# Archimedes screw casing tube Ø60 inside × 180

> What tube does an Archimedes screw run in?

- Category: Hardware › Mechanism parts
- Kind: Modern device
- Basis: Xem Studio design following Brown's figure (1868); true size, no printing allowance
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## Overall (mm)

| length | width | height |
|---|---|---|
| 70.0 | 70.0 | 180.0 |

**Exact dimensions.** True size, with no printing tolerance added.

## Notes

- Ø70 / Ø60 tube, 180 mm long: the flight's Ø60 edge runs along its bore (drawn line-on-line; a real screw has a small gap or the tube turns with the screw, as in Brown's figure).
- Xem Studio design following Brown's figure; true size, no printing allowance (apply your own to the mating features).

## Sizes

| dimension | value |
|---|---|
| bore | Ø60 |
| outside | Ø70 |
| length | 180 mm |

## Where the files are

- Henry T. Brown (1868, public domain): [Five Hundred and Seven Mechanical Movements — scan on archive.org](https://archive.org/details/fivehundredseven00browiala) — web — Publisher's page; dimensions are facts
- 507movements.com: [Brown's movement No. 443: figure, his text and an animation](https://507movements.com/mm_443.html) — web — Publisher's page; dimensions are facts
- Xem Studio: [drawing](https://xemstudio.com/objects/archimedes-screw-mechanism/) — web — Publisher's page; dimensions are facts

## Free STEP/STL (1 parts, CC BY 4.0, Xem Studio)

Index: https://xemstudio.com/files/hardware/archimedes-screw-tube-60/index.json

- archimedes-screw-tube-60: [STEP](https://xemstudio.com/files/hardware/archimedes-screw-tube-60/archimedes-screw-tube-60.step) · [STL](https://xemstudio.com/files/hardware/archimedes-screw-tube-60/archimedes-screw-tube-60.stl) — tube, axis Z, z 0..180

## Questions

**What tube does an Archimedes screw run in?**

Ø70 / Ø60 tube, 180 mm long: the flight's Ø60 edge runs along its bore (drawn line-on-line; a real screw has a small gap or the tube turns with the screw, as in Brown's figure).

## Fits with

- [Archimedes' screw (water-raising screw)](https://xemstudio.com/objects/archimedes-screw-mechanism/)