex surface topography, where a three-dimensional view is needed for analyzing the detail.

Metallographic Microscope

The metallographic microscope is used for characterization such as microstructure, homogeneity, machined profiles etc.

Surface Roughness Tester

Optical non-contact surface roughness tester/profilers are interference microscopes used to accurately measure the three-dimensional height variations on surfaces of a given test material. Optical profilers manipulate the wave properties of light entering the microscope and compare the path differences between the test subject and a reference object of a known flatness. Once light enters the optical profiler, the light beam will split, where one-half of the beam reflects the focal plane of a microscope objective for the object of interest, and the other half is reflected from the reference mirror. Interference between these two beams is then measured in order to form an interferogram from which height calculations can be obtained.

Tool Maker's Microscope

Tool Maker’s microscope is an ideal measuring instrument for simplifying inspection and precision measurement of diameter, forming tools, gauges as well as template checking of thread and angles.

Profile Projector

Profile projector is widely used for complex shape stampings, gears, cams, threads and comparing the measured contour model. It’s easy to use and highly efficient. It is a commonly used measurement of optical instruments. Thus, profile projector is widely used in major machinery manufacturing including aviation, aerospace industry, watches and clocks, electronics, instrumentation industry, research institutes and detection metering stations at all levels and etc.

Dead Weight Tester

A dead weight tester apparatus uses known traceable weights to apply pressure to a fluid for checking the accuracy of readings from a pressure gauge. A dead weight tester (DWT) is a calibration standard method that uses a piston cylinder on which a load is placed to make an equilibrium with an applied pressure underneath the piston. Deadweight testers are so called primary standards which means that the pressure measured by a deadweight tester is defined through other quantities: length, mass and time. Typically deadweight testers are used in calibration laboratories to calibrate pressure transfer standards like electronic pressure measuring devices.

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