DIN 84Cheese headSlotted
DIN 84 M6 × 12 Cheese head
DIN 84 M6 × 12 is a cheese head screw with a 12 mm nominal length, on a M6 × 1 mm metric thread. A cylindrical head with a straight slot drive. Still common in instrument and electrical work, though pozidriv and hexalobular drives have largely replaced it in volume assembly.
Diameter6 mm
Length12 mm
Pitch1 mm
Head Ø dk10 mm
Head height k3.6 mm
HeadCheese head
DriveSlotted
Dimensions
- Standard
- DIN 84
- Type
- Cheese head screw
- Size
- M6 × 12
- Thread
- M6 × 1
- Length L
- 12 mm
- Head diameter dk
- 10 mm
- Head height k
- 3.6 mm
- Drive
- Slotted
- Head
- Cheese head
Nominal values in millimetres as published in DIN 84. Estimated weight 4.883 g per piece in steel (4.914 g in stainless), calculated from the nominal geometry — real parts vary with tolerance and head chamfers.
Thread data
Full M6 thread pageDesignationM6 × 1
Pitch1 mm
Major Ø6 mm
Pitch Ø5.35 mm
Minor Ø ext4.77 mm
Tap drillØ 5 mm
Other lengthsDIN 84 M6
All M6 specificationsInterchangeability
DIN 84 is catalogued with ISO 1207 as its equivalent designation. Dimensions are compared field by field rather than assumed identical.