Made in Japan
Manufacturer: Eisen Co., Ltd.
Model: SPU Series
Unified thread plug gauge (steel thread gauge)
About the Series
Shape
UNC (Unified Coarse) = represents the type of thread
3/8 (inch) = outer diameter of the screw
16 (16 threads per inch) = Pitch expressed as number of threads per inch
Series Details
Example of notation

List of Unified Thread Nominal and Number of Threads
Call | Outside diameter | Number of threads (threads/inch) | Number of threads (threads/inch) Thread series |
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inch | Milli | UNC | UNF | UNEF | 4. UN | 6 UN | 8 UN | 12. UN | 16 UN | 20 UN | 28 UN | 32 UN |
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No. 0 No. 2 | No. 1 | 0.0600 0.0730 0.0860 | 1.524 1.854 2.184 | 64 56 | 80 72 64 | | | | | | | | | |
No. 4 No. 5 | No. 3 | 0.0990 0.1120 0.1250 | 2.515 2.845 3.175 | 48 40 40 | 56 48 44 | | | | | | | | | |
No. 6 No. 8 No. 10 | | 0.1380 0.1640 0.1900 | 3.505 4.166 4.826 | 32 32 24 | 40 36 32 | | | | | | | | | |
1/4 | No.12 | 0.2160 0.2500 | 5.486 6.350 | 24 20 | 28 28 | 32 32 | | | | | | | | |
5/16 3/8 7/16 | | 0.3125 0.3750 0.4375 | 7.938 9.525 11.113 | 18 16 14 | 24 24 20 | 32 32 28 | | | | | 16 | 20 20 | 28 28 | 32 |
1/2 9/16 5/8 | | 0.5000 0.5625 0.6250 | 12.700 14.288 15.875 | 13 12 11 | 20 18 18 | 28 24 24 | | | | 12 | 16 16 16 | 20 20 | 28 28 | 32 32 32 |
3/4 | 11/16 13/16 | 0.6875 0.7500 0.8125 | 17.463 19.050 20.638 | Ten | 16 | 24 20 20 | | | | 12 12 12 | 16 16 | 20 | 28 28 28 | 32 32 32 |
7/8 1 | 15/16 | 0.8750 0.9375 1.0000 | 22.225 23.813 25.400 | 9 8 | 14 12 | 20 20 20 | | | | 12 12 | 16 16 16 | | 28 28 28 | 32 32 32 |
1 1/8 | 1 1/16 1 3/16 | 1.0625 1.1250 1.1875 | 26.988 28.575 30.163 | 7 | 12 | 18 18 18 | | | 8 8 8 | 12 12 | 16 16 16 | 20 20 20 | 28 28 28 | |
1 1/4 1 3/8 | 1 5/16 | 1.2500 1.3125 1.3750 | 31.750 33.338 34.925 | 7 6 | 12 12 | 18 18 18 | | | 8 8 8 | 12 | 16 16 16 | 20 20 20 | 28 28 28 | |
1 1/2 | 1 7/16 1 9/16 | 1.4375 1.5000 1.5625 | 36.513 38.100 39.688 | 6 | 12 | 18 18 18 | | 6 6 | 8 8 8 | 12 12 | 16 16 16 | 20 20 20 | 28 28 | |
1 5/8 1 3/4 | 1 11/16 | 1.6250 1.6875 1.7500 | 41.275 42.863 44.450 | Five | | 18 18 | | 6 6 6 | 8 8 8 | 12 12 12 | 16 16 16 | 20 20 20 | | |
1 7/8 | 1 13/16 1 15/16 | 1.8125 1.8750 1.9375 | 46.038 47.625 49.213 | | | | | 6 6 6 | 8 8 8 | 12 12 12 | 16 16 16 | 20 20 20 | | |
2 | | 2.0000 | 50.800 | 4 1/2 | | | | 6 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 20 | | |
- Note: Unified threads that do not fall into any of the above categories are UNS (special threads).