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 The American Society of
Mechanical Engineers

A N A M E R I C A N N A T I O N A L S T A N D A R D

SCREW THREADS:
STANDARD PRACT1I:E
FOR CALCULATING
A I D ROUNDIN[E
DIMENSIONS
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 Date of Issuance: April 25, 2003

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 CONTENTS

Foreword ........................................................................ iv
Committee Roster ................................................................ v

1 General ..................................................................... 1

2 Rounding of Decimal Values .................................................. 1

3 Calculations From Formulas .................................................. 2

4 Thread Form Constants ....................................................... 2

Tables
1 Number of Decimal Places Used in Calculations .............................. 2
2 Example of External Inch Screw Threads. 1/-28 UNEF.2A ..................... 4
3 Example of Internal Inch Screw Threads, '12-28 UNEF.2B ...................... 7
4 Example of External Inch Screw Threads, '9/61-36 UNS.2A ..................... 9
5 Example of Internal Inch Screw Threads, '9/64-36 UNC.2B ...................... 12
6 Example of External Metric Screw Threads, M12 x 1.75-4g6g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
7 Example of Internal Metric Screw Threads, M12 X 1.75.6H .................... 16
8 Example of External Metric Screw Threads. M13 X 0.9-4g6g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
9 Example of Internal Metric Screw Threads, M13 x 0.9.6H ..................... 20
10 Thread Form Data ........................................................... 22

Nonmandatory Appendix
A Thread Characteristics Governed by this Standard ............................ 23

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 The American National Standards Committee B1 for standardization of screw threads was
organized in 1920 as sectional Committee B1 under the sponsorship of the American Engineering
Standards Committee (later the American Standards Association, then the United States of
America Standards Institute and as of October 6,1969, the American National Standards Institute,
Inc.), with the Society of Automotive Engineers and The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
as joint sponsors. As a result, a great deal of effort was expended through the years toward
development of several screw thread standards.
Recognizing the need to standardize the method of rounding decimal values in the calculation
of screw thread dimemsions, the ACME Standards Committee B1 charged Subcommittee 30 with
the responsibility for producing such a standard.
This Standard designated ACME B1.30 was developed only to serve as the basis for rounding
of decimal values associated with the computation of screw thread dimensions.
The examples and formulas depicted within this Standard are for reference only and are
presented only to clarify the rounding procedures described. When calculating the different thread
characteristics for a particular thread form, refer to the appropriate ACME B1 standard for the
formulas and methodology of calculation for that thread.
This Standard was originally approved as an American National Standard on June 29, 1992.
This issue updates the 1992 issue and includes:
(u) the addition of a note to para. 1.2 for the clarification of the use of this Standard for metric
applications;
(b) the addition of an exception in para. 3.1.3 to the number of decimal places for the allowance
2A when used in intermediate calculations as Td2;
(c) the addition of the maximum external UN minor diameter, maximum and minimum internal
pitch diameters and the minimum internal major diameter to the example in para. 3.2.1;
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(d) removal of Appendix A containing various common values for 60 deg thread elements.
This was done because the values are either listed or can be calculated by formulas in other
existing B1 standards;
(e) the addition of an example for a standard metric size that is listed in ACME B1.13M and
IS0 261;
cf, the addition of an example for a special inch size showing how to round numbers with an
infinite number of digits after the decimal point;
(g) added a new Appendix A with a table listing the number of decimal places for each of
the thread characteristics used in the examples in 81.30.
Suggestions for improvement of this Standard will be welcome. They should be sent to Secretary,
ACME 81 Standards Committee, Three Park Avenue, New York, NY 10016-5990 U.S.A.
This revision was approved as an American National Standard on July 12, 2002.

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 ASME STANDARDS COMMITTEE B 1
Standardization and Unification of Screw Threads
(The following is the roster of the Committee at the time of approval of this Standard.)

OFFICERS
A. L. Barrows, Chair
D. S. George, Vice Chair
J. R. Bird. Secretary

COMMITTEE PERSONNEL
G. L. Allen, The L. S. Starrett Co. L. L. Lord, Caterpillar, Inc.
A. L. Barrows, Kennametal-IPG R. L. Tennis, Alternate, Caterpillar, Inc.
M. H. Bernier, Standard Nut and Bolt M. H. McWilliams, PMC Gage, Inc.
J. R. Bird, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers D. Miskinis, Kennametal-IPG
F. G. Calderone. Quality Systems Implementers W. R. Newman, Facil LLC, USA
J.Davis, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission M. W. Rose, Southern Gage, Inc.
L. N. Dixon, Ir., General Electric D. M. Satava, Consultant
R. Dodge, Pennoyer-Dodge Co. E. Schwartz, Consultant
G. A. Flannery, Mercury Gage Co. R. H. Searr, Conam Quantum Inspection and Testing

