Nuts & bolts

Nuts & bolts

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

Industry: Machine tools

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hot dip galvanized

Machine tools; Nuts & bolts

The process of dipping fabricated steel into a kettle or vat of molten zinc.

cone proof load

Machine tools; Nuts & bolts

This is an axial applied force applied to a nut when it is seated on a cone shaped washer which has an included angle of 120 degrees. Failure in this test is usually due to the nut splitting. The ...

shoulder screws

Machine tools; Nuts & bolts

A threaded fastener with a plain, precision machined, shank that is used for location purposes. They are typically used for pulleys and linkages.

instantaneous center of rotation

The point in space that an eccentrically shear loaded joint rotates about. The deformation and the load sustained by an individual bolt in a bolt group is dependent upon the distance that the bolt is ...

ultrasonic extensometer

Machine tools; Nuts & bolts

An instrument which can measure the change in length of a fastener ultrasonically as the fastener is tightened or measure the length before and after it is tightened).

thread runout

Machine tools; Nuts & bolts

The portion at the end of a threaded shank which is not cut or rolled to full depth, but which provides a transition between full depth threads and the fastener shank or head.

snug torque

Machine tools; Nuts & bolts

The torque required to pull plates together so that direct contact occurs; often used in angle control tightening. The snug torque ensures that metal to metal contact occurs at all the interfaces ...