Types of Bolts & Screw Heads
PAN HEAD: Recommended for new designs to replace round, truss and binding heads. Provides a low large diameter head, but with characteristically high outer edge along the outer periphery of the [...]
How do I determine the yield and tensile strength of a specific diameter of bolt?
In most cases, the strength of a given material used to make a fastener has strength requirements or parameters described as pounds per square inch (psi) or thousands of pounds per square inch [...]
U-Bolt Information
The Purpose of U-Bolts U-Bolts provide the clamping force required to clamp the leaf spring, top plate, axle seat, axle, and bottom plate firmly together, and are critical to the overall [...]
What’s with Washers?
Flat steel washers are flat steel washers right? Well, not exactly. First, flat washers come in various sizes, fits and styles, so a 6mm machine washer is a very different thing from a 6mm fender [...]
The Nuts and Bolts of the Nuts and Bolts : Learn the ins and outs of basic hardware
In technical terms, the job of a threaded fastener is to apply a comprehensive force to a connection, creating a joint strong enough to oppose any static, tensile, and dynamic loads that may be [...]