BS 1083
BS 1083
BS 1083
SPECIFICATION FOR
PRECISION HEXAGON
BOLTS, SCREWS & NUTS
(B.S.W. & B.S.F. THREADS)
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DUE COURSE.
NOTE. The equivalent metric standard is B.S. 3691. ‘Dimensions of I S 0 metric
precision hesapon bolts, screws and nuts’.
PRECISIQN HEXAGON
BOLTS, SCREWS AND NUTS
(B.S.W. & B.S.F. THREADS)
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scales.
R.S. 919. Screw gauge limits arid tolerances.
Part 2. Gauges for screw threads other than those
of Unified form.
B.S. 969. Plain limit gauges: Limits and tolerances.
B.S. 1574. Split cotter pins.
CONTENTS
Page
Co-operating organizations 5
Foreword 6
SPECIFICATION
1. Scope 6
2. Material 6
3. Finish 7
4. Dimensions 7
5. Length of bolts and screws 7
6. Ends of bolts and screws 8
7. Screw threads 8
8. Length of thread 8
9. Nuts-squareness of thread to face 9
IO. Chamfering and washer facing 9
11. Split-pin holes and slots 10
12. Marking 11
13. Inspection and testing 11
TABLES
1. Hexagon head bolts and screws 12-13
2. Hexagon ordinary nuts and lock-nuts 14-15
3. Hexagon slotted nuts and castle nuts 16-17
4. Mechanical properties of steel bolts and screws 18
5. Mechanical properties of steel nuts 19
6. Standard sizes of Grade A bright
hexagon bolts 23
7. Standard sizes of Grade A bright
hexagon screws 24
8. Standard sizes of Grade R heat-treated
hexagon bolts 25
9. Standard sizes of Grade R heat-treated
hexagon screws 25
.lo. Shorîest lengths designated as bolts 26
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APPENDICES
A, Mechanical properties of finished steel hexagon
head bolts and screws and hexagon nuts 18
R. Recommended gauges 20
C. Standard sizes of steel hexagon head precision
bolts and screws 23
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CO-OPERATING ORGANIZATIONS
The Mechanical Engineering Industry Standards Committee,
under whose supervision this British Standard was prepared,
consists of re resentatives from the following Government de-
partments a n 8 scientific and industrial organizations:
Associated Offices’ Technical Committee
Association of Consulting Engineers
Association of Mining Elecfrical and Mechanical Engineers
Board of Trade
British Chemical Plant Manufacturers’ Association
British Compressed Air Society
‘British Electrical and Allied Manufacturers’ Association
British Gear Manufacturers’ Association
‘British Internal Combustion Engine Manufacturers’ Association
*British Iron and Steel Federation
‘British Mechanical Enginwing Federation
*British Railways Board
Crown Agents for Oversea Governments and Administrations
Electricity Council. The Generating- Board and the Area Boards
in Endand and $Vales
*Eng¡&eering.Bquipment Users’ Association
tias Council
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BRITISH STANDARD SPECIFICATION FOR
This British Standard has been prepared under the authority of the Mechanical
Engineering Standards Committee.
Since the last revision of B.S. 1083 was published in 1951, an IS0 Recom-
mendation has established an IS0 inch (Unified) thread and an IS0 metric
thread as world standards for the future. Fasteners having the IS0 inch thread
are already being used in many fields and it may be expected that fastenershaving
the IS0 metric thread will come increasingly into use. If this occurs, the extent
of use of fasteners covered by B,S. 1083 will obviously diminish.
It is recognized that any change-over period will necessarily be longer in
some industries than in others and as fasteners to B.S. 1083 are still widely used
it is considered that the standard should be brought up to date as far as general
requirements are concerned.
The principal changes in this revision are the deletion of the 2 B.A. fasteners
and of tables for short and long bolts, some alterations in the thicknesses of
bolt heads and lock-nuts to bring them into line with present-day practice and
alignment of the provisions for features such as length tolerances, eccentricity
of bolts and countersinking of nuts with those for Wnified fasteners. No change
has been made in the requirements for material.
