National foreword

This British Standard is the UK implementation of ISO 965‑3:2021. It supersedes BS ISO 965‑3:1998, which is withdrawn.

The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee FME/9, Fasteners.

A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its committee manager.

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This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 31 August 2021.

Foreword

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This document was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 1, Screw threads.

This fourth edition cancels and replaces the third edition (ISO 965‑3:1998), which has been technically revised.

The main changes compared to the previous edition are as follows:

in the document title, “constructional” has been deleted;
in Clause 1, the third paragraph has been added;
in Clause 4, the phrase “basic profiles” has been replaced by “basic profile and fundamental deviation” (first paragraph of ISO 965‑3:1998; second paragraph of ISO 965‑3:2020);
in Clause 4 and Table 1, the deviation formula and values for the minor diameter of external threads have been deleted;
in Table 1 four tolerance classes (4g, 5g4g, 8e and 9e8e) have been added.

A list of all parts in the ISO 965 series can be found on the ISO website.

Any feedback or questions on this document should be directed to the user’s national standards body. A complete listing of these bodies can be found at www.iso.org/members.html.

1 Scope

This document specifies limit deviations for pitch and crest diameters for ISO general purpose metric screw threads (M) conforming to ISO 261 having basic profile in accordance with ISO 68‑1.

The limit deviations specified are derived from the fundamental deviations and tolerances specified in ISO 965‑1.

This document is applicable to ISO general purpose metric screw threads with the recommended tolerance classes.

2 Normative references

3 Terms and definitions

4 Limit deviations

Bibliography

BS ISO 965-3:2021

ISO general purpose metric screw threads. Tolerances - Limit deviations for screw threads

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Published:

31 Aug 2021