
PD PD )
MinMinMinMin MinMinMinMin 100%100% 100%100%100%100% MaxMaxMaxMax 80.4%80.4%
M2 Taps
M3 MaxMaxMaxMax MinMin
Taps Length of 74.1%80.4%74.1%80.4%
MaxMax Length of engagement engagement=12.1mm On "middle" engagement class, 7H class can be chosen in case of "L" engagement length. Internal threads made by roll taps are
M4 different from those made by cutting Engagement Internal threads classification taps on the shape of minor dimameter.
| Taps | Engagement | Unit : mm | ||
| D1 | Unit : mm | |||
| length |
Engagement External threads *Hole size for thread forming taps
length classification Drill size Min Max
M5 (ref.) Min Max
S Short engagement length 4H 5H — S 4(mm)
Bored hole size 6.8 6.647 6.912 7.36 7.49
Taps M Normal engagement length 5H 6H 7H 4 M 12(mm)
| Engagement ratio | 88.7% | 100% | 80.4% | |
| Forming condition changes depending |
L Long engagement length 6H 7H 8H 12 L(mm) on workpiece's Material and shape.
P=1.25mm D1 is minor diameter of JIS 6H(2nd Class) of internal threads Above is for customer's reference. M6 Taps
M8 Thread class of cutting taps 【Pitch diameter】 Taps
| internal threadsInternal threads | Class | PD tolerance | ||
| Diameter of imaginary cylinder or cone | ||||
| which makes equal the width of threads | ISO2 | 38μm〜63μm | ||
| and width of space between the threads | ||||
| M10 | ISO2X | 63μm〜88μm |
Taps ISO2ISO2 *Above shows the plus tolerance by setting PD basic size as "0". ISO2XISO2X
M12 Width of Width of Taps threadsthreads Thread class of roll taps
| PD tolerance Width of space Width of space Class | |
| M7 | μ 〜 μ between threadsbetween threads |
| M1- | m 114 m ISO2X 102 |
| Taps | Pitch Pitch |
| ISO3X 114μm〜127μm | |
| diameterdiameter | |
| ISO2XISO2X *Above shows the plus tolerance | |
| M24 | ISO3XISO3X by setting PD basic size as "0". |
| M9- | |
| Taps | |
| Basic size of pitch diameter | |
| 7.188mm |
-M48 -200-200μμm -150-150μμm -100-100μμm -50-50μμm +50+50μμm +100+100μμm +150+150μμm +200+200μμm
M25 Taps ISO2X ISO3X ← Roll taps 6g
For Unifiedthreads
| Taps | Tolerance of dies is the | ISO2 | ← | |||
| target of external threads | Cutting taps | |||||
| ISO2X | ||||||
| Class of dies |
| For Whitworththreads | 6g | Solid dies | 〜 | 〜 | |||
| 6g external threads(-146 | -28) | 6H internal threads(0 | 160) | ||||
| Taps |
NRNR GRGR GPGP NPNP
For Pipe threads Relative position of PD tolerance area of external threads, internal threads, taps and gages. Taps
| (–) | ← | Basic size of pitch diameter | → | (+) | ||||||
| For Pg threadsTaps | ||||||||||
| 7.188mm | ||||||||||
| Unit : m | Unit : m | |||||||||
| Ring gage pitch diameter (for external threads inspection) | Plug gage pitch diameter (for internal threads inspection) |
NR6g -160 〜 -146 GR6g -37 〜 -23 GP6H 7 〜 17 NP6H 160 〜 170
NR : NOT GO ring gage GP : GO plug gage GR : GO ring gage NP : NOT GO plug gage Unit : mm Unit : mm Accuracy of external threads Accuracy of internal threads
Major diameter Pitch diameter Minor diameter Major diameter Pitch diameter Minor diameter
6g 7.760〜7.972 7.042〜7.160 − 6H − 7.188〜7.348 6.647〜6.912