Technical Information Tolerances Over Basic Pitch Diameter Internal Unified Thread For the tap user’s convenience, new generation WIDIA-GTD™ taps are sized for the intended class of fit of the internal screw thread. ISO standard 2857 specifies the manufacturing tolerances of the tap pitch diameters for ISO metric threads of tolerances classes 4H to 8H and 4G to 6G. Examples: 4H tap corresponds to ISO 1 6H tap corresponds to ISO 2 6G tap corresponds to ISO 3 Similarly, ASME B1.1 recommends tap pitch diameter tolerances for 1B, 2B, and 3B classes of fit. However, it is recognised in many 1B tapping applications that taps should have a pitch diameter that is larger than industry standards. These applications include tapping abrasive materials or CNC applications where machine and 2B tool concentricity is excellent. Tapsmanufactured to WIDIA™ standards are designated with an X after the class of fit (example 6HX or 3BX). These graphs 3B illustrate the differences. nominal pitch diameter (basis) Internal Metric Thread 7G 6G 6H 4H nominal pitch diameter (basis) widia.com Y99 ISO 1 ISO 2 ISO 3 Technical Information