Snug Tight Connections - specifiy a torque?
Snug Tight Connections - specifiy a torque?
(OP)
When specifying that connections be snug-tight, do you also specify a minimum torque the bolt must be tightening too or does snug-tight imply a specific torque?






RE: Snug Tight Connections - specifiy a torque?
RE: Snug Tight Connections - specifiy a torque?
RE: Snug Tight Connections - specifiy a torque?
RE: Snug Tight Connections - specifiy a torque?
RE: Snug Tight Connections - specifiy a torque?
As a side note, in my experience it's really really hard to get steel erectors to give you anything better than snug tight.
RE: Snug Tight Connections - specifiy a torque?
RE: Snug Tight Connections - specifiy a torque?
Same issue was raised by a site QC guy in one of our projects to substantiate torque requirement for snug tight bolted connections and we resolved using the above said document as back up.
RE: Snug Tight Connections - specifiy a torque?
RE: Snug Tight Connections - specifiy a torque?
RE: Snug Tight Connections - specifiy a torque?
http://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=213305
Thanks.