Talk:Dial indicator

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The lever type is known in German as 'Fühlheber'. --LA2 23:48, 2005 Apr 18 (UTC)


After reading a couple paragraphs I still didn't understand the geometry of the thing being measured and the geometry of the probe that measures it. Are we measuring a gap with a conical probe? Is it like a feeler gague or is it like a caliper? Rtdrury 21:46, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Not SPC!

In the section titled "Digital Indiocator" th eauthor refers to the transmission of measurement data to a remote computer as "This process is known as Statistical process control (SPC)". This statement is incorrect. SPC involves much, much more than remote datalogging. 212.18.233.29 09:12, 3 January 2007 (UTC)