MEASUREMENT OF EFFECTIVE DIAMETER OF A SCREW THREAD

NAME:RAJESH SAHA ROLL:10.01.07.005 DEPARTMENT:M.P.E

MEASUREMENT OF EFFECTIVE DIAMETER OF A SCREW THREAD

EFFECTIVE DIAMETER OF A SCREW THREAD:
On a parallel thread it is the diameter of an imaginary cylinder which w pass through the threads at such a point where width of both male and female thread are same . This point is usually but not always 1/2 the thread depth. It is only at 1/2 depth when the root & crest radii are the same . It is also known as pitch diameter .

FIG: screw thread

METHODS OF EFFECTIVE DIAMETER MEASUREMENT

EFFECTIVE DIAMETER MEASUREMENT:

The effective diameter or pitch diameter can be measured by any of the following method. Thread micrometer method One wire ,two wire, three wire method Here I will explain only two wire and three wire method

MEASUREMENT OF EFFECTIVE DIA BY TWO WIRE METHOD

MEASUREMENT OF EFFECTIVE DIA BY TWO WIRE METHOD

ANOTHER METHOD:

MEASUREMENT OF EFFECTIVE DIA BY THREE WIRE METHOD

THREE WIRE METHOD: Here ,M=distance over wire E= effective diameter r=radius of wire d=diameter of wires h=height of center of wire from effective diameter x=angle of thread H=depth of thread

h=r cosec x/2-p/4 cot x/2 FIG: Three wire method

INCASE OF WHITWORTH THREAD:

X=55

Depth of thread = 0.64p Cosec x/2=2.1675,cot x/2= 1.921 So, M=E +d(1+ Cosec x/2)-p/2 cot x/2 M=E+ 3.1657d-0.9605p E=M-3.1657d+0.9605p

INCASE OF MATRIC THREAD:

X=60 Depth of thread =0.6495p Cosec x/2=2 , cot x/2= 1.792 So, M=E +d(1+ Cosec x/2)-p/2 cot x/2 M=E+3d-0.866p E=M-3d+0.866p

FIG: Three wire method

BEST SIZE WIRE and its expression

Best size wire:
The wire is of such diameter that it makes contact with the flanks of thread on the effective diameter or pitch line.

Expression for best size wire :

Let the thread angle be 2x. Then in triangle OAP, sin POA=AP/OP Or, sin(90 -x)= AP/OP Or,OP=AP/ sin(90-x) =AP/cos x =AP sec x Since, OP=r here ,r=radius of the wire So, best wire diameter,d=2AP sec x As AP lies on the pitch line ,AP=p/4 Here, p=pitch of the thread So,d=(2p/4)sec x d =(p/2)sec x

FIG: Best size wire

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