He saw the two dial indicators gyrate frantically.
This instrument required no battery, using instead a hand-cranked generator, but it was also based on a dial indicator.
Combine this with the flexibility of movement allowed by the arms gives the operator a large range of options in positioning the dial indicator.
It is often used in conjunction with a dial indicator and a precision height gage.
This apparatus consists of a container, a specially-configured cone and a dial indicator.
The cone is placed so that its tip just touches the grease surface and the dial indicator is set to zero at this position.
Compression of the sample is measured over time by a dial indicator.
More sophisticated mechanical types incorporate dial indicators and mechanisms to compensate for temperature changes.
The vises' fixed jaws are aligned by means of a dial indicator so that there is a common reference plane.
Such indicators, of which there are several types, therefore are often called dial indicators.
