Abstract of ASME B11 UNIFIED INCH SCREW THREADS ‘THREADS 2002 (UN AND UNR THREAD FORM) L IFI NOTES: 1 ASME B1.1 is a standard developed through the procedures of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers. 81.1 is under the ju- risdiction of ASME Standards Committee B1. This abstract presents the requirements of ASME B1.1 as they ap- ply to the threaded mechanical fasteners covered in this book. Sec- tion 7 describes accommodation of Coatings and Platings. Omit- ted are several “convenience tables,” appendixes, example calcu- lations and formulas. For the omitted information, refer to the com- plete standard, copies of which are available from ASME, It is important to note that this edition of the B1.1 standard is the first to apply consistent eight place decimal and rounding rules established by ASME B1,30. The values in bold in Table 4 are those which have changed “slightly” to agree with these rules. In ab- stracting and reformatting, it was necessary to renumber some of the paragraphs, figures and tables to maintain continuity. ASME B1.1-2002 is abstracted with the permission of its publisher, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Three Park Avenue, New York, NY 10016-5990, U.S.A. 4. General 14.1 Scope This standard specifies the thread form, series, class, allowance, tolerance, and desig- nation for Unified screw threads. (In order to ‘emphasize thal Unified screw threads are based on inch modules, they may be denoted Unified inch screw threads.) Several variations in thread form have been developed for Unified threads; however, this standard covers only UN and UNR thread forms. 1.2 Unified Screw Thread Standards The standards for Unified screw threads published in this standard are in agreement with formal standards of the International Organiza- tion for Standardization for diameter-pitch com- binations, designations, and tolerances for 60 deg triangular form inch screw threads. Unified screw threads had their origin in an accord signed in Washington, D.C., on November 18, 1948 by representatives of standardizing bod- ies of Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States, and have subsequently super- seded American National screw threads. 4.3. UN and UNR Screw Threads UNR applies only to external threads; the difference between UN and UNR threads, in addition to designation, is that a flat or optional rounded root contour is specified for UN threads, while only a rounded root contour is specified for UNR threads. 1.4 Interchangeability Unified (UN/UNR) and its predecessor, ‘American National screw threads, have substan- tially the same thread form, and threads of both standards having the same diameter and pitch © 2003 Industrial Fasteners institute A—33 )3OREW UNIFIED INCH SCREW THREADS esto THREADS (UN AND UNR THREAD FORM) 2002 | — are mechanically interchangeable. The princi- 2 ‘Screw Thread Profile pal differences between these standards relate to the application of allowances, the variationof 2-1 Scope tolerances with size, differences in the amounts of pitch diameter tolerances for external and in- temal threads, and differences in thread desig- nations. Unified inch and ISO metric screw threads are not mechanically interchangeable. 1.5 Designations Unified thread sizes (specific combina- tions of diameter and pitch) are identified by the letter combination “UN" in the thread symbol. In the Unified standards the pitch diameter toler- ances for external threads differ from those for internal threads; for this reason the letter “A” is used in the thread symbol to denote an external thread and the letter “B,” an internal thread. Where the letters *U,”*A," or “B” do not appear in the thread designation, the threads conform to the outdated American National screw threads. Details regarding thread designations are given in Section 6. 1.6 Referenced Documents {Refer to the complete specification.) 1.7 Acceptability Acceptability of product threads shall be in accordance with ASME 81.3M. Gages and gaging shall be in accordance with ANSV/ASME B12. 1.8 Reference Temperature ‘The reference temperature is 68°F for dimensions defined by this system. 1.9 Units of Measure 1.10 Federal Government Use (Refer to the complete specification for Paras. 1.9 and 1.10.) ‘The basic profile and design profiles are defined in this section and are the basis of all thread dimensions given in this standard. 2.2 Basic Profile The basic profile for UN screw threads is identical to that for UNR screw threads and is shownin Fig. 1. Profile applies to an axial plane. For reference, the basic profile for UN ‘and UNR screw threads is identical to that for ISO metric screw threads shown in ISO 68. 2.3 Design Profile ‘The design profiles define the maximum material conditions for external and internal a + orase 01954 I 60 deg 0 og 0.625H = 0.54126588° 1.000H = 0.86602540P NOTE: For standardization, the table of thread values has ‘been established based on a function of pitch “PY. The thread values based on a function of height “H” are used {or reference only. Fig. 1 Basic Profile for UN and UNR ‘Screw Threads © 2003 Industrial Fasteners InstituteAbatract of UNIFIED INCH SCREW THREADS SCREW 2002 (UN AND UNR THREAD FORM) eau threads with no allowance, and are derived from the basic profile. The design profiles of both external and internal screw threads vary from the basic profile. 2.3.1. Design Profile of External Threads. The design profiles of external UN and UNR screw threads are shown in Figs. 2 and 3. A flat root contour is specified for UN threads; how- ever, itis permissible to provide for some thread- ing tool crest wear. Therefore, a rounded root contour cleared beyond the 0.250P fiat width of the basic profile is optional. The rounded root also reduces the rate of threading tool crest wear and improves fatigue strength over that of a flat root thread. (a) The root contour of external UNR screw threads, shown in Figs. 2 and 3 shall have a smooth, continuous, non-reversing contour with a radius of curvature not less than 0.10825318P at any point and shall blend tangentially into the flanks and any straight segment. At the maxi- mum material condition, the point of tangency shall be at a distance not less than (0.625H) or 0.54126588P below the basic major diameter. (b) The design profiles of external UN and UNR screw threads have flat crests. However, in practice, product thread crests may be flat, or partially, or comer rounded. A rounded crest tangent at a 0.125P flat is shown as an option in Figs. 2 and 3. 2.3.2. Design Profile of Internal Threads. ‘The design profile of the intemal UN screw thread Is included in Figs. 2 and 3 (there is no internal UNR screw thread). In practice it is necessary to provide for some threading tool crest wear; therefore, the root of the design profile is rounded ‘and cleared beyond the 0.125P flat width of the basic profile. {IFI Note: Design profiles are also shown in Figs. 2A, 2B, and 3 on pages A-2 and A-3, respectively.) 2.4 Formulas and Symbols ‘The formulas and symbols pertaining to the basic profile and the design profiles are given in Section 10. (For Section 10, refer to the com- plete standard.) 3. Screw Thread Series 3.4 Thread Series Definition Thread series are groups of diameter- pitch combinations distinguished from each other by the number of threads per inch applied to a series of specific diameters. There are two gen- eral series classifications: standard and spe- cal, 3.1.4. Standard Series. The standard series consists of three series with graded pitches (coarse, fine, and extra-fine) and eight series with constant pitches (4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 20, 28, and 32 threads per inch). The standard series is shown in Tables 1, 2, and 3, respectively. See Section 8 for limits of size. 3.1.2 Special Series. The special series con- sists of all threads with combinations of diam- eter and pitch that are not included in the stan- dard series. When allowances and tolerances of special series threads are derived from Uni- fied formulation as shown in Section 5, the threads are designated UNS or UNRS. If allow- ance and tolerance are not derived from Unified formulation, the threads are designated “SPL- 60 degree form.” See Section 6 for details of designation. (IFI Note: This book includes data on only coarse, fine and 8 thread series, in nominal thread diameters to 4 in. For data on larger thread diameters and other thread series — ‘standard and special —refer to the complete standard.) © 2003 Industrial Fasteners Institute A—35 }