Quick Answer: Stainless Steel Slide Caliper is a mechanical caliper with a graduated stainless steel beam, a fixed jaw and a sliding jaw for external measurements and, where upper jaws are fitted, internal ones.
Last updated: October 2026
Key Features
Stainless steel construction
Graduated beam with fixed jaw and movable sliding jaw
Larger jaws for width, thickness and outside diameter
Smaller upper jaws for holes, rings and tubes where provided
Needs no battery, display or power
Technical Specifications
Specification
Value
Instrument type
Mechanical slide caliper
Construction material
Stainless steel
Primary functions
External and internal dimensional measurement
About This Product
Any zero error is checked and recorded first; the jaws are then closed gently on the specimen with the caliper held square, and the reading is taken from the main and vernier scales or the plain graduations, depending on the model. Battery-free mechanics lab equipment like this suits Applied Mechanics and properties-of-matter practicals that teach manual scale reading.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q1. Is a slide caliper the same as a vernier caliper? A vernier caliper is a type of slide caliper with a vernier scale for finer readings; some basic slide calipers have only direct graduations.
Q2. Can the Stainless Steel Slide Caliper measure depth? Only models fitted with a depth rod or depth blade can measure depth; this caliper is described for external and internal measurement.
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