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Thread angle

Angle between flanks of a screw thread

Inmechanical engineering, the thread angle of a screw is the included angle between the thread flanks, measured in a plane containing the thread axis.^[1] This is a defining factor for the shape of a screw thread. Standard values include:

Name	Code	Angle	Profile	Standards
Most V-threads (including ISO, NPT and UTS)	M	60°		DIN 13 / ISO ? / ASME/ANSI ?
Whitworth threads	W	55°		DIN 49301 / BS ?
British standard pipe thread	G	55°		DIN / BS / EN / ISO 228-1 / ISO 7-1
National Pipe Thread	NPT	60°		ASME B1.20.-1983 Pipe Threads, General Purpose, Inch
Knuckle thread[2][3][4] Round thread	Rd	30°	[5]	DIN 405 / DIN 20400
Acme thread[6]		29°		ASME/ANSI B1.5-1988[7]
Metric trapezoidal threads[1]	Tr	30°		DIN 103
Buttress threads[6]	S	45°		DIN 2781
German buttress threads[6]	S	30°		DIN 513
Square threads[1]	Sq	0° (parallel)		?
Panzergewinde, "steel conduit thread"	Pg	80°		DIN 40430
British Association (BA) thread	BA	47° 30' = 47.5°		BS 93:2008
Löwenherz thread[8]		53° 8' ≈ 53.1°
Bodmer thread[9]		50°

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Bibliography[edit]

• Bhandari, V B (2007), Design of Machine Elements, Tata McGraw-Hill, ISBN 978-0-07-061141-2.
• Oberg, Erik; Jones, Franklin D.; Horton, Holbrook L.; Ryffel, Henry H. (1996), Green, Robert E.; McCauley, Christopher J. (eds.), Machinery's Handbook (25th ed.), New York: Industrial Press, ISBN 978-0-8311-2575-2, OCLC 473691581.