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BRITIS H S TAND ARD

IS O 92 5 5 : 1 993

Bolts, normal spline

head, normal shank,

short or medium length

MJ threads, metallic

material, coated or

uncoated, strength

classes less than or

equal to 1 1 0 0 MPa —

D imensions

UD C 62 1 . 882 . 2 1 : 62 9 . 7
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Committees responsible for this

British Standard

The preparation of this British Standard was entrusted by the Aerospace

Standards Policy Committee (ACE/- ) to Technical Committee ACE/1 2, upon
which the following bodies were represented:

The Association of Electronics, Telecommunications and Business Equipment

Industries

British Industrial Fasteners Federation

Ministry of Defence

Society of British Aerospace Companies Ltd.

This British Standard, having

been prepared under the
direction of the Aerospace
Standards Policy Committee,
was published under the
authority of the Standards
Board and comes into effect on Amendments issued since publication
1 5 August 1 994

Amd. No. Date Comments

© BSI 01 - 2000

The following BSI references

relate to the work on this
standard:
Committee reference ACE/1 2
Draft for comment 90/79036 DC

ISBN 0 580 23222 0

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Contents

Page

Committees responsib le Inside front cover

National foreword ii

1 Scope 1

2 Normative references 1

3 C onfiguration and dimensions 1

Figure 1 2

Table 1 3

List of references Inside back cover

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National foreword

This British Standard has been prepared under the direction of the Aerospace
Standards Policy Committee. It is identical with ISO 9255: 1 993 Aeros p ace —

Bolts, no rm al s p line head, norm al shank, s hort o r m edium length MJ threads ,

m etallic m aterial, coated or uncoated, s trength class es less than o r eq ual

to 1 1 00 MPa — Dim ensio ns, published by the International Organization for

Standardization (ISO).

Cross-references

International Standard C orresponding British Standard

ISO 286- 2: 1 988 BS EN 20286 ISO system of lim its and fits —

Part 2: 1 992 Tab les of standard tolerance grades and

lim it dev iations for holes and s hafts

(Identical)

ISO 3353: 1 992 BS 2A 231 : 1 993 Rolled threads for b olts. Lead and

runout req uirem ents

(Identical)

ISO 5855- 2: 1 988 BS 6293 Aeros p ace MJ threads

Part 2: 1 994 Lim it dim ensions for b o lts and nuts

(Identical)

ISO 7403: 1 983 BS A 294: 1 984 Sp ecification for s p line driv e w renching

configuration. Metric series

(Identical)

A British Standard does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a
contract. Users of British Standards are responsible for their correct application.

Compliance with a British Standard does not of itself confer immunity

from legal obligations.

Summary of pages

This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, pages i and ii,
pages 1 to 4, an inside back cover and a back cover.

This standard has been updated (see copyright date) and may have had
amendments incorporated. This will be indicated in the amendment table on the
inside front cover.

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1 Scope IS O 3 3 5 3 : 1 992 , Aero sp ace — Rolled threads fo r

b olts — Lead and runout req uirem ents.

This International S tandard sp ecifies the

IS O 5 85 5 - 2 : 1 9 88, Aeros p ace — MJ threads —

dimensions of normal s p line head b olts , with clos e

Part 2: Lim it dim ensions for b olts and nuts.

or large tolerance normal s hank, and s hort or

medium length MJ threads , in metallic material, IS O 7403 : 1 983 , Fasteners fo r aerosp ace

coated or uncoated, with s trength class es less than construction — Sp line driv e w renching

or equal to 1 1 00 MPa. configuratio n — Metric series .

3 Configuration and dimensions

It is intended for the drawing up of aerosp ace

p roduct s tandards .

S ee Figure 1 and Tab le 1 . D imens ions and

2 Normative references tolerances are exp res s ed in millimetres . They are

ap p licab le after any s urface coating, b ut b efore the

The following s tandards contain p rovis ions which,
ap p lication of any lub ricant.
through reference in this text, constitute p rovis ions

of this International S tandard. At the time of

p ub lication, the editions indicated were valid. All

s tandards are sub j ect to revis ion, and p arties to

agreements b ased on this International S tandard

are encouraged to inves tigate the p os s ib ility of

ap p lying the mos t recent editions of the s tandards

indicated b elow.

Memb ers of IE C and IS O maintain regis ters of

currently valid International S tandards.

IS O 2 86- 2 : 1 988, ISO system of lim its and fits —

Part 2: Tab les of standard to lerance grades and

lim it deviatio ns for holes and s hafts.

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Table 1
D1
Coated bolts Uncoated bolts D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 D7 D8
Diameter
Thread a nom. tol. tol.
code

close large close large +0,5

0 nom. tol. min. min. max. H13 b H13 b

040 MJ4 × 0,7 – 4h6h 4 — 3 0 6 7,5 8,3 1,1

–0,010 –0,5
–0,035
1
050 MJ5 × 0,8 – 4h6h 5 3,2 3,4 7 8,3 9,1
1,5
060 MJ6× 1 – 4h6h 6 4,1 4,2 8 9,8 10,6

070 MJ7 × 1 – 4h6h 7 h12 b f7 b h12 b 4,9 5,2 9 11,3 12,1 1,4
1,9
–0,013
080 MJ8× 1 – 4h6h 8 –0,038
5,2 6,2 ± 0,5 10 12,8 13,6

100 MJ10× 1,25 – 4h6h 10 6,7 7,9 12 15,7 16,7

1,6 2,4
–0,016
120 MJ12 × 1,25 – 4h6h 12 –0,041
8 9,8 14 18,8 19,9

L2 L3
H K L1 c P R1 S T Wrenching
Diameter Thread Thread
dash
code
+0,4 number d
min. h15 b nom. tol. short medium short medium nom. tol. 0 min.

040 0,8 5,5 2 to 40 7,5 10 5 6 3,5 0,4 — 2,5 060

050 1 6,5 3 to 50 9 12 6 7,5 4,5 0,5 2,5 2,8 070

060 1,2 7,5 3 to 60 10 14 8,5 5,2 2,8 3,5 080

0
7 –0,2
070 1,4 8,2 4 to 70 ± 0,2 11 15 9,5 5,9 0,7 3,3 3,8 090

080 1,6 8,6 4 to 80 11,5 16,5 7,5 10,5 6,3 3,7 3,9 100

100 2 10,1 5 to 100 14,5 20,5 9 13 7,7 0,8 4,7 4,2 120
0
120 2,4 11,4 6 to 120 16 22,5 10 14,5 8,8 0,9 –0,3 5,6 4,5 140
a In conformity with ISO 5855-2, except for the maximum major diameter “d” of bolts with a close tolerance on D1 , which shall be
equal to D1 min. – 0,025.
b See ISO 286-2.
c Increments:
1 for L1 u 30
2 for 30 < L1 u 100
4 for L1 > 100
If greater lengths are required, they shall be chosen using these increments.
d In conformity with ISO 7403 over T min.

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See national foreword.

List of references

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