Most engineers who deal with bolted joints are familiar with torque tables for SAE-grade bolts, but these are all too often used without regard for the yield strength of internal threads or the ...

The world is literally kept from coming apart by screws and bolts, and yet we don’t ... Split nuts are just what they sound like — an internally threaded element that has been split lengthwise ...

Conventional methods to do this exist, including sorting mechanically for size, or hand sorting with optical comparators, and yet traditionally it has been difficult to inspect internal threads: tiny ...

Australian Standard AS1214 recommends the obligatory clearances on nuts for use with galvanized bolts to incorporate the extra coating applied to the threads. The problems associated with the ...

Internal threads – whether cut, rolled or cold-formed – often have burrs at hole entrances and exits, on thread crests, and on most slot edges. External threads on bolts, screws, and spindles have ...