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Term	Definition
Acorn Nut	A nut with a slightly pointed domed top that covers the finish of a bolt. Acorn nuts are sometimes dislocated with cap nuts which are domed merely lack a point.
Angle of Head	Used in reference to countersunk fasteners. This is the angle from one side of the cone to the other (A in the illustration). Standard Us screws have a head bending of 82°. Special 100° heads are also made. Standard metric countersunk screws accept a head angle of 90°.
Backing Off	Loosening of a nut over time past spinning support the thread.
Bearing Surface	The area of a fastener that carries a load. Washers are normally used to increase the bearing surface.
Body	The smoothen office of a fastener above the threads. Besides chosen the shank. This is measured from the bottom of the caput to the start of the transition to threads.
Torso Diameter	The diameter of the body or smooth role of the bolt/spiral above the threads. Also called shank bore (S in the illustration).
Bottom Tap	A special tap for finishing the threads to the very lesser of a hole that does not pass through the material. A regular tap must be used first.
Cap Nut	A nut with a domed top that covers the end of the commodities. Cap nuts are sometimes confused with acorn basics which are also domed but come up to a betoken.
Cap Screw	Refers to a hex head cap spiral. This is a hex commodities with a round washer face nether the head. This does non extend past the edge of the hex every bit a flange bolt would. In about cases there is no operational deviation between a hex head cap spiral (left) and a hex bolt (correct). Hex caps should not be confused with socket caps.
Cam Out	When a driver scrap slips out of the drive of a fastener during installation once proper torque has been met. Repeated cam out tin can lead to stripping of the drive. Most commonly occurs on Phillips drive fasteners.
Carriage Commodities	A bolt with a smooth rounded head. The vast majority of carriage bolts accept a foursquare cervix. This is a small foursquare department under the head that prevents spinning during assembly. Wagon bolts are primarily used in wood.
Castle Nut	A hex nut with a slightly reduced slotted cylindrical section on one end. Used with a cotter pin and drilled fastener to prevent loosening.
Class	Used in metric, class is a material designation equivalent to the U.s. term Grade (ex. Form 10.nine). In The states fasteners this refers to how closely the threads fit on machine threaded fasteners (ex. Class 2A threads). This usage is rare as few applications call for not-standard thread fit.
Clevis Pin	A pin with a head on one end and one or more drilled holes for a cotter pin.
Cone Point	A fastener with a full cone shaped indicate on the end. Oftentimes used in automated associates to guide the fastener into the hole.
Cotter Pivot	A folded pin with a loop at one terminate designed to have the other stop aptitude to hold it in place.
Countersunk	A fastener caput that sits at or beneath the surface of the fabric, such every bit a flat or oval head.
Cup Point	A cone shaped stop with a circular depression in the center. The contact area is thus a round ridge. This is the most common point for set up screws.
Cut Thread	Threads formed by cut into a piece of stock. See as well Roll Thread.
Dice	A tool for cutting external threads into a rod.
DIN	An abbreviation for Deutsches Institut für Normung, the German standards body. In reference to fasteners DIN indicates fasteners that conform to a specific metric standard (will exist followed past the standard number for example DIN 933).
Dog / Domestic dog Point	An unthreaded cylindrical tip that is smaller than the fastener bore. This helps speed alignment during automatic assembly. Also called a Pilot Point When replacing a spiral, the dog point is usually non important (with the exception of set screws).
Dowel Screw	A double ended screw with wood threads and points on both ends.
Drilled Head	A fastener head with a pigsty drilled through it for a safety wire.
Drilled Shank	A fastener shank with a hole drilled through it for a pin or safety wire.
Lift Bolt	A bolt with a large flat disk on the top and a foursquare department underneath, resulting in a flush stop.
Engagement	A measurement of how much of the fastener is in the material existence fastened. Come across Length of Engagement and Thread Engagement.
External thread	Thread on the outside of a cylindrical piece of stock.
Eye Bolt	A bolt with a circular band on the head terminate. Used for attaching rope or chain.
Fillister Head	Similar to a pan head but with a smaller head diameter and a taller head, with higher vertical sides.
Finishing Washer	A washer designed for use with countersunk screws. Used to enhance appearance in some applications.
Flange Bolt	A bolt with a built in washer-similar flange just below the head.
Flat Head	A head with flat top and a conical bearing surface (bottom). Designed to exist Countersunk.
Flex Lock	A type of lock nut where the top of the nut has been slotted and bent inward. When assembled the pressure on the threads prevents the nut from backing off.
Hanger Commodities	A double ended bolt with auto threads on one end (takes a nut) and forest threads on the other end.
Hardened	A fastener that has been rut treated to increment force. Form 5, Grade 8 and alloy steel bolts are hardened.
