Thread1DefinitionThediameters,threadsperinch(TPI)andthreadpitch,etc
arenecessarytocompletelyidentifyathread
Inashop,specialtygaugesarerequiredtoaccuratelygaugeoridentifythreads
Inthefield,intheabsenceofthesegauges,thread"leaf"gaugescanbeusedtoidentifythe"ThreadsPerInch"(TPI)andthethreadpitch
Onthreadsyouhavedeterminedtobestraightthreads,acalipercanbeusedtomeasurethe"OutsideDiameteroftheMale"(ODM)orthe"InsideDiameteroftheFemale"(IDF)
Acalipercanalsobeusedtotakemeasurementsoftaperedthreaddiameters
However,thesearemoredifficulttodefinebecauseofthetaper
Fortunately,therearefewtaperedthreadstodealwithandthesecanusuallybeidentifiedfromthenominalODMandtheTPI
However,identifyingthethreadmaynotfullyidentifywhatisneededinamatingfitting
Theapplicationistheprimarylimitingfactoronthethreadtypeused