Nuts & bolts

Nuts & bolts

Engineering science related to nuts, bolts, threaded fasteners and tightening techniques.

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Nuts & bolts

An anti-seize compound is used on the threads of fasteners in some applications. The purpose of the compound depends upon the application. It can prevent galling of mating surfaces - such compounds ...

floating type flange joint

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A conventional flanged joint in which a gasket is compressed by bolts - the gasket is not rigidly located. Calculation methods such as the ASME code in the USA and the EN1591 code in Europe.

grip length

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Total distance between the underside of the nut to the bearing face of the bolt head; includes washer, gasket thickness etc.

molybdenum disulphide

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A solid lubricant that acts as a high pressure resistant film. Can be used by itself as a dry lubricant as well as in with other solid lubricants and in oils and greases. Used in threads, such ...

screw

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A headed threaded fastener that is designed to be used in conjunction with a pre formed internal thread or alternatively forming its own thread. Historically, it was a threaded fastener with the ...

plate

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Coating a metal part with a thin layer of another metal by electro-mechanical means.

BSW

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British Standard Whitworth. A thread form developed by Sir Joseph Whitworth in 1841. The thread form has rounded roots and crests, the thread form is specified in BS 84: 1956. This thread form was ...