Bolt-tightening Handbook

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Bolt-tightening Handbook

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Without a doubt, bolted assemblies are the most commonly used joints in mechanics.

These types of assemblies employ two basic elements:

on the one hand, some kind of threaded component:

• screws and nuts,
• studs with nuts on one end,
• studs with nuts on both ends.

These components are sometimes used with different kinds of washers

TABLES OF CONTENTS:

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1. Introduction
2. Traditional tightening methods
3. Tightening with hydraulic bolt tensioners
4. Technical analysis of bolt-tightening
5. Comparison between torque wrench and hydraulic bolt-tightening
6. Simultaneous hydraulic bolt-tightening
7. Conclusion

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