NUTS

Cap Nut

A nut with a finished top. Bolts must be in the proper length.

Cap Nut Open End

  

Acorn nuts are a high crown type of cap nut used for appearance.

Castle Nut

A hex nut with a slightly reduced slotted cylindrical section on one end. Used with a cotter pin and drilled fastener to prevent loosening.

Coupling Nut

Coupling nuts are long nuts used to connect pieces of threaded rod or other male threaded fasteners.

Flange Nut

A nut with a built in washer which is serrated to resist vibration.

Forged Wing

A nut with 'wings' for easy manual assembly.

 

Heavy Hex

 

 

Jam Nut

A thinner version of a hex nut in sizes ¼ and up.

K-Lock

A nut with an attached free-spinning external tooth lock washer. Speeds installation.

Machine Screw Nut

 

Nylon

 

Prevailing torque lock nuts

All metal lock nuts are non-reversible and often used high temperature applications. These nuts are non-reversible because removal often damages the threads.

 

Slotted Nut

A nut with slots cut into it for the insertion of a cotter pin. Used with a drilled shank fastener. Similar to a castle nut.

Square Nut

Square nuts, once very common, were mostly replaced by hex nuts. Can also be used in a channel or welded in place.

Self Clinching  Nut

   

Designed to provide strong threads in a minimum of space

 

T-Nuts

 

A type of nut used to fasten to wood, particle or composite materials, leaving a flush surface.