6.5 Flashcards
Screws are the most commonly used fastener since they differ from bolts how?
They are made of lower strength materials
What fitting is screws and what are there head shapes made for
Loose fitting thread and the head is to engage a screwdriver or wrench
What are the following
Machine screws:
Structural screws:
Self-tapping screws:
Machine: most widely used
Structural: same strength as screws
Self-tapping: used to join light weight materials
What are machine screws used for?
Attaching fairings, inspection plates, fluid line clamps and structural parts.
What process are structural screws gone through to have similar characteristics to bolts?
Heat treated to have the same shear strength as a bolt.
What are the 4 types of self tapping screws?
Round
Truss
Counter sunk (flat top)
Counter sunk (oval)
What are dowels used for?
To align/correct two mating surfaces.
What is present in aircraft operation that can make parts loose?
And what can we use to stop the fasteners from coming loose?
Vibration is always present in aircraft.
To prevent use locks for the fasteners.
There’s are various methods to secure items in the aircraft industry what are some examples?
Safety wires
Split and cotter pins
Lock washers (tab, spring and shake proof)
Self locking nuts
Quick release fasteners
In places where self locking nuts and split pins can’t be used lock washers are used what are some examples?
Spring, tab and shake-proof
They are made of steel and twisted when the nut is against it which creates friction.
What is the counter sink angle from the head to the shank
100’ between the shank and head
What metal washer with two or more tabs where one is bent over the edge of a component or hole and the other against the nut
Tab washer
What washer bites into the nut to not allow it to uh tighten
Shakeproof washers
What is a pal nut?
Resilient spring locking action nut made of steel provide vibration proof action while small sized.
What plates are manufactured from mild steel used to secure parts (bolts securing it can be equipped with shake proof and spring washers)?
Locking plates secure making sure nothing comes loose can be re used
What fastener is held by a cross pin and a floating fastener?
Airloc
What fastener is quick release by a quarter turn and consist of a stud washer and receptacle
Camloc fasteners
What Simple’s secure fastener can be quickly inserted and removed with at tools?
Pip pin the pin with the button and ball bearing (thing that as remove before flight thing)
What pins provide a lock which is pushed into a Hole (place where not likely removed)?
Roll pins
What charteristics of Clevis pin
Goes in 1/16 inch incremets
What shaped piece of metal fits into ____ways in wheels discs sprockets or gears.
Aligns items and helps by spreading out load on what is being driven.
Keys
woodruff, square, pratt and Whitney, gib head key
What metal are rivets with no identifying marks and designated by letter A (in rivet code)
1100 Aluminium
What Rivets with code AD and a simple dimple also referred to as field rivets?
2117 Aluminium Alloy
What rivet has a raised cross and rivet code B
5056 Aluminium Alloy
What rivet has raised dot and rivet code D
2017 Aluminium alloy
What rivets identified by DD and two raised dashes
2024 aluminium alloy
What rivet has raised ring and letter E
7050-T73
What rivet is F
Corrosion resistant steel
What the diffrence between hi lite and hi lok bolt?
Hi lite is lighter and less threads