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D. Skierski, Alternate, Mercury Gage Co. R. E. Seppey, Consultant
H. N. Frost, Defense Supply Center Philadelphia A. D. Shepherd, Ir., Emuge Corp.
D. S. George, Ford Motor Co. A. G. Strang, Consultant
J. R. Gervasi, Kerr Lakeside Inc. R. D. Strong, General Motors Corp.
J.Greenslade, Greenslade & Co. A. F. Thibodeau, Swanson Tool Manufacturing, Inc.
L. C. Johnson, The Johnson Gage Co. R. C. Veale, Consultant
D. D. Katz, Precision Fittings R. E. Vincent, Ir., General Plug Manufacturing Co.
R. P. Knittel, Leitech / AMTMA C. J.Wilson, Industrial Fasteners Institute
B. Larzelere, Deltronic Corp. F. W. Akstens, Alternate, industrial Fasteners Institute

SUBCOMMITTEE 30 - ROUNDING OF VALUES

R. H. Searr, Chair, Conam Quantum Inspection and Testing M. W. Rose, Southern Gage, Inc.
A. L. Barrows, Vice Chair, Kennametal-IPG D. M. Satava, Consultant
E. Schwartz, Consultant
B. I. Armstrong, Naval Warfare Assessment Division
R. E. Seppey, Consultant
R. Dodge, Pennoyer-Dodge Co.
A. D. Shepherd, Ir., Emuge Corp.
D. S. George, Ford Motor Co. A. G. Strang. Consultant
J. Greenslade. Greenslade & Co. R. D. Strong, General Motors Co.
L. C. Johnson, The Johnson Gage Co. R. C. Veale, Consultant
D. D. Katz, Precision Fittings C. J. Wilson. industrial Fasteners Institute
W. R. Newman, Facil LLC, USA F. W. Akstens, Alternate, Industrial Fasteners Institute

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 ASME 81.30-2002

SCREW THREADS: STANDARD PRACTICE FOR CALCULATING

AND ROUNDING DIMENSIONS

1 GENERAL 2 ROUNDING OF DECIMAL VALUES

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1.1 Purpose The following rounding practice represents the

method to be used in all new or future revisions of
The purpose of this Standard is to establish uniform ASME B1 thread standards.
and specific practices for calculating and rounding the
NOTE: It is recognized that this Standard is not in agreement with
numeric values used for inch and metric screw thread
other published documents, e.g., ASME SI-9, Guide for Metrication
design data dimensions only. No attempt is made to o?Codes and Standards SI (Metric) Units, and IEEE/ASTM SI 10,
establish a policy of rounding actual thread characteris- Standard for Metric Practice. The rounding practices used in the
tics measured by the manufacturer or user of thread forenamed documents are designed to produce even distribution
gages. Covered is the Standard Rounding Policy regard- of numerical values. The purpose of this document is to define the
ing the last figure or decimal place to be retained by a most practical and common used method of rounding numerical
thread form values. Considering today?s technology, application
numeric value and the number of decimal places to be
of this method is far more practical in the rounding of thread form
retained by values used in intermediate calculations of values.
thread design data dimensions. Values calculated to this
Standard for inch and metric screw thread design data 2.1 Rounding Policy
dimensions may vary slightly from values shown in
existing issues of ACME B1 screw thread standards and 2.1.1 When the figure next beyond the last figure
are to take precedence in all new or future revisions of or place retained is less than 5, the figure in the last
place retained is kept unchanged.
ASME B1 standards as applicable except as noted in
para. 1.2. EXAMPLE:
1.012342 1.01234
1.2 Metric Application 1.012342 1.0123
1.012342 1.012
Allowances (fundamental deviations) and tolerances
for metric M and MJ screw threads are based upon
2.1.2 When the figure next beyond the last figure
formulas, which appear in applicable standards. Values
or place retained is greater than 5, the figure in the last
of allowances for standard tolerance positions and val-
place retained is increased by 1.
ues of tolerances for standard tolerance grades are tabu-
lated in these standards for a selection of pitches. EXAMPLE:
Rounding rules specified below have not been applied 1.56789 1.5679
to these values but have followed practices of the Inter- 1.56789 1.568
national Organization for Standardization (ISO). For 1.56789 1.57
pitches, which are not included in the tables, standard
formulas and the rounding rules specified herein are 2.1.3 When the figure next beyond the last figure
applicable. or place retained is 5, and:
(a) there are no figures, or only zeros, beyond this 5,
NOTE: IS0 rounding practices, for screw thread tolerances and the last figure should be increased by 1;
allowances, use rounding to the nearest values in the R40 series
of numbers in accordance with IS0 3. in some cases, the rounded EXAMPLE:
values have been adjusted to produce a smooth progression. Since 1.01235 1.0124
the IS0 rounded values have been standardized internationally, 1.0123500 1.0124
for metric screw threads, it would lead to confusion if tolerances 1.012345 1.01235
and allowances were recalculated using B1.30 rules, for use in the 1.01234500 1.01235
USA. 81.30 rounding rules are, therefore, only applicable to special
threads where tabulated values do not exist in IS0 standards.
Values calculated using the IS0 R40 series values may differ from
those calculated using 81.30. in such a case the special thread (b) if the 5 next beyond the figure in the last place to
values generated using 81.30 take precedence. be retained are followed by any figures other than zero,

