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Assembly of screwed fastenings

Table 1: Accuracy classes of the tightening methods

Influence of the friction ratios, spread of the preloads
Accuracy Spread of the Tightening Influence of the Tightening method Adjustment/Inspection method
class preload % factor friction coefficient? (tools)

– ¢TO TO no sELONGATION CONTROLLEDULTRASOUND 5LTRASOUNDSENSOR➜0-4SYSTEM

¢TO¢ TO sELONGATIONMEASUREMENTMECHANICAL 3ETUPANDLENGTHMEASUREMENT

I ¢TO¢  TO no sYIELD CONTROLLED %MPIRICALSPECIFICATION

sANGLE CONTROLLED OFPRE TIGHTENINGTORQUEROTATIONANGLE
POWER ASSISTEDORMANUALLY

II ¢TO¢  n no sHYDRAULICTIGHTENING ,ENGTHPRESSUREMEASUREMENT

III ¢TO¢  n yes sTORQUE CONTROLLED %MPIRICALSPECIFICATION

TORQUEWRENCH OFTHEREFERENCETIGHTENINGTORQUE
EXTENSIONMEASUREMENT dynamic torque measurement
PRECISIONSCREWDRIVER

IV ¢TO¢  n yes sTORQUE CONTROLLED Reference tightening torque

according to estimated friction
coefficient

V ¢TO¢  n yes sTORQUE CONTROLLEDSCREWDRIVER WITHPOST TIGHTENINGTORQUE

sIMPULSE CONTROLLED TAKENFROMREFERENCETIGHTENINGTORQUE
IMPACTWRENCH ACCORDINGTOESTIMATEDFRICTION
COEFFICIENT EXTRA

VI ¢TO¢  n yes sIMPULSE CONTROLLEDIMPACTWRENCH without

sMANUALLYWRENCH VIAPOST TIGHTENINGTORQUEIFNECESSARY

Table 2: Friction coefficients μtotal.

for steel screws/nuts*
Surface condition μtotal for condition
Male thread (screw) Internal thread (nut/component) non-lubricated oiled MoS2 plubricated

WITHOUTCOATINGBLACK without coating n n n

-N PHOSPHATED n n n

:N PHOSPHATED n n n

ZINCPLATED n n Attention! The friction

coefficient can
CADMIUMPLATED n n considerably differ
depending on the type/
ZINCPLATED ZINCPLATED n n
extent of the lubrication!
CADMIUMPLATED CADMIUMPLATED n n Protection with screw
connect test recommended!

Table 3: Friction coefficients μG and μK

for screws/nuts* from stainless steel
Screw/bolt and lubricants Friction coefficients
Resilience of the
material of nut material
in the thread under the head joint in the thread μG under the head μK
screwed part

without without n n

3PECIALLUBRICATINGAGENTCHLORINE PARAFFIN n n

VERYBIG
BASIS
!
#ORROSIONPROTECTIONGREASE n n
^!
without without n n
!
^! small
3PECIALLUBRICATINGAGENTCHLORINE PARAFFIN n n
BASIS

without n n

!L-G3I 3PECIALLUBRICATINGAGENTCHLORINE PARAFFIN VERYBIG n n

BASIS
n n

* 4
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This technical information is provided by the courtesy of F. Reyher Nchfg GmbH + Co KG, Hamburg/Germany, with some editing by Maryland Metrics