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Thread Types and Annotations Guide

Threads are used to join two objects and can be described using standard symbols and parameters. Metric threads are described by their outer diameter and pitch, while other common thread types like British Standard, pipe, buttress, and trapezoidal threads include additional specifying details like inner diameter or lead. Thread direction, number of starts, and fastener types are also annotated. Drawings and simplified symbols are used to represent screws, bolts, nuts, and other threaded fasteners.

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Thread Types and Annotations Guide

Threads are used to join two objects and can be described using standard symbols and parameters. Metric threads are described by their outer diameter and pitch, while other common thread types like British Standard, pipe, buttress, and trapezoidal threads include additional specifying details like inner diameter or lead. Thread direction, number of starts, and fastener types are also annotated. Drawings and simplified symbols are used to represent screws, bolts, nuts, and other threaded fasteners.

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Basic information on threads

properties, drawings & annotation

for didactic purposes only

Piotr Grądkowski [Link]/gradkow


Thread annotation

Thread type Symbol Describing parameters & units Example

coarse M Outer diameter [mm] M12


Metric ISO
fine M Outer diameter [mm] x pitch[mm] M12x1,5

parallel G G1
British Standard
inner pipe diameter [in]
Pipe (BSP) R*
taper R1½
Rc*

British Standard Whitworth “ outer diameter [in] 5/32”

Trapezoidal Tr outer diameter [mm] x lead [mm] Tr24x5

Buttress S outer diameter [mm] x lead [mm] S24x5

Round Rd outer diameter [mm] x lead [in] Rd10x1/10”


*
- R refers to external threads, Rc – to internal ones

Definitions:
Lead - the distance along the screw's axis that is covered by one complete rotation of the
screw (360°)
Pitch - the distance from the crest of one thread to the next
Remark: For single-start threads Lead=Pitch
Pitch diameter Dp – diameter on which the distance between the flanks of the thread equals
p/2

Left-hand threads
To annotate a left-hand thread, at the end of the annotation symbol, an LH must be added.
Example: Left-hand fine metric thread
M14x1,5LH

Multiple-start threads:
Example: Trapezoidal double-start thread, outer diameter 42mm, lead 10mm, pitch 5mm:
Tr42x10(P5)

Combined annotation
Example: Buttress left-hand double-start thread:
S48x16(P8)LH
Metric thread contour
internal thread (nut)

external thread (screw)


thread axis

Detailed drawing of screw heads


& nuts
Symbolic
Type of fastener Exact drawing Simpliefied drawing
annotation
countersunk head screw

cheese head screw

hex head bolt


A

stud-bolt

Nut
Exact, simplified and symbolic representation of fasteners

10
9
2 14
3 13
11
5 8 15
12
1 - stud-bolt
2, 10 - nut
1
7 3, 9- washer
4 - blind tapped
4 hole
5 - clearance hole
6 6 - hex-head bolt
7,8 - clearance hole
11 - clearance hole
12 - blind tapped hole
13 - cheese head screw
14 - counterbored clearance hole
15 - clearance tapped hole

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