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CREST THREAD [12 records]

Record 1 2002-09-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Joining Elements (Mechanical Components)
CONT

[SI metric thread system. ] Tolerance positions establish the maximum material limits of the pitch and crest diameters for both internal and external threads. The series of tolerance-position symbols to reflect varying amounts of allowance are : For external threads :"e"=large allowance; "g"=small allowance; "h"=no allowance. [And] For internal threads :"G"=small allowance :"H"=no allowance.

OBS

tolerance position: term standardized by ISO. Aerospace rivets.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments d'assemblage (Composants mécaniques)
OBS

tolérance de position : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 2 1999-01-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
  • Machine-Tooling (Metallurgy)
  • Joining Elements (Mechanical Components)
DEF

The largest diameter of a screw thread, measured at the crest for an external(male) thread and at the root for an internal(female) thread.

OBS

nominal diameter: term standardized by ISO-5843-2, 1990, Aerospace Rivets.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
  • Usinage (Métallurgie)
  • Éléments d'assemblage (Composants mécaniques)
OBS

nominal : Se dit de la cote ordinairement employée pour indiquer la dimension du diamètre d'une vis, d'un arbre.

OBS

diamètre nominal : terme normalisé par l'ISO-5843-2, 1990, Rivets pour les constructions aérospatiales.

Spanish

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Record 3 1998-06-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Joining Elements (Mechanical Components)
  • Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance
CONT

The unified thread form accompanied by the unified thread standards has in the past fulfilled the necessary requirements for interchangeability of threaded products between the United States, Great Britain, and Canada. This modified thread form represented two compromises between British Whitworth and United Stated National thread forms. The British accepted the 60° thread angle of the American thread, and the Americans accepted a rounded root and crest similar to the Whitworth form. The United States National unified form for external threads has a rounded root and may have either a rounded or flat crest. The unified thread contours provide advantages over both the earlier forms.... The unified thread is a general-purpose thread that is particularly suited for fasteners.

CONT

Unified and American National screw thread standards ... consist of six series of threads and a selection of special threads that cover nonstandard combinations of diameter and pitch. In general, the unified screw threads are limited to three series; coarse (UNC), fine (UNF), and extrafine (UNEF).

OBS

Under the unified system, threads are specified by giving in order the nominal diameter, number of threads per inch, the initial letters such as UNC or UNF that identify the series, and class of thread (IA, 2A, and 3A or 1B, 2B and 3B). ... the specification for a left-hand thread must have the letters LH included.

OBS

See also "8UN", "12UN", and "16UN", which designate the 8-, 12-, and 16-thread series.

CONT

[Example of a thread identification by standardized symbols]:1/2-13UNC-2ALH.

OBS

unified thread: term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments d'assemblage (Composants mécaniques)
  • Aérotechnique et maintenance
CONT

Depuis 1949, le Royaume-Uni, le Canada et les Etats-Unis se sont mis d'accord sur ces filetages et leur désignation : «UNC» pour "Unified coarse thread [...] «UNF» pour «Unified fine thread» [...] «UNEF» pour «Unified extra-fine» [...] «UN» pour «Unified constant pitch» [...] Ces filetages figurent [...] dans la norme américaine ASA B1.1-1960 qui concerne les filetages unifiés.

CONT

Le filetage «Unified National» comprend les séries à filets gros et les séries à filets fins.

OBS

filetage en inches à profil UNJ : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 4 1989-09-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lathe Work (Machine-Tooling)
DEF

A standard thread having a profile angle of 29° and a flat crest; used on power screws in such devices as automobile jacks, presses, and lead screws on lathes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tournage sur métaux
CONT

Le filet Acmé est engendré par l'enroulement, en hélice, d'un profilé ayant la forme d'un trapèze dont l'angle des côtés non parallèles est de 29°.

OBS

Contexte extrait de l'ouvrage «Le tour et la fraiseuse» de Robert Nadreau, p. 157.

