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3.30.10
FASTENER TRAINING
Cap Screws | Hex Nuts | Flat Washers
Fastener Training
Structural Market
- ASTM Grades
Aerospace / Military
- Mil Spec Grades
The last three pages of this slide show and your hand out contains a
list of common abbreviations used when describing fasteners.
Fastener Training
Cap Screw Features
Thread Length =
2 x Diameter + 1/4
(for lengths up to 6)
Fastener Training
Fastener Training
Decimal
Closest
Decimal
Equivalent
Metric Size
Conversion
.250"
M6 x 1.0
.236"
- 28
5/16 - 18
x 0.75
.3125"
M8 x 1.25
x 1.0
.315"
.375"
M10 x 1.5
.394"
- 24
3/8 - 16
- 24
7/16 - 14
x 1.25
.4375"
- 20
1/2 - 13
.500"
- 20
9/16 - 12
.5625"
M14 x 2.0
x 1.5
.551"
.625"
M16 x 2.0
x 1.5
.630"
M18 x 2.5
x 1.5
.709"
M20 x 2.5
x 1.5
.787"
M22 x 2.5
.866"
- 18
3/4 - 10
.472"
x 1.25
- 18
5/8 - 11
M12 x 1.75
.750"
- 16
7/8 - 9
.875"
- 14
x 1.5
1-8
- 12 SHCS
.945"
1.000"
M24 x 3.0
x 2.0
- 14 HHCS
1 1/8 - 7
1.125"
- 12
1 1/4 - 7
M30 x 3.5
x 2.0
1.181"
M36 x 4.0
x 3.0
1.417
1.250"
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Fastener Training
Fastener Training
Inch Cap Screw Strength
Designations
Inch
Tensile
Strength
(min)
Material
180,000 psi
Alloy Steel
Grade 8
150,000 psi
Alloy Steel
Grade 5
120,000 psi
to 90,000 psi
Carbon Steel
Medium Strength
(standard)
Grade 2
Grade 1
74,000 psi
60,000 psi
Carbon Steel
A490
150,000 psi
Alloy Steel
High Strength
and Toughness
A325
120,000 psi
Carbon Steel
Medium Strength
B7 (A193)
125,000 psi
Alloy Steel
Medium Strength
with Excellent Toughness
A307
60,000 psi
Carbon Steel
Low Strength
Strength
Designation
s
Grade 9
Properties
Highest Strength
Excellent Wear and
Abrasion Resistance
SAE Grades
Low Strength
ASTM Grades
Tensile
Strength
(min)
Material
Properties
Highest Strength
Excellent Wear and
Abrasion Resistance
1220 MPa
(177,000 psi)
Alloy Steel
1040 MPa
(150,800 psi)
Alloy Steel
830 MPa
(120,350 psi)
Carbon Steel
Medium Strength
(standard)
400 MPa
(58,000 psi)
Carbon Steel
Low Strength
Fastener Training
Head Markings Inch & Metric
Fastener Training
Types of Applications
Fastener Training
Platings & Coatings
Zinc Yellow
Fastener Training
Plain
(non-heat treated)
Corrosion Protection
Coating
240 hrs
Zinc Yellow
96 hrs
72 hrs
Furnace Black
4 hrs
Plain
0 hrs
Fastener Training
Hex Nuts
Fastener Training
Fastener Training
Fastener Training
Flat Washers
Fastener Training
Fastener Training
Fastener Training
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HCS
H.D.G.
Hex Bolt
HHCS
HRB
HRC
HWH
ID
IFI
IH
in.
ISO
ISIR
IT
J429
J995
k
Keps
Kips
ksi
lb (lbs)
Lb
LCS
Lg
LH
L/W
M
Magnigard
Mfg
mm
MS
MTR
#3 (or #7)
NC
NE (NU, NTE, NTU)
NF
Nom
NPT
p
P/B
Ph Dr
Pl
P/N
Phos (P & O)
Pozi Drive
PPAP
psi
PZ
R
Rb (RB or HRB)
Rc (RC or HRC)
RT
SAE
Fastener Training
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Screw
screw
Sems
Serrated
SHCS
Sl
SMS
Sq
SS or S/S
St
Taptite
T.H.
TIR
T/S
Torx
TPI
TT (TR)
TTH
Type 1 (23, 25)
Type AB (F, T)
UNC
UNRC
UNF
UNRF
UNJ
UNR
USS
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UTS
WAC
WAF
W/F
Whitworth
Y
YS
Zn
Zn/C (ZC)
Zn Phos
Zn/Wax
Zn/Y (ZY)
Can refer to any type of externally threaded fastener but typically a sheet metal
Screw with a permanently attached washer
Locking serrations on bearing face of screw or nut
Socket Head Cap Screw
Slotted Drive
Sheet Metal Screw
Square, can refer to square head bolt or square nut
Stainless Steel
Steel
Special triangular thread forming screw (registered trademark of Reminc)
Through Hardened (type of heat treatment)
Total Indicator Reading
Tapping Screw
6 Lobe Drive (Torx Drive, registered trademark of Camcar Textron)
Threads per Inch
Taptite thread (registered trademark of Reminc), also called Tri-Roundular
Threaded to Head
Special thread forming or cutting tapping screws
Special thread forming or cutting tapping screws
Unified National Coarse Thread
Unified National Coarse Thread with Radius Root (standard rolled thread form)
Unified National Fine Thread
Unified National Fine Thread with Radius Root (standard rolled thread form)
Unified National Thread with Large Radius Root (special fatigue resistant thread)
Unified National Thread with radius root
United States Standard
when used with washers it is for large OD
when used with screws or nuts it means coarse thread
Ultimate Tensile Strength
Width Across Corners
Width Across Flats
Washer Faced (can refer to a Nut or Cap Screw)
British Thread Standard (not the same as UN threads)
Yellow Chromate
Yield Strength
Zinc, usually referencing zinc plating (assumed to be zinc with clear chromate)
Zinc Plating with Clear Chromate topcoat
Zinc Phosphate and Oil (same as Phos and Oil)
Zinc Plating with a topcoat of wax
Zinc Plating with Yellow Chromate topcoat