Nut dimensions and weight

Nut - a fastening pair element, an addition for a bolt, a kind of additional accessory... It has finite size and weight. As with any fastener, nuts are released by weight - when the number is too large to be counted.

Before starting any installation work related to bolted connections, it is useful for the foreman to know in advance which key is suitable for a certain nut size. The external size of the nuts and bolt heads is the same - the GOST standards developed in the era of the USSR are responsible for this.

The gap size of the key for M1 / ​​1.2 / 1.4 / 1.6 nuts is 3.2 mm. Here the M value is the clearance for the bolt or stud, which coincides with its diameter. So, for M2, a 4 mm key is suitable. Further meanings "thread - key" are arranged as follows:

• М2.5 - key for 5;
• M3 - 5.5;
• M4 - 7;
• M5 - 8;
• M6 - 10;
• M7 - 11;
• M8 - 12 or 13.

Hereinafter, for some standard sizes of the nut, there may be understated, nominal and maximum dimensions of the clearance of the coupling (tubular) tool.

• M10 - 14, 16 or 17;
• M12 - from 17 to 22 mm;
• M14 - 18 ... 24 mm;
• M16 - 21 ... 27 mm;
• М18 - key for 24 ... 30.

As you can see, the general pattern - the key gap tolerance does not exceed the range of 6 mm.

The M20 product has 27 ... 34 mm. Exception: the tolerance was 7 mm. Further, the denomination and tolerance are located as follows:

• M22 - 30 ... 36;
• M24 - 36 ... 41.

But for the M27, the tolerance was 36-46 mm by key. The more force is applied to the nut, due to its larger diameter of the internal thread (and external at the bolt), the thicker it should be. Therefore, the power reserve, the strength of the nuts, as their number "M" grows, also grows somewhat. So, the M30 nut requires a key gap size of 41-50 mm. Further dimensions are arranged as follows:

• M33 - 46 ... 55;
• M36 - 50 ... 60;
• M39 - 55 ... 65;
• M42 - 60 ... 70;
• M45 - 65 ... 75;
• M48 - 75 ... 80, there is no minimum value.

For М56 - 85 mm on the key. Further values ​​are given in centimeters:

• M60 - 9 cm;
• M64 - 9.5 cm;
• M68 - 10 cm;
• M72 - 10.5 cm;
• M76 - 11 cm;
• M80 - 11.5 cm;
• M85 - 12 cm;
• M90 - 13 cm;
• M95 - 13.5 cm;
• M100 - 14.5 cm;
• M105 - 15 cm;
• M110 - 15.5 cm;
• M115 - 16.5 cm;
• M120 - 17 cm;
• M125 - 18 cm;
• M130 - 18.5 cm;
• M140 - 20 cm;
• Finally, the M-150 will require a tool with a 21 cm gap.

Products wider than M52 are used for assembling bridges, cell towers and TV towers, tower cranes, and so on. Nut DIN-934 is used in the assembly of machines, electrical measuring instruments, prefabricated metal structures in the construction of houses and buildings. Strength class is 6, 8, 10 and 12. The most common values ​​are M6, M10, M12 and M24, but the diameter of the bolt and screw under them occupies the range of values ​​from M3 to M72. Coating of products - galvanized or copper. Galvanizing is carried out both by hot method and anodizing.

The height of the nut is not taken into account: it is not so important. However, if there is no long nut, you can connect two shorter ones using electric welding, having previously screwed them onto the bolt. In addition to bolt nuts, there are pipe nuts for pipe with a diameter of 1/8 to 2 inches. The smallest one requires an 18 mm wrench, the largest requires a 75 mm wrench gap. DIN nuts are foreign marking, an alternative to Soviet and Russian GOST designations.

Weight of 1 piece according to GOST 5927-1970 is:

• for М2.5 - 0.272 g,
• M3 - 0.377 g,
• M3.5 - 0.497 g,
• M4 - 0.8 g,
• M5 - 1.44 g,
• M6 - 2.573 g.

Galvanizing does not make any noticeable change in weight. For products of special strength, the weight (according to GOST 22354-77) is measured by the following values:

• M16 - 50 g,
• M18 - 66 g,
• M20 - 80 g,
• M22 - 108 g,
• M24 - 171 g,
• M27 - 224 g.

High-strength steel makes the product heavier than conventional black steel only slightly.To find out the number of nuts per kilogram, divide the weight of 1000 g by the mass of one unit of this fastener in grams from the table of values. For example, M16 products in a kilogram are 20 pieces, and the weight of 1000 such elements is 50 kg. There are 20,000 such nuts in a ton.

If you do not have tabular data on nuts at hand, the easiest way is to measure the distance between opposite faces with a ruler. Since the nut is hex, it will not be difficult - the size of the key gap is also indicated in millimeters, and not as a value in inches.