THREAD FORM SYMBOLS

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THREAD FORM SYMBOLS

ACME 60 STUB 60 Stub thread form
ACME STUB Stub Acme thread form
ACME-C Acme thread - centralizing
ACME-G Acme thread, general purpose
ANPT Aeronautica National Form taper pipe thread
AWWA American Water Works Association
BA British Association Standard thread form
BSF British Standard Fine thread series
BSPP British Standard Pipe Parallel
BSPT British Standard Pipe Taper
BSW British Standard Whitworth
MM ISO Metric thread form
N BUTT American Buttress screw thread
NC American National Coarse thread series
NEF American National Extra-Fine thread series
NF American National Fine thread series
NGO American National gas outlet threads
NGT American National gas taper threads
NH American National hose & fire hose coupling
NM National Miniature thread series
NPS American Standard straight pipe thread
NPSC American Standard straight pipe thread in couplings
NPSF American Standard internal straight pipe thread (dryseal)
NPSH American Standard straight pipe thread for hose couplings &
nipples
NPSI American Standard intermediate straight pipe thread
(dryseal)
NPSL American Standard straight pipe thread for locknuts
NPSM American Standard straight pipe thread for mechanical
joints
NPT American Standard taper pipe thread
NPTF Dryseal American Standard taper pipe thread
NPTR American Standard taper pipe thread for rail fittings
NS Special threads of American National Form
PTF Dryseal SAE Short Taper pipe thread
SGT Special Gas Taper thread form
SPL-PTF Dryseal Short Taper Pipe thread
STI Special Threads for Helical Coil Wire Screw Thread Inserts
UN Unfied and American thread series
UNC Unfied and American Coarse thread series
UNEF Unfied and American Extra-Fine thread series
UNF Unfied and American Fine thread series
UNIV Unified Miniature Thread Series
UNJ Unified Thread Series with Controlled Root Radius
UNJC Unified Coarse Thread Series with Controlled Root Radius
UNJF Unified Fine Thread Series with Controlled Root Radius
UNR Unified Constant Pitch thread series with Controlled Root
Radius
UNRC Unified Coarse Thread Series with Controlled Root Radius
UNRF Unified Fine Thread Series with Controlled Root Radius
UNS Unfied and American threads of selected special diameters
and pitches

I have been asked so many times "What is

the difference between UN and NS
threads?", that I thought I would address it
here.
THE SHORT ANSWER is the form is the
same for either, the only difference lies in
the tolerances or range of pitch diameters
in classes of fit.
THE LONG ANSWER (taken from
Machinery's Handbook) is: American
Standard was the first American standard
to cover those Unified thread Series agreed
upon by the United Kingdom, Canada, and
the United States to obtain screw thread
interchangeability among these three
nations. These Unified threads are now the
basic American standard for fastening
types of screw threads. In relation to
previous American practice, unified threads
have substantially the same thread form
and are mechanically interchangeable with
the former American National threads of
the same diameter and pitch. The principal
differences between the two systems lie in:
(1) the application of allowances; (2) the
variation of tolerances with size; (3)
difference in amount of pitch diameter
tolerance on external and internal threads;
and (4) differences in thread designation.
In the Unified system an allowance is
provided on both the Classes 1A and 2A
external threads whereas in the American
Nation System only the Class 1 external
thread has an allowance. Also, in the
Unified system the pitch diameter tolerance
of an internal thread is 30 per cent greater
than that of the external thread, whereas
they are equal in the American National
System.
Bottom line is 1/2-13 UNC screw with a
pitch diameter of 0.4510, is the same as a
1/2-13 NS screw with a pitch diameter of
0.4510.

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