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  • BS 6040:1981

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    Nomenclature for bolts, screws, nuts and accessories

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Superseded date:  31-03-2009

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  30-01-1981

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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    National foreword
    Cooperating organizations
    Terminology and nomenclature
    1. Scope and field of application
    2. Screw threads
    3. Shapes of heads
    4. Forms of shank
    5. Screw and bolt ends
    6. Driving features
    7. Hexagon bolts and screws
    8. Hexagon socket head cap screws
    9. Square head bolts
    10. Triangle head bolts
    11. Octagonal head bolts
    12. 12 point screws
    13. T-head bolts
    14. Round head bolts
    15. Countersunk flat bolts
    16. Slotted head screws
    17. Cross recessed head screws
    18. Screws with captive components
    19. Miscellaneous bolts and screws
    20. Screw plugs
    21. Studs
    22. Headless screws
    23. Slotted and hexagon socket set screws
    24. Self-tapping screws
    25. Wood screws
    26. Thread cutting (metallic drive) screws
    27. Thread forming screws (thread formed by deformation)
    28. Hexagon nuts
    29. Square ntus
    30. Triangle nuts
    31. Octagon and pentagon nuts
    32. 12 point nuts (bihexagonal nuts)
    33. Prevailing torque nuts
    34. Slotted castle nuts
    35. Cap nuts
    36. Miscellaneous round nuts
    37. Other miscellaneous nuts
    38. Washers
    39. Spring washers
    40. Tab washers
    41. Split pins

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    Terminology and nomenclature in English, French, Russian, German, Italian and Spanish.

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    Committee FME/9
    Development Note Supersedes 77/72065 DC (09/2005)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Superseded
    Superseded By

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