How to distinguish screws, bolts and nuts?

Different appearance

1. Screw: The type with a pointed front end, with a larger pitch and a sloping circular rotating structure.

2. Bolt: cylindrical threaded fastener with nuts, including hexagonal head, round head, square head, countersunk head, etc.

3. Nut: Generally a flat and hollow polyhedral cylindrical structure.

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Different functions

1. Screw: A tool that utilizes the physical and mathematical principles of the oblique circular rotation and friction of an object to gradually tighten the mechanical components of the object.

2. Bolt: Machine element, cylindrical threaded fastener with nut. A type of fastener consisting of a head and a screw (cylindrical body with external threads), which needs to be matched with a nut to securely connect two parts with through holes.

3. Nuts are Tight junction parts of mechanical equipment. Nuts and bolts of the same specification can be connected together through the inner thread.

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Different applications

1. Screws: Screws are essential industrial necessities in daily life, such as cameras, glasses, watches, electronics, etc., using miniature screws; General screws for television, electrical products, musical instruments, furniture, etc; As for engineering, construction, and bridges, large screws and nuts are used; Transportation equipment, airplanes, trams, cars, etc. are used with both large and small screws.

2. Bolt: Bolt is indispensable in daily life and industrial production manufacturing, and bolts are also known as the rice of industry. It can be seen that bolts are widely used. The application range of bolts includes electronic products, mechanical products, digital products, power equipment, electromechanical products, and so on.

3. Nuts: mainly used in the automotive industry – cars, trucks, buses, compressors, construction machinery, wind power generation equipment, agricultural machinery, fasteners, casting industry, drilling equipment.

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Post time: Jun-12-2023