metric hardware call out
metric hardware call out
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i'm still working on our "mil-spec" metric hardware library so forgive me if it sounds as if i'm beating a dead horse...
is this syntax acceptable for a metric callout in a BOM?
DIN912_M3X1.5X8L SHCS, ALLOY STEEL PLATED
i'm trying to mimic the US mil spec syntax call out, i.e.
MS16995-1 SHCS, .086-56 UNC-3A X .188L
TIA
is this syntax acceptable for a metric callout in a BOM?
DIN912_M3X1.5X8L SHCS, ALLOY STEEL PLATED
i'm trying to mimic the US mil spec syntax call out, i.e.
MS16995-1 SHCS, .086-56 UNC-3A X .188L
TIA
Sr. Pro/E Mechnaical Designer





RE: metric hardware call out
Is it really 'alloy steel plated'?
Chris
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RE: metric hardware call out
I hate acronyms. I understand DIN912 and, probably, I would have figured out SHCS. What happens when this specification is handed to a non-technical office clerk with instructions to order the thing? Where does one go to order a DIN912_M3X1.5X8L SHCS, ALLOY STEEL PLATED?
Even the person doing assembly may not be able to make enough sense of your description to identify your part. Requisitions and MRP entries ought to be generated by copying and pasting off of your BOMs.
A long time ago, I saw a newspaper article by a guy who He was was trying to assemble some product he had bought. The instructions refered to something called a LED, and he had no idea what a LED was.
Eschew obfuscation!
Also, I would systematically not use commas in my part numbers and descriptions. At some point in time, someone may have to transfer your BOM data in comma separated format (.CSV), popular with spreadsheets. Your BOM entry will break this.
RE: metric hardware call out
the CAD part file name is: DIN912_M3X1_5X8L
correction to orginal post...can't have a period in a file name
and the description is: SHCS, ALLOY STEEL PLATED
does this help a little?
Sr. Pro/E Mechnaical Designer
RE: metric hardware call out
BOM fort SHCS :DIN 912 M3x8 8.8
Expl.: DIN 912 = SHCS with inside socket.
M3 = metric coarse (M3x0.5). Only metric fine thread requires a pitch.
8 = length
8.8 = class
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Plated with what?
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DIN912_M3X0.5X25.4L
SHCS, ALLOY STEEL
Sr. Pro/E Mechnaical Designer
RE: metric hardware call out
ISO 4762 defines Steel Socket Head Cap Screws with Metric course threads.
So if you are going to include the specification reference in the call-out:
"SHCS" is redundant.
"ALLOY STEEL" is redundant.
Thread pitch is redundant.
RE: metric hardware call out
They don't make metric screws 25.4mm long.
The questions about alloy steel plated are stupid, in this forum. Your purchasing people will be trying to figure out how to plate your screws with alloy steel.
How about...
CAP SCREW HEX SOCKET ISO4762 STEEL 12.9 ZINC PLATE M3X0.5X25
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Sr. Pro/E Mechnaical Designer
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Socket Head Cap Screw M3x30, Grade 12.9 per ISO 4762 Zinc Plated per ASTM 636, SC II, Yellow Chromate.
Somebody could actually use that to buy the thing.
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Hexagon socket head cap screw ISO 4762-M12 x 60 - 12.9
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I write descriptions that fit within a database field of 30_characters for the description and 30 for the part number. I am not sure of how our MRP people identify the manufacturer. If it had been my call back then, there would have been one field 60_characters long.
RE: metric hardware call out
It's plated alloy steel 8mm long M3X1.5 socket head cap screw.
Depending on what information you value, this can be broken down a few different ways (all being correct as long as you maintain this convention thoughout your organzation):
SCREW, SOCKET HEAD CAP, M3 X 1.5, 8mm LONG, ALLOY STEEL, PLATED
SCREW, M3 X 1.5, SOCKET HEAD CAP, 8mm LONG, ALLOW STEEL, PLATED
CAP SCREW, SOCKET HEAD, M3 X 1.5, 8mm LONG, ALLOW STEEL, PLATES
By maintaining a convention, such information can then be searched upon much easier if you sort the BOM. You see all the screws fall out together and sort them in order of what you find most important.
I would put the DIN912 into a separate colume, but if you are tring to mimic another convention where it is in the desc at the front, then simply add it there.
Matt Lorono
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If you decide to invoke appendix C, I think you'll find that you shouldn't use an abbreviation for the first word of a description, C-6.1.
Also, if you're going to use abbreviations I strongly suggest basing them on ASME y14.38 or equivalent.
SHCS is not in Y14.38-1999 that I see.
The abbreviation for socket head is SCH.
So, I'd use 'SCREW, SCH' as the first part of my title.
I like the idea of referencing a spec, just make sure it's the correct current spec.
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The terminology has been abused, even by official specifications. Look up Grade_8 cap screws and tell me if they are screws or bolts. I have had hex keys described to me as Allen wrenches.
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