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PRECISION
ANGLE PLATES
Australian Standard
AS B263—1968
 The following scientific, industrial and governmental organizations and departments
were officially represented on the committee entrusted with the preparation of this
standard:
American Society of Tool and Manufacturing Engineers
Associated Chambers of Manufactures
Australian and New Zealand Railways Conferences
Department of Supply
Department of the Army
Division of Applied Physics, CSIRO
Electricity Supply Association of Australia
Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries
Metal Trades Employers Association
Petroleum Refinery Engineers Advisory Committee
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The Institution of Engineers, Australia

The Institution of Production Engineers
The Tractor, Farm Machinery and Construction Equipment Association
of Australia
University of New South Wales
Weapons Research Establishment

This standard, prepared by Committee ME/27, Metrology, was approved by the

Mechanical Engineering Industry Standards Committee on behalf of the Council of the
Standards Association on 8 March 1968.
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 AS B263—1968

Australian Standard
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PRECISION
ANGLE PLATES

First editi on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1968

PUBLISHED BY STANDARDS AUSTRALIA

(STANDARDS ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA)
1 THE CRESCENT, HOMEBUSH, NSW 2140
ISBN 0 7262 2544 4
 AS B263—1968 2

PREFACE

This Australian standard, prepared by the SAA Committee on Metrology, is one of a

series for metrological equipment used in engineering industries for precision
measurement. It provides for angle plates for use with moderate loads and basically
intended for inspection purposes. Angle plates for workshop use are specified in
AS B167 (endorsement of BS 3080: 1959 with Australian amendment).
This standard has been developed on the basis of BS 3645:1963 but differs from that
standard in a number of respects, the main differences being as follows:
(i) The material clauses have been altered considerably, especially with regard to cast
iron angle plates.
(ii) The designation of angle plates has been altered to make it uniform with the
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designation of similar metrological equipment in other Australian standards.

(iii) The definition of “parallelism tolerance” is altered.
 3 AS B263—1968

STANDARDS ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA

Australian Standard Specification

for
PRECISION ANGLE PLATES

1 SCOPE. This specification applies to high precision angle plates intended to carry
moderate loads only.
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Requirements are specified for material, finish and accuracy, and recommended
standard sizes are given.

2 TERMS AND DEFINITIONS.

2.1 Working Faces. The term ‘working faces’ applies to the exterior faces, end
faces and longitudinal edges (see Fig. 1).
2.2 Flatness Tolerance — the maximum permissible distance between two
imaginary parallel planes within which the surface under consideration can just be
enclosed.
2.3 Squareness Tolerance — the maximum permissible distance separating two
imaginary parallel planes, which just enclose one of the surfaces under consideration
and which are perpendicular to the other surface, taken as the datum (see Fig. 2).
NO TE: That one of the mutually perpendicular surf aces which constit utes the longer leg, is to be
chosen as the datum.
2.4 Parallelism Tolerance between Two Surfaces — the maximum permissible
distance separating two imaginary planes within which the surface under consideration
can just be enclosed and which are parallel to the other surface, taken as the datum.

3 DESIGNATING SIZE. The designating sizes of an angle plate are breadth, height
and length given in the order indicated, i.e. B × H × L (see Fig. 1 and Table 2).

4 RECOMMENDED DIMENSIONS. Recommended general dimensions for

standard precision angle plates are given in Table 1. Plates of other sizes should be
ordered only when it is not practicable to adopt one of the standard sizes.
When plates of intermediate sizes are supplied they should be made to the same
tolerances as those tabulated for the next smaller standard size.
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