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Common American National Standard Pipe Taper Threads

NPT - National Pipe Thread Taper NPTF - Dryseal American National Standard Taper Pipe Thread (ANSI B1.2 .!"

NPT threads may #e re$erred to as %PT (&%ale Pipe Thread&"' %NPT' or NPT(%" $or male (e(ternal" threads' and FPT (&Female Pipe Thread&"' FNPT' or NPT(F" $or $emale (internal" threads. Note that FPT and %PT are not a)thori*ed desi+nations per the ANSI standard. For NPT threads a sealant compo)nd or Te$lon tape m)st #e )sed $or a lea,-$ree seal. For NPTF no sealant is needed $or a sealin+. Characteristics o$ NPT (also ,no-n as ANSI.AS%/ B1.2 .1 Pipe Threads' 0eneral P)rpose"1

tapered thread 1o 47' tr)ncation o$ roots and crests are $lat 60o thread an+le pitch is meas)red in threads per inch

Note! Pipe si*es do not re$er to any physical dimensions. The o)tside diameter o$ a pipe or $ittin+ m)st #e meas)red and compared to a ta#le $or si*e identi$ication. A 3/4" NPT pipe thread has an o)tside diameter - 2D - o$ 1.050 inches. /ach thread si*e has a de$ined n)m#er o$ threads per inch - TPI' or pitch. The 3/4" NPT pipe thread has 14 threads per inch. Both the TPI and 2D o$ the thread are re3)ired $or positi4e identi$ication o$ thread si*e #eca)se more than one si*e ha4e the same TPI.

NPT - American Standard Pipe Thread Taper 1" Appro(imate Nominal Appro(imate Appro(imate Total thread 2)tside Threads :en+th o$ N)m#er o$ %a,e)p' Pipe per Inch Thread Threads to 8and and Diameter TPI - pitch (inches) #e C)t ;rench 2D (inches) (inches) 27 27 1= 1= 16 16 11-1.2 11-1.2 11-1.2 11-1.2 = = = = = = = = = = = = 1 !.6 1 !.6 1 7.= 2 2 1.= 16 16 19 15 17 1 !.15 1 !.15 1 9.15 1 1.2 1 9.= !.= 9.= 9.= !.6 !.6 7.= 1 1 1 1 1.2 1 1.2 1 9.= 1 9.= 1 11 11 1 1 1 11 11 11 12 12 1! 1! 1.6 !.= !.= 7.15 1.2 ?.15 ?.15 ?.15 9.= 7.= 1 1 1.15 1 1.15 .!1! .6 9 .96 .579 .=6 1. 9 1.!19 1.55 1.? 2.!79 2.=79 !.9 6. 6.9 9. 9.95! 5.529 =.529 1 .79 12.79 16. 15. > 7.15 !7.56 2!.!2 9?.56 1-9.!2 1-1.2 1-67.56 2-7.!2 2-9.= !-1.6 !-!.6 6-1.6 6-!.6 9-?.!2 5-11.!2

Pipe Si*e (inches)

Tap Drill (inches)

1.15< 1.=< 1.6< !.=< 1.2< !.6< 1< 1-1.6< 1-1.2< 2< 2-1.2< !< !-1.2< 6< 6 1.2< 9< 5< =< 1 < 12< 16< 15<
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The taper is 1.15 inch in an inch' -hich is the same as !.6 inch in a $oot (an+le 1o 67&"

NPT threads are not interchan+ea#le -ith NPS - National Pipe Strai+ht - threads. NPT threads may loo, similar to IS2 7.1 threads. 8o-e4er' IS2 and NPT threads sho)ld not #e mi(ed. IS2 threads ha4e 99o taper an+le 4ers)s 5 o $or NPT. The NPT root and crest con$i+)rations are also di$$erent $rom IS2. For IS2 threads pitch is )s)ally meas)red in millimeters (may #e e(pressed in Inch". The pitch are di$$erent.

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