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    Specification for precision hexagon bolts, screws and nuts (B.S.W. & B.S.F. threads)

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  20-08-1965

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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    Co-operating organizations
    Foreword
    1 Scope
    2 Material
    3 Finish
    4 Dimensions
    5 Length of bolts and screws
    6 Ends of bolts and screws
    7 Screw threads
    8 Length of thread
    9 Nuts - squareness of thread to face
    10 Chamfering and washer facing
    11 Split-pin holes and slots
    12 Marking
    13 Inspection and testing
    Appendix A - Mechanical properties of finished steel hexagon
                 head bolts and screws and hexagon nuts
    Appendix B - Recommended gauges
    Appendix C - Standard sizes of steel hexagon head precision
                 bolts and screws

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    Dimensions for bolts, screws, ordinary nuts, lock nuts, slotted nuts, castle nuts for ferrous and non-ferrous fasteners in nominal sizes ¼ in to 2 in. Mechanical properties for steel fasteners in grades up to 75 tonf/in2 minimum tensile strength. Gauges and tables of stock sizes of bolts and screws appended.

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    This British Standard covers precision hexagon bolts, screws and nuts having B.S.W. or B.S.F. threads in a range of nominal sizes from ¼ in to 2 in inclusive. The dimensional requirements of this standard apply to both ferrous and non-ferrous bolts, screws and nuts. Mechanical properties are given only in respect of steel bolts, screws and nuts and the finishes in which they are normally supplied are described in Clause 3.

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    Committee FME/9
    Development Note Inactive for the new design. (06/2005) Reviewed and confirmed by BSI, August 2012. (07/2012)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Current
    Supersedes

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