FastenersinAviation-ElCaminoCollege.ppt

Basics of Aircraft Nut Installation Shear nuts and standard nuts have different torque values. Use wing nuts only where hand tightness is adequate. * Aerospace Nuts * Castle nut with cotter pin on the nose landing gear of a Piper Tomahawk Aerospace Washers The main purposes of a washer in aircraft installation are to provide a shim when needed, act as a smooth load bearing surface to adjust the position of castle nuts in relation to the drilled hole in a bolt. AN960 washers are the most common. Made in regular thickness and one half the thickness of regular Other types of washers split ring, internal tooth, external tooth * An Aerospace Manufacturing Perspective Aerospace Fastener Applications Part 1 * Fasteners in Aviation Aerospace Fasteners their Specifications Types of Fasteners in Aerospace Industry and their Distinguishing Features Aerospace Bolts Aerospace Rivets Aerospace Screws Studs Quality Assurance of Aerospace Fasteners Material Selection Testing Screening Inspections and Test Visual Inspection Tensile Testing Hardness Testing National Aerospace Standards (NAS) on Fasteners Numerical Listing for Aerospace bolts, nuts, and washers * Aerospace Fasteners * Aerospace Fasteners On average, for example, 2.4 million (2,400,000) fasteners are used to for assemble a Boeing 787 aircraft 22% are structural bolts (mostly titanium) and the rest is rivets Types of Fasteners in Aerospace Industry and their Distinguishing Features: Aerospace Bolts Aerospace Nuts Washers Aerospace Rivets * Aerospace Bolts Bolts are used in aircraft construction in areas where high strength is needed Where this strength is not necessary, screws are substituted Aircraft quality bolts are made from: alloy steel stainless or corrosion resistant steel aluminum alloys titanium * Aerospace Bolt Head Types There are many head types available, such as hex, slotted, 12-point, spline, socket, Torx, and Phillips. Most specifications, including MIL and NAS, DO NOT give a maximum soc