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Table 1
Number of Decimal Places Used in Calculations
Units Pitch Constants Intermediate Final
Inch 8 8 6 4 (except as outlined ¡?,para. 3.1.3)
Metric as designated 7 5 3

the figure in the last place retained should be increased external thread pitch diameter tolerance, Td2, which is
by 1. expressed to six decimal places.
(a) Minor Diameter Exceptions for Internal Threads:
EXAMPLE:
(1) Minimum Minor Diameter. All classes are calcu-
1.0123501 1.0124 lated and then rounded off to the nearest 0.001 in. and
1.0123599 1.0124 expressed in three decimal places for sizes 0.138 in. and
1.O 1234501 1.01235
1.01234599 1.01235
larger. For Class 3B, a zero is added to yield four decimal
places.
(2) Maximum Minor Diameter. All classes are calcu-
2.1.4 The final rounded value is obtained from the lated before rounding, then rounded for Classes l B and
most precise value available and not from a series of
2B to the nearest 0.001 in. for sizes 0.138 in. and larger.
successive rounding. For example, 0.5499 should be
Class 3B values are rounded to four decimal places.
rounded to 0.550, 0.55 and 0.5 (not 0.6), since the most
precise value available is less than 0.55. Similarly, 0.5501 3.1.4 Metric screw threads are dimensioned in milli-
should be rounded as 0.550,0.55 and 0.6, since the most meters. The final values of pitch diameter, major diame-
precise value available is more than 0.55. In the case of ter, minor diameter, allowance and thread element
0.5500 rounding should be 0.550,0.55 and 0.6, since the tolerances are expressed to three decimal places.
most precise value available is 0.5500. 3.1.5 Values containing multiple trailing zeros out
to the required number of decimal places can be
3 CALCULATIONS FROM FORMULAS expressed by displaying only two of them beyond the
last significant digit.
3.1 General Rules EXAMPLE: 20 threads per inch has a pitch equal to 0.05000000
3.1.1 Values for pitch and constants derived from a and can be expressed as 0.0500.
function of pitch are used out to eight decimal places 3.2 Examples
for inch series. The eight place values are obtained by
rounding their truncated ten place values. Seven decimal The formulas in the examples for inch screw threads
place values for metric series constants are derived by in Tables 2,3,4 and 5 are based on those listed in ACME
rounding their truncated nine place values. See para. 4 81.1, Unified Inch Screw Threads. Tables 2 and 3 are
for thread form constants. Values used in intermediate based on a size that when converted from a fraction to
calculations are rounded to two places beyond the num- a decimal will result in a number that has only four
ber of decimal places retained for the final value, see decimal places. Tables 4 and 5 are based on a size that
Table 1. when converted will result in a number with infinite
numbers of digits after the decimal point.
EXAMPLE: The formulas in the examples for metric screw threads
in Tables 6,7,8 and 9 are based on those listed in ACME
n = 28 threads per inch
P = i/n B1.13M, Metric Screw Threads. Tables 6 and 7 show the
P = 1/28 use of the tabulated values for allowances and tolerances
P = 0.0357142857 (in accordance with IS0 965-1) for the calculation of size
P = 0.03571429 limits for standard diameter/pitch combinations listed
3.1.2 Rounding to the final value is the last step in in both IS0 261 and ACME B1.13M. The constant values
a calculation. differ from those used for inch screw threads, in accor-
dance with the policy of rounding of this Standard,
3.1.3 For inch screw thread dimensions, four decimal because metric limits of size are expressed to only three
places are required for the final values of pitch diameter, decimal places rather than four.
major diameter, and minor diameter with the exception
of Class 1B and 2B internal thread minor diameters for
thread sizes 0.138 and larger, see below. The final values 4 THREAD FORM CONSTANTS
for the allowances and tolerances applied to thread ele- For thread form data tables, see Table 10. The number
ments are-expressed to four decimal places except for of decimal places and the manner in which they are
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listed should be consistent. Thread form constants values based on a function of pitch has beenestablished,
printed in older thread standards are based on a function with thread height used as a reference only. All thread
of thread height (H) or pitch ( P ) . The equivalent of the calculations are to be performed using a function of
corresponding function is also listed. There are some pitch (P), rounded to 8 decimal places for inch series
constants that would require these values to 8 or 7 deci- and as designated for metric series, not a function of
mal places before they would round to equivalent val- thread height (H). Thread height is to be used for refer-
ues. For standardization the tabulated listing of thread ence only.
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Table 10 Thread Form Data

