stainless steel bolts
stainless steel bolts
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I have not designed with stainless steel bolts before, but our customer is requiring us to use them in our design instead of going with galvanized bolts. Is there a good design manual to use for SS bolted connections?





RE: stainless steel bolts
Well its really no different to using ordinary steel bolts but you might want to look at this site for strength and gade of stainless steel bolts.
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this link is for the main index of screws lots of good info here
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the other thing to watch out for if using plain stainless is bimettalic corrosion with other materials.
desertfox
RE: stainless steel bolts
RE: stainless steel bolts
Well you might want or need to look at fatigue and the fact the bolts have lower yield strength you might need to increase the number of bolts in your joints.
desertfox
RE: stainless steel bolts
www.ssina.com/view_a_file/fasteners.pdf
RE: stainless steel bolts
TVP beat me to it just going to post the same link.
Lots of info in it too.
nice one TVP
desertfox
RE: stainless steel bolts
Regards,
Mike
RE: stainless steel bolts
http://www.marfas.com/technicalcont.shtml
RE: stainless steel bolts
If whatever you are bolting together is important you want fasteners made from a material made to a "name brand" standard like ANSI 301 or 304.
The ANSI standards limit the amounts of things that make stainless behave badly for important applications that can be in the mix in large quantities in "18-8".
RE: stainless steel bolts
RE: stainless steel bolts
hi joshsd
Here are some more references relating to stainless steel bolts used in structures.
desertfox
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RE: stainless steel bolts
I'd go a bit further and suggest you purchase a copy of either ASTM F593, or ASTM A193, both of which describe a variety of available corrosion- and heat-resistant fasteners. "No-name" 18-8 stainless bolts are a good thing to avoid, but there are alloys in the listed standards that deviate quite a bit from the 304 spec., giving a great increase in strength without losing much, if anything, in corrosion resistance.
It can be tricky to find good quality ss fasteners at reasonable prices. I do know that our supplier, Fastenal, uses ASTM F593C as a base grade, which makes me happy.