Spanish

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Record 5 1988-12-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Joining Elements (Mechanical Components)
CONT

[SI metric thread system. ] Tolerance positions establish the maximum material limits of the pitch and crest diameters for both internal and external threads. The series of tolerance-position symbols to reflect varying amounts of allowance are : For external threads :"e"=large allowance; "g"=small allowance; "h"=no allowance. [And] For internal threads :"G :=small allowance; "H"=no allowance.

CONT

M6 X1 -5g 6g: M= metric; 6= nominal size; 1=pitch; 5g 6g= tolerance-class designation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments d'assemblage (Composants mécaniques)

Spanish

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Record 6 1988-12-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Joining Elements (Mechanical Components)
CONT

[SI metric thread system. ] Tolerance positions establish the maximum material limits of the pitch and crest diameters for both internal and external threads. The series of tolerance-position symbols to reflect varying amounts of allowance are : For external threads :"e"=large allowance; "g"=small allowance; "h"=no allowance. [And] For internal threads :"G"=small allowance :"H"=no allowance.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments d'assemblage (Composants mécaniques)

Spanish

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Record 7 1988-12-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Joining Elements (Mechanical Components)
DEF

The top of a screw thread.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments d'assemblage (Composants mécaniques)

Spanish

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Record 8 1988-12-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Joining Elements (Mechanical Components)
CONT

[SI metric thread system. ] Tolerance positions establish the maximum material limits of the pitch and crest diameters for both internal and external threads. The series of tolerance-position symbols to reflect varying amounts of allowance are : For external threads :"e"=large allowance; "g"=small allowance; "h"=no allowance. [And] For internal threads :"G"=small allowance; "H"=no allowance.

CONT

M6 X 1 - 5g 6g: M = metric : 6 = nominal size; 1 = pitch; 5g 6g = tolerance - class designation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments d'assemblage (Composants mécaniques)

Spanish

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Record 9 1988-12-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Joining Elements (Mechanical Components)
CONT

[SI metric thread system. ] Tolerance positions establish the maximum material limits of the pitch and crest diameters for both internal and external threads. The series of tolerance-position symbols to reflect varying amounts of allowance are : For external threads :"e"=large allowance ;"g"=small allowance; "h"=no allowance. [And] For internal threads :"G"=small allowance :"H"=no allowance.

CONT

M6 X 1 - 5g 6g: M = metric ; 6 = nominal size; 1 = pitch ; 5g 6g = tolerance-class designation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments d'assemblage (Composants mécaniques)

Spanish

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Record 10 1988-12-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Joining Elements (Mechanical Components)
CONT

[SI metric thread system. ] Tolerance positions establish the maximum material limits of the pitch and crest diameters for both internal and external threads. The series of tolerance-position symbols to reflect varying amounts of allowance are : For external threads :"e"=large allowance; "g"=small allowance; "h"=no allowance. [And] For internal threads :"G"=small allowance; "H"=no allowance.

CONT

M6 X 1 - 5g 6g : M = metric; 6 = nominal size; 1 = pitch; 5g 6g = tolerance-class designation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments d'assemblage (Composants mécaniques)

Spanish

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Record 11 1987-12-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lathe Work (Machine-Tooling)
  • Machine-Tooling (Metallurgy)
DEF

The diameter of a cylinder bounding the root of an external thread or the crest of an internal thread.

OBS

The minor diameter was formerly known as the root diameter.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tournage sur métaux
  • Usinage (Métallurgie)
OBS

Diamètre à fond de filet de la partie mâle et diamètre intérieur, donc diamètre de l'alésage, de la partie femelle.

Spanish

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Record 12 1986-12-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Machine-Tooling (Metallurgy)
DEF

Space between the crest of a thread and the root of its mating thread.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Usinage (Métallurgie)
DEF

Espace compris entre le sommet d'un filet d'une pièce mâle et le fond de filet de la pièce femelle correspondante.

Spanish

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