ISO 4762Socket head (cylindrical)Hexagon socket
ISO 4762 M3 × 6 Socket head (cylindrical)
ISO 4762 M3 × 6 is a socket head cap screw with a 6 mm nominal length, on a M3 × 0.5 mm metric thread. The ISO version of the metric socket head cap screw. Dimensionally very close to DIN 912, with small differences in nominal head height across some sizes.
Diameter3 mm
Length6 mm
Pitch0.5 mm
Socket size s2.5 mm
Head Ø dk5.5 mm
HeadSocket head (cylindrical)
DriveHexagon socket
Dimensions
- Standard
- ISO 4762
- Type
- Socket head cap screw
- Size
- M3 × 6
- Thread
- M3 × 0.5
- Length L
- 6 mm
- Socket size s
- 2.5 mm
- Head diameter dk
- 5.5 mm
- Head height k
- 3 mm
- Thread length b
- 18 mm
- Drive
- Hexagon socket
- Head
- Socket head (cylindrical)
Nominal values in millimetres as published in ISO 4762. Estimated weight 0.892 g per piece in steel (0.898 g in stainless), calculated from the nominal geometry — real parts vary with tolerance and head chamfers.
Thread data
Full M3 thread pageDesignationM3 × 0.5
Pitch0.5 mm
Major Ø3 mm
Pitch Ø2.68 mm
Minor Ø ext2.39 mm
Tap drillØ 2.5 mm
Other lengthsISO 4762 M3
All M3 specificationsInterchangeability
ISO 4762 is catalogued with DIN 912 as its equivalent designation. Dimensions are compared field by field rather than assumed identical.