Constant for Inch Series Reference Values Constant for Metric Series

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0.12990381P 3H/20 0.1500H 0.1299038P
0.1 44337 57P H/6 0.1667H 0.1443376P
0.16237976P 3H/16 0.1875H 0.1623798P
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0.39692831P llH/24 0.4583H 0.3969283P
0.43301270P Hl 2 0.5000H 0.4330127P
0.48713929P 9H/16 0.5625H 0.4871393P
0.54126588P 5H/8 0.6250H 0.5412659P
0.57735027P 2H/3 0.6667H 0.5773503P
0.59539247P llH/16 0.6875H 0.5953925P

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NONMANDATORY APPENDIX A
THREAD CHARACTERISTICS GOVERNED BY THIS STANDARD

This Appendix contains Table A l , a listing of screw that a final value can be used in subsequent calculations.
thread dimensions with their symbols and the number This table contains only those dimensions used in the
of decimal places that each are to be carried out to when examples in B1.30 for both inch and metric 60 deg
used in calculation. It indicates whether they are consid- threads. Similar format should be used for other dimen-
ered an intermediate value, used in subsequent calcula- sions not used in the examples within this Standard.
tions, or considered a final value. It also should be noted

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Table A l Threads Characteristics

Intermediate Final
Symbol Dimensions Inch Metric Inch Metric

Major diameter, external thread ... ...

Major diameter, internal thread ... ...

Pitch diameter, external thread ... ...
Pitch diameter, internal thread ... ...
Minor diameter, external thread ... ...
Minor diameter, rounded root external ... ...
thread

Minor diameter, internal thread for sizes ... ... 3

0.138 and larger for Classes 16 and
26 only

Minor diameter, internal thread for sizes ... 4

smaller than 0.138 for Classes 1B
and 2B and all sizes for Class 38

Minor diameter, internal metric thread NlA

Allowance at major pitch and minor 4

diameters of external thread

Length of thread engagement 6 N/A ... ...

Pitch ... ... 8 [Note (111

Major diameter tolerance ... ... 4 3

Pitch diameter tolerance, external ... ... 6 3

threads

Pitch diameter tolerance, internal ..

threads

Minor diameter tolerance, internal ..

threads

Twice the external thread addendum 6 ... ...

Twice the external height of UNR thread 6 ... ...
Twice the external height of UN thread 6 ... ...
Twice the external thread addendum 6 ... ...

GENERAL NOTE: Constants based on a function of P are rounded to an eight place decimal for inch and seven place
decimal for metric.
NOTE:
(1) Metric pitches are not calculated. They are stated i n the screw thread designation and are to be used out to the
number of decimal places as stated.

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 OTHER STANDARDS FOR SCREW THREADS

Unified Inch Screw Threads (UN and UNR Thread Form) . . . ..................... B1.1-1989
Gages and Gaging for Unified Inch Screw Threads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B1.2-1983(R1991)
Screw Thread Gaging Systems for Dimensional Acceptability -
Inch and Metric Screw Threads (UN, UNR, UNJ. M. and MJ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B1.3M-1992
Acme Screw Threads .................................... . . 81.5-1997
Nomenclature, Definitions, and Letter Symbols for Screw -1984(R1992)
Stub Acme Screw Threads................................................... B1.8-1988(R1994)
Buttress Inch Screw Threads 7"/45" Form With 0.6 Pitch
Basic Height of Thread Engagement ....................................... B1.9-1973(R1992)
Unified Miniature Screw Threads ................................................ Bl.lOM-1997
Microscope Objective Thread ............................................... B1.11-1958(R1994)
Class 5 Interference-Fit Thread ............................................. B1.12-1987(R1992)
Metric Screw Threads - M Profile .............................................. B1.13M-2001
Unified Inch Screw Threads (UNJ Thread Form) ................................... B1.15-1995
Gages and Gaging for Metric M Screw Threads ........................... B1.16M-l984(R1992)
Pipe Threads. General Purpose (Inch)..................................... B1.20.1-1983(R1992)
Dryseal Pipe Threads (Inch) .............................................. B1.20.3-1976(R1991)
Gaging for Dryseal Pipe Threads (Inch)........................... . . . . . . . . . . ..B1.20.5.1991

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Hose Coupling Screw Threads (Inch) .......................... . . . . . . . . . . . . ..B1.20.7.1991
Metric Screw Threads: MJ Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B1.21M-1997
Gages and Gaging for MJ Series Metric Screw Threads ... . . B1.22M-l985(R1992)
Screw Threads: Standard Practice for Calculating and Rounding Dimensions . . . . . . . B1.30-2002

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