SPECIFICATION
SCOPE
I. This British Standard covers precision hexagon bolts, screws and nuts having
B.S.W. or B.S.F.threads in a range of nominal sizes from % in to 2 in inclusive.
The dimensional requirements of this standard apply to both ferrous and non-
ferrous bolts, screws and nuts. Mechanical properties are given only in respect
of steel bolts, screws and nuts and the finishes in which they are normally
supplied are described in Clause 3.
MATERIAL
2. The steel used for the manufacture of the bolts, screws and nuts shall be
such that the fìnished products possess the mechanical properties appropriate
to the particular class of bolts, screws and nuts ordered by purchaser, as desig-
nated by the grade letter and as set out in Tables 4 and 5 of Appendix A.
If the bolts and screws are produced by cold forging they shall except in the
case of precision bolts and screws bright finished to grade letter A (see Appen-
dix A), be heat-treated after forging. Bolts, screws and nuts produced by hot-
forging or turning from the bar shall be heat-treated when this is necessary to
give the requisite mechanical properties.
3. a. General. The bolts, screws and nuts shall be cleanly fmished, sound and
free from defects.
b. Types 0fJil)ish.Sfeel precision bolts, screws and nuts are normally supplied
with the following finishes:
(i) Heat-treated bolts und screws. The surfaces of these bolts and screws
are customarily dull black from heat treatment, although the manufacturer may
machine some of the surfaces of the larger bolts and screws after heat treatment.
(ii) Bright finished bolts and screws. This term is used to describe bolts
and screws which are machined on all surfaces or which have a f i s h on the
hexagons produced by bright drawing and regarded a a machined lhish.
(iii) Nuts. These my be bright on all surfaces or dull Mack when heat
treated.
(iv) Specialfinishes.If steel bolts, screws or nub are required bright all
over, the purchaser should state this in his enquiry and order.
If the purchaser requires bolts, screws or nuts of steel OP other material to
be coated, he should state the type of coating required in his enquiry and srdFr.
DIMENSIONS
4. The bolts, screws and nuts shall conform to the dimensions and tolerances
given in Tables 1 to 3 inclusive, and Clauses 5 to 11 inclusive.
NOTE. The nominal lengths of bolts and screws normally stocked are &ven in Appendix C.
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SCREW THREADS
7 . a. General. The screw threads shall be B.S.W. or B.S.F. in accordance with
B,S. 84, ' Parallel screw threads of Whitworth form ' as specified by the pur-
chaser.
b. Bolts and screws, The screw threads may be cut or roiled at the option of
the manufacturer and shall conform to the limits and tolerances for medium
class specified in B.S. 84.
c. Nuts. The screw threads shall conform to the limits and tolerances for
normal class specified in B.S. 84.
d, Gauging of screw threads. Screw threads shall be gauged in accordance
with the system recommended in B.S. 919, ' Screw gauge limits and tolerances ',
Part 2, ' Gauges for screw threads other than those of Unified form '.
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APPENDIX A
mC"ICAL PROPERTIES OF FINISHED STEEL €JEXAGON
MEAD BOLT§ AND SCXWJVS AND -GON NUTS
TABLE 4. BOLTS AND SCREWS
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NOTE 1. When the ultimate tensile and yield stress tests are made on a bolt or screw, the
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method employed shall be as follows: An ordinary nut or its equivalent in tbe form of an
adaptor shall be screwed onto the bolt or scmw so as to be clear of the run-out of thread
towards the hoad and also clear of any imperfect threads at the point. The load shall then be
applied to the head and to the nut or adaptor. In the calculations the cross-sectional arca
of tho thread shall be based on the formula:
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NOTE 2. The yield stress values given shaU not be used as acceptance values except by special
arrangement between the purchaser and the manufacturer, It frequently happens, especially
with steels of tcnsllo strength over 50 tonf/in*, that the yield point is ill-defied. In the case
of a steel which does not show a well-defined yield point, the yield point is to be interpreted
89 the ' proof stress ' corresponding to 0.5 per cent permanent elongation.
