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    The document discusses friction in threaded fasteners. It explains that the preload force during fitting can only be indirectly regulated through tightening torque, so understanding friction characteristics is important. It distinguishes between friction in the thread and at bearing surfaces. It describes how the friction angle relates normal and friction forces, and how a thread is self-locking if its pitch angle is greater than the friction angle. Increasing thread friction or reducing pitch can enhance the self-locking effect. Friction at bearing surfaces is harder to determine but can both reduce preload force and counteract self-loosening of the fastener.

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    The document discusses friction in threaded fasteners. It explains that the preload force during fitting can only be indirectly regulated through tightening torque, so understanding friction characteristics is important. It distinguishes between friction in the thread and at bearing surfaces. It describes how the friction angle relates normal and friction forces, and how a thread is self-locking if its pitch angle is greater than the friction angle. Increasing thread friction or reducing pitch can enhance the self-locking effect. Friction at bearing surfaces is harder to determine but can both reduce preload force and counteract self-loosening of the fastener.

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    The document discusses friction in threaded fasteners. It explains that the preload force during fitting can only be indirectly regulated through tightening torque, so understanding friction characteristics is important. It distinguishes between friction in the thread and at bearing surfaces. It describes how the friction angle relates normal and friction forces, and how a thread is self-locking if its pitch angle is greater than the friction angle. Increasing thread friction or reducing pitch can enhance the self-locking effect. Friction at bearing surfaces is harder to determine but can both reduce preload force and counteract self-loosening of the fastener.

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    67697425-Bolt-Design 13

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    The document discusses friction in threaded fasteners. It explains that the preload force during fitting can only be indirectly regulated through tightening torque, so understanding friction characteristics is important. It distinguishes between friction in the thread and at bearing surfaces. It describes how the friction angle relates normal and friction forces, and how a thread is self-locking if its pitch angle is greater than the friction angle. Increasing thread friction or reducing pitch can enhance the self-locking effect. Friction at bearing surfaces is harder to determine but can both reduce preload force and counteract self-loosening of the fastener.

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    Effects of friction During fitting of the threaded fastener, the preload force can only be regulated indirectly via the tightening torque that is applied, which means that a precise knowledge of the friction characteristics is of decisive importance. It is necessary to distinguish between the friction in the thread itself and that at the bearing surfaces.

    Normal force FG

    Friction angle

    Friction force FR

    The friction angle, , describes the ratio of the normal force, FG, to the friction force, FR, which it generates. Taken in the context of a threaded connection, normal force and preload force can be considered equal as a first approximation. Provided that the pitch angle, , of the thread is greater than the friction angle, , the thread will be self-locking. In order to enhance this effect, it

    is therefore possible to either increase the thread friction or to reduce the thread pitch. The effect of friction at the bearing surfaces is considerably more difficult to determine. It is nonetheless possible to establish that, for a given tightening torque, an increase in friction, e.g. below the head of the fastener, on the one hand reduces the preload force, but on the other hand counteracts self-loosening of the fastener.

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