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COMBI Calibration Master

Calibrate your Leitech COMBI Gage for depth with the Calibration Master.


Simply dial in the thread pitch on the master, and calibrate the depth measuring scale.

Leitech Gages : Depth Calibration: Standard & Hi-Res Leitech

 

A step-by-step guide to verifying NIST-traceable accuracy and setting the zero-point for functional thread depth.  

Traceability: Learn how to verify your gage against master standards for ISO 1502 compliance.
Zero-Point Alignment: Ensuring the telescoping scale is perfectly synchronized with the first full thread ridge.
Technical Summary: This procedure is the foundation of Leitech process control. By following this calibration workflow, quality labs ensure accurate depth calibration. 

Digi-COMBI Maintenance,Digital Calibration & Battery Service

Maintaining 100% data integrity with high-resolution digital depth gaging and wireless SPC verification.  

  • Digital Recalibration: How to reset and verify the LCD readout to maintain +/- .001" resolution.
  • Battery Management: A quick guide to changing the power cell without losing your stored calibration settings.
  • Technical Summary: As the push for Industry 4.0 grows, the Digi-COMBI requires precise maintenance to ensure that the digital data sent to your SPC software matches the physical reality of 

DMG System Care: Changing Motorized Gage Members

Maximize uptime in high-volume production with rapid member changeover and torque setting verification.  

  • Renewable System: Watch how the removal sleeve allows you to swap worn "GO" members in seconds, keeping the motorized drive in service.
  • Drive Maintenance: Best practices for ensuring the DMG motorized unit delivers consistent torque for thousands of cycles.
  • Technical Summary: The Leitech DMG is a production workhorse. This video ensures your maintenance team can swap members efficiently, protec

Why Top American Manufacturers Standardize on Leitech

Over 30 years of helping Tier 1 Aerospace and Automotive shops eliminate "measurement lag" and reclaim machine capacity. 

Quality control inspector using Leitech COMBI gage to simultaneously verify thread size and depth.

Slash Gage Inventory by 72%

The Problem: Traditional shops waste thousands of dollars on "static" gages—buying a new one for every single depth requirement. This ties up capital and clutters the quality lab.


The Leitech Solution: Because a single COMBI gage is adjustable across its entire range, it does the work of an entire drawer of conventional tools.

  • Real-World Impact: One U.S. automotive plant used just 7 Leitech COMBI gages to inspect a 16-valve engine with 103 threaded holes.
  • The Result: They eliminated the need for dozens of individual gages, reducing their total gage stock by 72%.

Cut Quality Control Time by 45%

 

The Problem: The "Two-Step" method (thread plug followed by a depth gage) is a production bottleneck. On high-hole-count parts like engine blocks or manifolds, those extra seconds add up to hours of lost time.

The Leitech Solution: Our "Single Operation" system verifies thread size and functional depth simultaneously.

  • The Benchmark: In a head-to-head test on a complex V12 block (99 holes), conventional inspection took 71 minutes. * The Result: The Leitech COMBI finished the same part in 39 minutes—a 45% reduction in labor time.

Precision tapped holes showing machine spindle and tool life savings using Leitech thread depth cont

Reclaim 17% of Your Machine Hours

 

 

The Problem: To "be safe," many shops drill and tap 15%–40% deeper than the blueprint requires. This "ghost depth" kills tool life and wastes expensive spindle time.

The Leitech Solution: Precision depth monitoring at the machine allows your operators to hit the exact spec every time—no more "guessing" and over-tapping.

  • The Math: If you cut just 1.7mm deeper than necessary on 1,000 holes a day, you are wasting 374 meters (over 1,200 feet) of unnecessary threading per year.
  • The Result: Our customers see an average of 17% savings in tool consumption and machine hours by hitting precise depths.

The Engineer’s Resource: Solving Thread Depth Challenges

 In high-precision manufacturing, "close enough" is a failure. Whether you are a Quality Manager defending an audit, a CNC Programmer verifying a thread-mill offset, or a Metrologist standardizing a lab, the goal is the same: Absolute Process Control. 

 If you have ever searched for “how to check thread depth on blind holes,” you have seen the workarounds: grinding down gages, zeroing calipers on bolt heads, or the unreliable "count the turns" method. 


The Reality: These methods are not NIST-traceable. They are prone to operator "feel" and do not measure functional thread engagement. If your blueprint calls for a +/- tolerance, a "calibrated bolt" is a liability.


The Leitech Solution: The COMBI system provides a direct, scale-based reading of the functional thread available for the fastener. It eliminates the risk of "bottoming out" and ensures your engagement meets the design spec every time.


 A common point of confusion in the gage lab is where the measurement actually starts.


  • The Standard: Per ISO 1502 and ASME B1.2, thread depth must be measured from the first full thread ridge.
  • The Leitech Advantage: We calibrate our telescoping scales to a strict 0.5 pitch tolerance from the face of the gage. This means when you read "10mm" on a Leitech scale, it is a true, NIST-traceable 10mm of usable thread.


Why use a thread plug and a separate depth tool? This "split process" is the leading cause of inspection bottlenecks and data entry errors.


  • Traditional Method: 1. Check size with a plug gage. 2. Remove gage. 3. Insert depth probe/caliper. 4. Record data.
  • The Leitech Method: 1. Insert COMBI gage. 2. Read depth scale. Done.

By consolidating these into one single operation, you reclaim up to 45% of inspection time and eliminate the "double-handling" of precision parts.


 High-quality gaging should be an investment, not a consumable. The "Disposable Gage" mindset is a relic of the past.


  • Replaceable Inserts: When a Leitech "GO" member wears down, you don't scrap the tool. You use a Removal Sleeve to swap the insert, renewing the gage at a fraction of the cost.


  • Inventory Reduction: Because our scales are variable, one Leitech tool replaces dozens of "Step Gages," reducing your physical inventory by up to 72%.


 We speak the language of your industry, whether you are in a Gage Lab or on the Machining floor:


  • Dimensional Metrology: Advanced depth verification for 2B/3B and 6H NPT and STI classes.
  • Functional Engagement: Measuring what matters—the usable thread.
  • Gage R&R: Engineered for maximum repeatability across multiple operators.


HOW to MEASURe THREAD DEPTH IN tapped blind holes

Technical demo of a Leitech COMBI gage performing simultaneous thread size qualification and depth measurement in a blind hole.

The Original. The Standard. The Future.

Our History

The authority in precision thread depth gaging for over 30 years, Leitech has been more than just a tool manufacturer—we are the architects of the thread depth gaging category. When we introduced the original COMBI system, we transformed inspection from a manual 'guesswork' process into a repeatable, NIST-traceable science. 

Our Future

Today, Leitech U.S. continues that legacy of Danish innovation. While others have attempted to replicate our gages, they cannot replicate our precision. We remain dedicated to providing the automotive, aerospace, medical and defense industries with the 'One Tool, Dual Measurement' solutions that ensure absolute process control. When quality is non-negotiable, the industry turns to the original. The industry turns to Leitech.

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