How Do You Read Bolt Numbers?
How to Read Screw Sizes Read the First Letter of the Size. This the Largest Diameter: the Measurement of the Screw on the Thread. Read the Second Number. Read...
How to Read Screw Sizes
Read the first letter of the size. This the largest diameter: the measurement of the screw on the thread. Read the second number. Read the third number, generally the one following the “x.”
What does 8.8 mean on a bolt?
So, in English, a PC 8.8 bolt is a bolt with a nominal tensile strength of 800 MPa and a nominal yield strength that is 80% of the bolt’s nominal tensile strength, or 640 MPa.
M14 means it is metric with a 14mm outside diameter.
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What does M6x20 mean?
M6x20 is a 6mm bolt 20mm long. That only works for metric. Different from a standard bolt designation like a 1/4×20, which is the diameter and thread pitch instead of length.
The specification Class 4.6 Threaded Rod is a standard that covers fasteners manufactured from either Low carbon steel or medium carbon steel. The ultimate material strength of Grade 4.6 Threaded Rod is 40 Mpa while its yield strength or the proof stress is 60% that of the ultimate strength.
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