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Section 7

British
BRITISH THREADS
WHITWORTH FORM

NON - WHITWORTH FORM

BSW - British Standard Whitworth Thread

BA - British Association (Miniature Thread )

BSF - British Standard Fine Thread


BSP - British Standard Pipe Thread (Parallel)
BSPT - British Standard Pipe Thread (Tapered)

Technical Data
BRITISH SCREW THREADS - BSW & BSF FORMS
REF.: BS 84: 1956

BSW: British Standard Whitworth Thread after its introduction in 1841, was
rapidly adopted throughout England and the continent.
BSF: British Standard Fine Thread is a second series which was established in
1908 to meet the needs of additional engineering activity.

Basic Whitworth thread forms have the following proportions:


Shortening at crest and roots: 1/6 H = 0.16008 P
Triangular Height H: 0.96049 P

Thread Angle: 55
Depth of Thead h: 0.64033 P
P = Pitch

BSF - Basic Sizes

BSW - Basic Sizes


NOM. DIA.
Inch
1/8
3/16
1/4
5/16
3/8
7/16
1/2
9/16
5/8
11/16
3/4
7/8
1
1 1/8
1 1/4
1 1/2
1 3/4
2

7-702

THREADS
Per Inch
40
24
20
18
16
14
12
12
11
11
10
9
8
7
7
6
5
4.5

MAJOR
DIA. Inch
.1250
.1875
.2500
.3125
.3750
.4375
.5000
.5625
.6250
.6875
.7500
.8750
1.0000
1.1250
1.2500
1.5000
1.7500
2.0000

Flank Angle: 27 1/2


Radius at crest and root r: 0.13733 P

EFFECT.
DIA. Inch
.1090
.1608
.2180
.2769
.3350
.3918
.4466
.5091
.5668
.6293
.6860
.8039
.9200
1.0335
1.1585
1.3933
1.6219
1.8577

MINOR
DIA. Inch
.0930
.1314
.1860
.2413
.2950
.3461
.3932
.4557
.5086
.5711
.6220
.7328
.8400
.9420
1.0670
1.2866
1.4938
1.7154

NOM. DIA.
Inch
3/16
7/32
1/4
9/32
5/16
3/8
7/16
1/2
9/16
5/8
11/16
3/4
13/16
7/8
1
1 1/8
1 1/4
1 3/8
1 1/2
1 5/8
1 3/4
2

THREADS
Per Inch
32
28
26
26
22
20
18
16
16
14
14
12
12
11
10
9
9
8
8
8
7
7

MAJOR
DIA. Inch
.1875
.2188
.2500
.2812
.3125
.3750
.4375
.5000
.5625
.6250
.6875
.7500
.8125
.8750
1.0000
1.1250
1.2500
1.3750
1.5000
1.6250
1.7500
2.0000

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EFFECT.
DIA. Inch
.1675
.1959
.2254
.2566
.2834
.3430
.4019
.4600
.5225
.5793
.6418
.6966
.7591
.8168
.9360
1.0539
1.1789
1.2950
1.4200
1.5450
1.6585
1.9085

MINOR
DIA. Inch
.1475
.1730
.2008
.2320
.2543
.3110
.3663
.4200
.4825
.5336
.5961
.6432
.7057
.7586
.8720
.9828
1.1078
1.2150
1.3400
1.4650
1.5670
1.8170

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