Head Style	The type of head or peak that is on the fastener. Such as a Round caput or Hex head.
Heli-Roll	A system for re-threading stripped internal threads. A proprietary tap is used to re-thread the hole and a spring like insert is placed inside to make up the difference in width, allowing the original size commodities to be used.
Hex Commodities	A bolt with a six sided caput.
Hex Caput	A head with six vertical sides and a flat begetting surface.
Internal Thread	Thread on the inside of a cylindrical hole.
Jam Nut	A thinner blueprint of nut, sometimes used as a second nut to 'jam' another nut in place preventing loosening.
Knurl	A blueprint of ridges on the surface to provide grip, such as on the head of many socket cap screws (see illustration).
Left Hand Thread	Thread that is formed opposite to normal thread so it tightens counter clockwise. Left manus thread is used on spinning equipment to prevent loosening. Left manus thread is extremely uncommon.
Length of Appointment	The length of the part of the fastener where the threads are engaged (in) the fabric being fastened.
Lock Nut	Any nut with a special design to assist prevent backing off (loosening).
Major Diameter	The diameter from the top of the thread on one side, to the tiptop of the thread on the other side (T in the illustration).
Nylock Nut	A nut with a nylon insert to help prevent bankroll off. Short for Nylon Insert Lock Nut.
One way screw	A fastener designed so it can exist installed with a slotted screw driver only tin not be removed. Used to resist tampering.
Oval Head	A countersunk spiral with a slightly rounded meridian surface, used for their looks.
Pan Head	A head with a slightly rounded top surface and brusk vertical sides.
Pilot Point	An unthreaded cylindrical tip that is smaller than the fastener bore. Used to help speed alignment during automated assembly. Also chosen a Domestic dog Point.
Pitch	The distance from ane thread to the next along the length of the fastener. Used mostly in metric, where it is expressed in millimeters.
Plow Bolt	A bolt with a shine flat countersunk head that has a small-scale foursquare section underneath. Used on plows.
Opposite Thread	Thread that is formed opposite to normal thread so it tightens counter clockwise. Used on spinning equipment to prevent loosening. Likewise called left manus thread.
Coil Thread	Threads formed by tightly pressing and rolling a piece of stock between serrated dies. This is the most common method of creating threaded fasteners today.
Root Bore	The diameter from the bottom of the thread on one side, to the bottom of the thread on the other side (R in the illustration). Also known as Minor Diameter.
Set Screw	A machine screw with no head, usually used to secure parts on a shaft.
Shank	The smooth part of a fastener higher up the threads. Likewise called the body.
Shank Diameter	The diameter of the shank or smooth role of a fastener in a higher place the threads (Due south in the illustration).
Slotted nut	A nut with slots cut into it for the insertion of a cotter pin. Used with a drilled shank fastener. Similar to a castle nut.
Square Commodities	A commodities with a four sided head
Starter Tap	A special tap for starting the creation of internal threads in very hard metals. Must be followed with a regular tap.
Stove Bolt	An older term for machine screws, mostly slotted, packaged with nuts.
Stud	A double ended bolt or piece of threaded rod. Often used in machine and automotive applications. Studs may have different threads on each end.
T nut	A thin nut with a flange on one stop. Intended to be inserted in a hole, in wood, with the flange on the surface. Used to allow a bolt to be attached in forest without a protruding nut.
Tap	A tool used to create internal threads in a hole, or the act of creating such threads. Run into also Bottom Tap, and Starter Tap.
Tap Commodities	A fully threaded bolt.
Tensile Forcefulness	The maximum load in tension (pulling autonomously) that a bolt can withstand before failure.
Thread Engagement	The percent of the thread tiptop that is in the material being fastened. For total thread appointment the pilot hole should exist equal to or smaller than the Root Bore of the fastener.
Thread Series	A term used to refer to a standard set of thread pitches and diameters. For example the UNC thread serial specifies coarse thread for US standard US bolts.
Threaded Fastener	Whatever fastener with threads, such equally a spiral or bolt.
Truss Caput	An actress broad low profile head with a slightly rounded top surface.
U Bolt	A bolt in the shape of a U, threaded on both ends.
Undercut Caput	A countersunk head that has been cut off at seventy% of the normal top. Screws in this style will have a 2d apartment surface parallel to the top just before the threads. Used in very short countersunk screws to provide enough thread.
Unified Coarse Thread (UNC)	The standard US thread pattern.
Unified Fine Thread (UNF)	The standard US thread pattern for fine thread.
Whitworth / Whitworth Thread	A now obsolete British thread standard, sometimes establish in erstwhile cars or machinery.
Wing Nut	A nut with 'wings' for easy manual assembly.
Yield Strength	The maximum load at which a fabric exhibits a specific permanent deformation.