THREAD GAUGING TECHNIQUES

Connection Thread Styles

Straight Threads

 API Tubing
Tubing and Casing Tapered
Tapered Threads
Threads
 Connection Thread Styles
Straight Threads

 API Tubing
Tubing and Casing Tapered
Tapered Threads
Threads
 API Connection Names

 EUE –
EUE – External
 External Upset Tubing  STC –
STC – Short
 Short Thread Casing

 NUE –
NUE – Non-Upset
 Non-Upset Tubing  LTC –
LTC – Long
 Long Thread Casing

 BTC –
BTC – Buttress
 Buttress Casing
Datum
 What are Tubing & Casing Threads

 Purpose: Join two pieces of pipe together to produce a gas tight seal

  API Specification 5B covers all Tubing and Casing dimensions

 There are two types of pipe sizes

◦ Tubing sizes: 1” – 4½”

◦ Casing sizes: 4½” – 20”

 There are two cone angles or tapers

◦  All 8-round threads are ¾” Taper Per Foot (TPF)

◦ Buttress sizes 4½”- 13⅜” are 1” TPF

◦ Buttress sizes 16”- 20” are 1” TPF

 How Threads Lock Up and Seal

 There are no lock washers or jam nuts on tapered threads to lock them together

 The pin and box tapered threads interfere and allow them to form a seal when
torqued together as the flanks of the threads compress against each other.

 However, a clearance remains between the crests and roots of the threads,
resulting in a helical leak path

 Thread compounds or “pipe dope” plug up this helical path to produce a seal
under high pressures
8R Thread Form
 What is a “Datum Plane”?
 Datum Plane- a starting point or reference location. Also referred to as
the face or end of pipe. Datum
Datum A Datum B
 How do we get started?
 Request the product thread drawing

 Verify the thread form is correct

 Verify the threading insert is correct for the thread on the drawing

 Request a gage set up report

 List all the gage serial numbers used to inspect the part

 Verify the ball contact sizes are correct

 Set the gages to a zero on a calibrated standard

 Thread the part and start the inspection

TDWIN TAPER Drawing 7” LTC Pin
 Thread Lead Inspection with an LG-5002

Measuring the part

The LG-5002 measures the same way on the

part as on the standard.
 Set using a Standard
1. Place the fixed ball contact in the first full
 Double-check your zero setting
depth thread.
 Measure the part
2. Move the fixed ball back one thread and
 Compare the standard to the machined lead check again.
3. Record your measurement for comparison.

Note: Lead setting standards designs are based on the taper of the connection.
 Thread Height Inspection

 Set using a setting standard The TH-3002 is used the same

way on the part as on the
 Double check your zero setting standard.

 Measure the part 1. Measure only within the

perfect thread length. Perfect
thread length is labeled “L2”
on the product drawing.

2. Align the gage base parallel

to the thread axis and tilt the
base back and forth to obtain
the lowest reading.

3. Record your measurement.

8 Round thread height = .072125”
10 Round thread height = .05560”
Buttress ¾”TPF thread height = .0620”
Buttress 1”TPF thread height = .0620”
 Pin Taper Inspection with an ET-7000

Zero the dial on the first thread.

Do not lock the bezel clamp!

To inspect, move the gage up the taper 1”

(8-round = 8 threads, Buttress = 5 threads)

 After moving back 1” up the taper, double-check

your radial position of the gage to the part or chuck
 Pin PD Inspection with the MRP-2001
(Crest Cone Diameter Inspection)
While holding the gage against the
part face, sweep left and right to find
the largest indicator value. Then,
rotate the gage 90° and repeat “B”
Standard
The MRP Shoe makes contact with the
crest cone
MRP-2001 is preset to size by the use
of “A” & “B” Rod Standards
The MIC TRAC can be used instead of
the standards
“A” Standard
 What do you do with the MRP readings?
Largest and smallest indicator readings provide data for calculating Average Cone
Diameter (ACD) and Thread Ovality. They both use the same data but calculate
the readings in different ways.

 Average Cone Diameter Ovality

The diameter of the part would be, How egg-shaped or out of round
if it were round the pipe is

(Largest Diameter - Smalle st Diameter) = ACD Largest Diameter - Smallest Diameter = Ovality
LARG E
2 READING

SM ALL
READING

Largest Smallest Averaged Largest Smallest

Ovality
Diameter Diameter Diameter  Diameter Diameter
+.005 -.010 -.0025 +.005 -.010 .015
Largest Smallest Averaged Largest Smallest
Ovality
Diameter Diameter Diameter  Diameter Diameter
-.005 -.010 -.0075 -.005 -.010 .005
Largest Smallest Averaged Largest Smallest
Ovality
Diameter Diameter Diameter  Diameter Diameter
-.015 +.001 -.007 -.015 +.001 .016
 Average Cone Diameter
 Average Cone Diameter is the distance across the face of the pipe or coupling.

