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Produced and narrated by Tech Services and Made-to-Print Manager, Dan McKeeman, these informative, FREE sessions are designed for you the buyer, mechanic, assembler, or engineer.
Using demos and fastener samples, Dan methodically answers the questions you most often ask. You’ll appreciate his simple, relaxed approach to some admittedly confusing topics.
Please register for a FREE session today.
| Bolting Basics |
- Pros and cons of machining nuts and bolts
- How nuts and bolts are cold formed
- Advantages of cold forming vs. machining
- Hot forging and when it’s used
- Disadvantages of hot forging
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Low - DSL/cable
High - T1/LAN |
about 25 minutes long |
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Common inch fastener strength levels and materials
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- Hex cap screws – Grades 2, 5, 8
- Head markings
- Strength levels
- Effect of carbon and alloy content
- Shear vs. tensile loads
- Finishes
- Applications
- Proper matching nuts
- Socket head cap screws
- Strength
- Plating warning
- Applications
- Advantages vs. hex cap screws
- Tightening tips
- Socket head cap screw alternatives
- L9 hex cap screw
- Counterbore screw
- Washers
- Flat washer styles
- Strength levels
- Which to use where
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Low - DSL/cable
High - T1/LAN |
about 45 minutes long
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| Common metric fastener strength levels and materials |
- ISO and DIN standards – what they specify
- Property class –
metric equivalent to inch grade strength levels
- Metric/inch measurement conversions – two, easy-to-remember tips
- Tensile strength –
quick, simple formula to convert psi to megapascal
- Cap screw property classes
- 3.6 to 6.8 low carbon hex cap screws
- Markings
- Equivalent inch grade
- Availability in U.S.
- 8.8 hex cap screws
- Most common
- Equivalent inch grade
- 9.8 hex cap screws
- 10.9 hex cap screws
- Warning about a second variety and its limitation
- Equivalent inch grade
- 12.9 socket head cap screws
- Confusion over availability in two additional strength levels
- Two reasons not to plate
- Matching nuts
- Relative strength compared to hex cap screws
- Finished
- Jam
- Washers
- Soft vs. hardened and when to use each
- Proper way to install hardened
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Low - DSL/cable
High - T1/LAN |
about 36 minutes long |
Video from fastener manufacturer
Infasco, a premier North American fastener manufacturer offers this video showing the manufacture of nuts and bolts in its plant. The film was originally featured on the Discovery channel’s "How It's Made" series.
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