Pitch Diameter from Three-Wire Measurement

The pitch diameter of a thread from the measurement read over three wires.

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Details, formula, and sources

E = M - 3W + 0.86603 x pitch. A 1/2-13 thread read at M = 0.4900 in over best wires gives E = 0.4234 in. Compare E to the thread-class limits for the fit. First-principles 60-degree geometry.

E = M - 3W + 0.86603 x P, the three-wire relation M = E + 3W - 0.86603 x P solved for the pitch diameter; best wire W = 0.57735 x P (range 0.560P to 0.650P) for a 60-degree thread.

The three-wire measurement-over-wires method for 60-degree threads solved for the pitch diameter, and the best-wire / 0.86603 constant - first-principles geometry as in Machinery's Handbook (Industrial Press), by name; public domain.

Pure geometry, public; compare the resulting pitch diameter E to the thread-class limits for the fit.

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Field names used by the API: thread_standard, tpi, measurement_over_wires_in, best_wire_in, pitch_diameter_in

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