* h (peciaed for the thread in question in B.S. 84, 'Parallel screw threads of Whitworth
form .
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APPENDIX A
mC"ICAL PROPERTIES OF FINISHED STEEL €JEXAGON
MEAD BOLT§ AND SCXWJVS AND -GON NUTS
TABLE 4. BOLTS AND SCREWS
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B 28 17
P 35 - 15 20 15
R 45 34 20 40 35 25 201/285
T 55 41 16 35 30 20 2481335
V 65 52 14 35 30 20 293/370
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NOTE 1. When the ultimate tensile and yield stress tests are made on a bolt or screw, the
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method employed shall be as follows: An ordinary nut or its equivalent in tbe form of an
adaptor shall be screwed onto the bolt or scmw so as to be clear of the run-out of thread
towards the hoad and also clear of any imperfect threads at the point. The load shall then be
applied to the head and to the nut or adaptor. In the calculations the cross-sectional arca
of tho thread shall be based on the formula:
+
Basic effective diameter* basic minor* diameter *
Ana - w (
4 )
NOTE 2. The yield stress values given shaU not be used as acceptance values except by special
arrangement between the purchaser and the manufacturer, It frequently happens, especially
with steels of tcnsllo strength over 50 tonf/in*, that the yield point is ill-defied. In the case
of a steel which does not show a well-defined yield point, the yield point is to be interpreted
89 the ' proof stress ' corresponding to 0.5 per cent permanent elongation.
* h (peciaed for the thread in question in B.S. 84, 'Parallel screw threads of Whitworth
form .
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NOTE 3. B.S. 18, ' Methods for tensile testing of metals ', now spwifim D gauge length of
565där&; but elongation values appropriate to this length arc not yet available for the
higher grades of steel. The values in Coloma 4 have therefore b ~ retained
n pendhg furthet
information on the subject.
NOTE 4. Poe Grade A bolts oe screws the minimum elongation sholl.be 10 g3r mat foe
1/4 in and Xie in nominal s h and 14 pee cent for ail other s i m up to and hdUdh8 2 in.
NOTE 5. Por bolts and screws balorr in diameter a i i ~ k h dfracture test may be substi-
tuted for the h o d impact test (see B.S. 131, ' Methods foe notched bas t ~ t ', s Part 1, 'The
h d impact te& on metals ').
NOTE 6. Brinell hardness numbers are given for guidame only k d a hardaws test is not
part of the requirements of the staadard. When a Brinell hardness t a t is made, it is emid
out in accordance with the method specified in Bd. 240, ' Method for Brinell hardness test ',
Part 1, ' Testing of metals ', and is made on the top of the head or on the poht of the b i t
or screw.
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120/235
920/235
152/240
201/271
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5.65.\/area, but elongation values appropriate to this length are not yet available for the
higher grades of steel. The values in Column 4 have therefore been retained pending further
information on the subject.
NOTE 2. For nuts which are manufactured from the bar, the Brinell hardness numben
are given for guidance only and are not part of the requirements of this standard. When
nuts are manufactured by cold forming from round wire, with or without subsequent heat-
treatment, the Brinell hardness numbers apply as part of the requirements of this standard.
The preparation of nuts to be tested and the method of testing shall be in accordance with
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B.S. 240, ' Method foe Brinell hardness test If Vicken Oe Rockwell methods are u&,
reference should be made to B.S. 860, 'Table of approximate comparison of hardness
scales ', for appropriate values.
The test shall be made on the end faces of the nuts.
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APPENDIX B
RECOMMEMIED GAUGES
Details of gauges suitable for checking various features of the bolts, screws and
nuts specified in this standard are given below. They are ofiered for guidance
and do not form part of the requirements of this standard.
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Gauge to be hardened
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