Nut and Bolt: ME 451: Engineering Drawing II
Nut and Bolt: ME 451: Engineering Drawing II
Nut and Bolt: ME 451: Engineering Drawing II
Prepared by:
Kiran Giri
Instructor
Department of Mechanical and Automobile Engineering
Pashchimanchal Campus, Pokhara
Mechanical Fasteners
• Mechanical fasteners are the devices that are used to mechanically join(fasten) two or
more objects together.
• Mechanical fasteners broadly classified into two classes i.e. Temporary and permanent
fasteners.
• Temporary fasteners enable parts to be assembled and dissembled without damaging the
components. For example: Threaded fasteners (Nut and bolt, screw) etc.
• Permanent fasteners cannot be dissembled without damaging the components. For
example: Rivet etc.
Threaded Fasteners
• Discrete hardware components that have external or
internal threads for assembly of parts are called threaded
fasteners. For example: Nut and bolt, Screw etc.
• Three main categories of threaded fasteners are used. They
are:
1. Bolts
2. Screws
3. Studs
Threaded Fasteners
1. Bolts:
• It is a cylindrical bar with threads for the nut at one end
and head at the other end.
• The cylindrical part of the bolt is known as shank.
• It is passed through drilled holes in the two parts to be
fastened together and clamped them securely to each
other as the nut is screwed on to the threaded end.
• The bolts may or may not have a machined finish and
are made with either hexagonal or square heads.
Threaded Fasteners
2. Screws:
• It is screwed into a tapped hole of one of the parts to be
fastened without the nut.
3. Studs:
• A stud is a round bar threaded at both ends.
• One end of the stud is screwed into a tapped hole of the parts
to be fastened, while in the other end nut is screwed .
Screw Thread Nomenclature
External thread: A thread on the external surface of a cylinder.
Internal thread: A thread on the internal surface of a cylinder.
Major diameter. It is the largest diameter of an external or internal
screw thread. The screw is specified by this diameter. It is also known
as outside or nominal diameter.
Minor diameter. It is the smallest diameter of an external or internal
screw thread. It is also known as core or root diameter.
Pitch diameter. It is the diameter of an imaginary cylinder, on a
cylindrical screw thread, the surface of which would pass through the
thread at such points as to make equal the width of the thread and
the width of the spaces between the threads. It is also called an
effective diameter.
Pitch. It is the distance from a point on one thread to the
corresponding point on the next. This is measured in an axial
direction between corresponding points in the same axial plane.
Mathematically,
Screw Thread Nomenclature
Lead. It is the distance between two corresponding points on the same
helix. It may also be defined as the distance which a screw thread advances
axially in one rotation of the nut. Lead is equal to the pitch in case of single
start threads, it is twice the pitch in double start, thrice the pitch in triple
start and so on.
Crest. It is the top surface of the thread.
Root. It is the bottom surface created by the two adjacent flanks of the
thread.
Depth of thread. It is the perpendicular distance between the crest and
root.
Flank. It is the surface joining the crest and root.
Angle of thread. It is the angle included by the flanks of the thread.
Slope. It is half the pitch of the thread.
Right-hand thread: A thread that when viewed axially winds in a clockwise.
Threads are RH unless otherwise specified.
Left-hand thread: A thread that when viewed axially winds in a counter
clockwise. All left-hand threads are designated LH.
Thread Representation
External
Thread
Internal
Thread
Calculations:
• Nominal (major) diameter = d mm
• Width across flat = 1.25d + 6 mm (for less than d = 12 mm)
= 1.5d + 3 mm (for more than d = 12 mm)
In general = 1.5d