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Bolts

A bolt is an externally threaded fastener designed for insertion through holes in assembled parts, and is normally intended to be tightened or released by torquing a nut. A screw is an externally threaded fastener capable of being inserted into holes in assembled parts, of mating with a preformed internal thread or forming its own thread, and of being tightened or released by torquing the head. An externally threaded fastener which is prevented from being turned during assembly and which can be tightened or released only by torquing a nut is a bolt. (Example: round head bolts, track bolts, plow bolts.) An externally threaded fastener that has thread form which prohibits assembly with a nut having a straight thread of multiple pitch length is a screw. (Example: wood screws, tapping screws.) ASME B18.2.1

12 Point Flange Bolts

Twelve Point Flange Screws are an alternative head design for hex socket cap screws. The flange diameter and head height are designed to fit applications and the same counter bored holes designed for standard hex socket cap screws. Twelve point flange screws are manufactured with the same standard thread lengths as socket head cap screws and our product line has the same Class 3A threading. The 12 point design permits greater torque to be applied to the fastener and eliminates the rounding of the hex socket that can sometime occur with standard hex socket recess with repeated use.

Capscrews

Cap screws with a hexagonal head are designed to be driven by a wrench (spanner). An ASME B18.2.1 compliant hex cap screw has somewhat tighter tolerances than a hex bolt for the head height and the shank length. The nature of the tolerance difference allows an ASME B18.2.1 hex cap screw to always fit where a hex bolt is installed but a hex bolt could be slightly too large to be used where a hex cap screw is designed in. The bearing surface of a hex cap screw is flat and washer faced.

Carriage Bolts

A carriage bolt or coach bolt has a domed or countersunk head, and the shank is topped by a short square section under the head. The square section grips into the part being fixed (typically wood), preventing the bolt from turning when the nut is tightened. A rib neck carriage bolt has several longitudinal ribs instead of the square section, to grip into a metal part being fixed. Carriage bolts are designed to be used in applications that require a low profile head.

Elevator Bolts

Elevator bolts are similar to a carriage bolt, except the head is thin and flat. There are many variations. Some do not have a square base, but rather triangular sections of the flat head are folded down to form "fangs" that cut into wood and hold it secure.

Eye Bolts

Eye Bolts are bolts with a looped head that is forged without welds. They can be used in various assemblies or secured in a variety of materials such as wood depending on the specific type of eye bolt used. They are commonly used for tie-downs, lifting and attaching cables.

Flange Bolts

Flange Bolts, also called Hex Flange Screws an sometimes Frame Bolts, incorporate a large bearing face (flange) into a one piece head design. The large bearing area under the head distributes clamp load over a larger area to resist fatigue loads; minimizes indentation of the head into the material being bolted together to prevent loosening; increases the heads resistance to rotation to prevent loosening in high vibration applications; and eliminates the need for a flat washer.

Hangar Bolts

Hangar bolts are a headless fastener that has machine screw threads on one end and self-tapping threads on the other designed to be driven into wood or another soft substrate. Often used for mounting legs on tables.

Hex Bolts

Hex Bolts are often confused with hex cap screws thanks to their similar hexagonal head. An ASME B18.2.1 compliant hex bolt is built to different tolerances than a hex cap screw and does not have the washer faced bearing surface like a cap screw. Tap Bolts are hex bolts that are fully threaded.

Lag Bolts

Typically square or hex headed, lag bolts have a gimlet point and self-tapping threads and are used to secure assemblies to wood.

Shoulder Bolts

A shoulder bolt, or shoulder screw or stripper bolt differs from machine screws and other bolts in that the shank is ground to a precise diameter, known as the shoulder, and the threaded portion is smaller in diameter than the shoulder. Shoulder bolt specifications call out the shoulder diameter, shoulder length, and threaded diameter; the threaded length is fixed, based on the threaded diameter, and usually quite short. It is usually used for revolving joints in mechanisms and linkages; when used as a guide for the stripper plate in a die set its called a stripper bolt.
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APEX Fasteners supplies standard and custom screws, nut retainers, shoulder screws, plastites and taptites, all types of rivets, spring steel fasteners and special stampings, sems screws in standard, fractional or metric to electronics, aviation and other OEM industries worldwide. ApexFasteners.com custom manufactures screw machine components for electronic enclosure hardware as well as cold forming and cold headed specials for assembly and production requirements.
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