Measurement of Screw Threads (1)

Thread Forms

Thread form refers to the profile of a screw thread. There

are different standards that define the thread form, series,
class, allowance, tolerance and designation.
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Screw Thread Representation
External

Internal

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Screw Thread Terminology

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Screw Thread Terminology
Measurement of Main Dimensions

• Major Diameter
• Minor Diameter
• Effective (Pitch)
Diameter
• Thread Angle
• Flank Angle
• Pitch

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Major Diameter

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Minor Diameter

Minor diameter = Dc + (Rt – Rc)

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Simple Effective Diameter
Using Screw Thread Micrometer

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Simple Effective Diameter
Wires Method

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Three Wires Method

𝑋 𝑃 𝑋
𝐸 = 𝑀 − 𝑑 1 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐 + . cot
2 2 2
𝑀: 𝑀𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑠
E: Effective diameter
d: Best wire size
X/2: Flank angle
P: Pitch
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 Best Wire Size (d)
The best size wire (d) makes contact with the thread flank at
the pitch line.
𝐼𝑛 𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑒 𝐴𝑂𝐵:
𝐴𝐵
𝑆𝑖𝑛 ∠𝐵𝑂𝐴 =
𝑂𝐴
𝑋 𝐴𝐵
𝑆𝑖𝑛 90 − =
2 𝑂𝐴
2𝐴𝐵
𝑑 = 2 𝑂𝐴 =
𝑋
cos
2
𝑋
𝑑 = 2𝐴𝐵 𝑆𝑒𝑐
2
𝑃
𝐴𝐵 =
4
𝑃 𝑋
𝑑 = 𝑆𝑒𝑐
2 2
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 Three-wire Method
𝑑
𝐸𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝐷𝑖𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟 (𝐸) = 𝑀 − 2ℎ − 2
2
𝐼𝑛 𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑒 𝑂𝐶𝐴,
𝑋 𝑑 𝑋
𝑂𝐶 = 𝑂𝐴 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐 = . 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐
2 2 2
𝑃 𝑋 𝐻 𝑃 𝑋
𝐻 = cot ; 𝐵𝐶 = = cot
2 2 2 4 2
ℎ = 𝑂𝐶 − 𝐵𝐶
𝑑 𝑋 𝑃 𝑋
ℎ = . 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐 − cot
2 2 4 2
𝑋 𝑃 𝑋
𝐸 = 𝑀 − 𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐 + cot −𝑑
2 2 2
𝑋 𝑃 𝑋
𝐸 = 𝑀 − 𝑑 1 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐 + . cot
2 2 2
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