Determining the “round” diameter of a connector requires l ocating the largest and the smallest
diameter readings on the part and taking the average of these two readings.

Largest Smallest Averaged Largest Smallest Averaged

Diameter Diameter Diameter  Diameter Diameter Diameter 
+.005 -.010 -.0025 +.005 -.005 .000

LARG E
READING

SM ALL
READING
 Thread Ovality
Thread Ovality is the amount of out-of-roundness in a piece of pipe or a coupling.
Determining ovality requires locating the largest and the smallest diameter readings
on the part and adding the smallest reading to the largest reading. The ovality is the
difference between these values. Ovality readings are always positive (no sign
attached).
Largest Smallest Total Largest Smallest Total
Diameter Diameter Ovality Diameter Diameter Ovality
+.005 -.010 .015 +.005 -.005 .010

LARG E
READING

SM ALL
READING
 Thread Form Inspection
TP-8R Profile inspecting pin and coupling thread. Always check the first starting thread.

Remember: When deburring the thread with a flapper wheel, burrs can be rolled into the thread groove.
When the connections are made up on the rig, burrs will cause galling.
Pin Length Inspection

 Always keep the scale

parallel to the pipe axis.
(Note: A digital depth gage can be used in
place of a scale.)

L2=Perfect thread length.

Crest of thread must have a
full radius top.
L2
L4 L4=Last scratch length.
15 Minute
Break
Datum A
Coupling Threads Datum B
 How do we get started?
 Request the product thread drawing

 Verify the thread form is correct

 Verify the threading insert is correct for the thread on the drawing

 Request a gage set up report

 List all the gage serial numbers used to inspect the part

 Verify the ball contact sizes are correct

 Set the gages to a zero on a calibrated standard

 Thread the part and start the inspection

TDWIN TAPER Drawing 7” LTC Coupling
 Coupling Thread Lead Inspection with an LG-5002
  Set to zero using a standard
  Double check your zero setting
The LG-5002 measures the same way on the
  Measure the part part as on the standard.

1. Place the fixed ball contact in the first full

depth thread.
2. Move the fixed ball back one thread and
check again.
3. Record your measurement for
comparison.

Remember: Each different taper requires a different lead setting standard

Coupling Thread Height Inspection with a TH-3006
 Set to zero using a standard


 Double check your zero setting



The TH-3006 is used the same way on the part as on the

 Measure the part

standard.

1. Align the gage parallel to the thread axis.

2. Lift up and down to obtain the lowest reading.
3. Record your measurement.
Coupling Taper Inspection with an IT-6000

Zero the dial on the first thread.

Do not lock the bezel clamp!
To inspect, move the gage down
the taper 1” or:
Note the radial location of the gage
8 threads for 8-round
to the part or chuck.
5 threads for Buttress
(6 or 12 o’clock is best)
 After moving 1” down the taper,
double check your radial position of
the gage to the part or chuck.
 Coupling PD Inspection with an MRP-2002
(Crest Cone Diameter Inspection)

“B”
Standard

While
MRP-2002
holdingisthe
preset
gagetoagainst
size with the
the
usepart
of face,
“A” & sweep
“B” Rodleft
Standards
& right
to find the largest indicator value
The MIC TRAC can be used instead
of rod standards.
Rotate the gage 90° and repeat

“A”
Standard
 MRP Reading Refresher

The Average Cone Diameter and Thread Ovality are calculated the
same for the coupling as for the pin

Refer to the previous slides for more detail

Ovality
How egg-shaped or out of round
 Average Cone Diameter the pipe is
The diameter the pipe would be,
LARG E
if it were round READING

SMALL
READING

(Largest Diameter - Smalle st Diameter) = ACD Largest Diameter - Smallest Diameter = Ovality
2
 Coupling Length Inspection
Q
“Q” is measured from the
coupling face to the start of
the 35° chamfer.

 Always keep the scale

parallel to the coupling
axis.

NL/2 NL/2 = ½ the coupling

Coupling Length length.
(NL) NL = Length of coupling.