Locknut
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A locknut, also known as a lock nut, locking nut, self-locking nut, prevailing torque nut,[1] stiff nut[1] or elastic stop nut,Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. is a nut that resists loosening under vibrations and torque. Prevailing torque nuts have some portion of the nut that deforms elastically to provide a locking action.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. Free-spinning locknuts exist which carry the advantage of not requiring extra torque until seated.[2]
Types
There are various kinds of specialised lock nuts, including:
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- Castellated nut
- Distorted thread locknut
- Interfering thread nut
- Jam nut
- Jet nut (K-nut)[3]
- Keps nut (K-nut or washer nut) with a free-spinning washer. In the locknut form, this is a star-type lock washer.
- Plate nut
- Polymer insert nut (Nyloc nut)
- Security locknut All steel reusable nut for high vibration and harsh environments.
- Serrated face nut
- Serrated flange nut
- Speed nut (sheet metal nut or Tinnerman nut)
- Split beam nut (BINX nut[4])
- Eccentric double nut A free spinning locknut composed of two nuts, one with a protruding section, one with a recessed section.[5]
Prevailing torque values
Prevailing torque[6] differentiates a locknut from a free spinning nut based on a value of how much torque is required during installation before clamp loading. For example, on a nylon-insert nut, it is the torque needed to overcome the resistance of the nylon dragging across the mating thread. This torque value is usually not very high relative to final installation torque. Tolerance ranges for torque are specified in some standards such as (ISO, DIN, IFI, ASME, SAE, AN-, MS-, NAS- NASM-).[7]
Prevention of loosening
Locknuts are one way to prevent vibration from loosening a bolted joint. Other methods include safety wire, lock washers, and thread-locking fluid.
See also
References
Notes
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- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Glossary of Terminology Related to Nuts and Bolts, retrieved 2008-11-30.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."StackPath". www.machinedesign.com. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.K-NUTS.com, retrieved 2012-03-01.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.fastenerdata.co.uk, retrieved 2019-03-08.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Gong, Hao; Liu, Jianhua; Feng, Huihua (2022-02-01). "Review on anti-loosening methods for threaded fasteners". Chinese Journal of Aeronautics. 35 (2): 47–61. doi:10.1016/j.cja.2020.12.038. ISSN 1000-9361. S2CID 234300791.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Kaindl, Mike. "The Locknut Whisperer". blogspot. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Locknut". partcommunity.com. Retrieved 2023-06-08.
Bibliography
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Smith, Carroll (1990), Carroll Smith's Nuts, Bolts, Fasteners, and Plumbing Handbook, MotorBooks/MBI Publishing Company, ISBN 0-87938-406-9.
External links
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- "Hold Everything", February 1946, Popular Science page on lock nuts and washer technology developed during World War Two
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