72 UNIFIED SCREW THREADS UNIFIED SCREW THREADS American Standard for Unified Serew Threads.— American Standard B1.1-1949 was the first American standard to cover those Unilied Thread Series agreed upon by the United Kingdom, Canacla, and the United States to obtain screw thread interchangeability an standard for ig types of screw threads. In relation to previous American practice, Unitied threads have substantially the same thread form and are mechanically interchangeable ‘with the former American National threads of the same diameter and pitch. ‘The principal differences betwee 1) application of allowances; 2) variation of tolerances with size: 3) difference in amount of pitch diameter tolerance ‘onexternal and internal threads; and 4) differences in thread designation, In the Unified system an allowance is provided on both the Classes 1 and 2A external threads whereas in the American National system only the Class I external thread has allowance. Also, in the Unified system, the pitch diameter tolerance ofan internal thread is 30 per cent greater than that of the extemal thread, whereas they are equal in the American National system. Revised Standard: The revised serew thread standard ANSVASME B.1-1989 is much the same as that of ANSI B1.1-1982. The latest symbols in accordance with ANS/ASME BI.7M-1984 (1992) Nomenclature, are used. Acceptability criteria are deseribed in ANSV/ASME B 1.3M-1986, Screw Thread Gaging Sy stems for Dimensional Acceptabil- ity. Inch or Metrie Serew Threads (LIN, UNR, UNI. M. and MD, ‘Where the letters U, A or B do not appear in the thread designations, the threads conform tothe outdated American National serew threads. Advantages of Unified Threads: The U ned to correct certain pro- n difficulties resulting from the former standard. Often, under the old system, the es of the product were practically absorbed by the combined tool and gage toler- ances, leaving little Fora working tole manufacture, Somewhat greater tolerances are now provided for nut threads. As contrasted with the old and 3, for ach of which the pitch diameter tolerance on the external and internal threads were equal, the Classes 1B, 2B. and 3B (internal) threads in the new standard have, respectively. 30 per cent larger pitch diameter tolerance than the 1A, 2A, and 3 (external) threads. Rela~ tively more tolerance is provided for fine threads than for coarse threadsof the same pitch, Where previous tolerances were more liberal than required, they were reduced the two systems Ii Thread Form.—The Design Profiles for Unified screw threads, shown on page 1713, deline the maximum material condition for external and internal threads with no allow ance and are derived from the Basic Profile, shown on page 1706, UN External Screw Threads: A flat root contour is specified, but it is necessary to pro- vide for some threading tool crest wear, hence a rounded root contour cleared beyond the 0.25P flat width of the Basie Profile is optional UNR External Screw Threads: To reduce the rate of threading tool erest wear and (© improve fatigue strength of a fat root thread, the Design Profile of the UNR thread has a smooth, continuous, non-reversing contour with a radius of curvature not less than O.108P at any point and blends tangentially into the flanks and any straight segment, At the maxi- mum material condition, the point of tangency is specified to be at a distance not less than 0.6252 (where His the height of a sharp V-thread) below the basic major diameter. UN and UNR External Serew Threads: The Design Profiles of both UN and UNR exter- nal screw threads have flatcrests. However. in practice, product threads are produced with partially or completely rounded crests. A rounded crest tangent al 0.125P flat is shown as ‘an option on page 1713UNIFIED SCREW THREADS 1713, UN Internal Screw Thread: In practi crest wear, therefore the root of the Design Profile is rounded: is necessary to provide for some threading tool nd cleared beyond the Planks tobe straight ‘Nominal lat root Fheyond 0.251 from sharp \\ design minor apex of 008 diameter ‘Rounded root op Axis of external trea Tangency flankir0ot rad. UNR desi eso 0.257 from pen of root Ais of external thread uN Internal o.42ge Thread St isa T= height of sharp Votbrcad = 0.86608 > pith) d Thread Series: Thread series are groups of diameter pitch combinations distingui from each other by the numbers of thresdls per inch applied to a specilic diameter ious diameter-pitch combinations of eleven standard series are shown in Table 2. The lim= its of size of threads in the eleven standard series together with certain selected combinations of diameter and pitch, as well as the symbols for designating the various threads, are given in Table 3Table American Standard Unified Inch Screw Thread Form Data Tat rr Piatt | Ba | Mim Dg | WT | Dphat| main | wt |g Thies | Rew | ET Teakye iS | oat | tre fetid) xT | ent ini] Td | Rae tah | mat | vod | ema?) 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Diameter-Pitch Combinations for Standard Se 'sof Threads (UN/UNR) coo | hoe [seers Se ae ae fae [ies [Ske [te [Pome La [oe] oi [ea [ nen [ nan [sen [sy oe Gre leat opine Se cd fs Pees OA a 3 oi230 | 40, 4 ig 4 : s | wie 4 bd wie | i ‘ hyn T | i & BY & [ons Bs yp | toes : vp | is re [itso | 3 | is + | om | is WP fim | 9 | a $ | ome | ws | 310 | 6 2 une| s | une | ie ay | tas slp ay iP | ise fc | ia vic] $ | ome | 1S wy | tes sla " YP use é|s i chy | ts é| i & ty | es a 6 08 Te | ai é|t " iy | uso els & o) fe] a vite} | § 6 a> | oe | a ute} ¢ | 8 A unc} | 3 " ob | ta sche f a | ie om | kaso wef fa fs “Sins shown in parentheses are secondary sizes, Primary sizes of 4, 4% 4%, 5, ccondary sizes of My 4, 4% 4 inches also are in the 4,6, 8, 12, and 16 thread sei inthe 46,8, 12, and 16 thread series For diameters ver I!cinches, use 12-thrend sexes Fordiametersover I"ginches, use 16-thread sees. For UNR thread form substitute UNR for UN forextemal threads only 5, 54%, 515, Sand 6 Ne 53 5% sand S%also