Zero-Adjustment Mechanism
Zero-Adjustment Mechanism
a comparison element in measuring instruments (usually automatic) that operate by a balancing method; an element in control and regulating equipment that detects the error signal (including its sign) between the quantities being compared. In measuring instruments with manual balancing, the zero-adjustment mechanism is called a zero indicator. In analog self-balancing devices that operate on the principle of a servomechanism, the main function of the zero-adjustment mechanism is to amplify the error signal up to the level required to control the balancing network.