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Lufkin
Suffixes
M- Metric graduations
MM- Metric graduations / millimeter numbering
MME- Metric / English graduations
ME- Metric / English graduations
D- Feet / decimal feet graduations
DM- Feet / decimal feet / Metric graduations
B- Feet / decimal feet with add-on leader
C- Consecutive inches to 1/16ths
CM- Metric graduations / centimeter numbering
CME- Metric / English graduations
CX- Consecutive inches to 1/10ths of inches
Lufkin
®
tapes and rules are manufactured to comply with U.S. Government Specifications Board’s requirements
for accuracy. Our bench mark standards are certified by the N.I.S.T. Standard temperature for steel tapes is
68°F (20°C); coefficient of expansion for steel tapes is 0.00000645’ per degree Fahrenheit/0.0000116’ per degree
Celsius. Standard tension for most long steel tapes, when fully supported throughout their entire length, is 10 lbs.
Surveyor’s tapes of heavy gauge steel when fully supported throughout their entire length is 10 lbs. up to 100’, and
20 lbs. over 100’ long. All Lufkin
®
steel tapes have a clear abrasive resistant protection to provide wear and
corrosion resistance.
A36 Yellow Clad
• 1/2” width only
• Black and red markings one side only
• Top edge numbered every 10 millimeters with red print
for every 100cm increment and graduations every
millimeter. Bottom edge numbered in consecutive
inches graduated in 1/10ths of an inch with first 12”
graduated to 1/50ths and numbered in 10ths
Long Tapes
Long tapes
Prefixes
C- Chrome Clad
®
W or Y- Yellow Clad
H- Hook ring at zero
R- Replacement blade
CD- Chrome clad derrick
CN Chrome Clad
®
and Nubian
®
O- Replacement blade
R- Replacement blade
A37 Yellow Clad
• 1” width only
• Black and red markings one side only
• Top edge graduated to 1/16ths, and numbered in
consecutive inches and fractional equivalents to 1/8ths.
• Bottom edge with red print numbered at the mid-point
of the measurement on the top edge
SHORT
BLADES & LONG TAPES