KEABLES PTY LTD

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"Anything with a Thread"

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Specialists in Industrial Fasteners & Engineers Tools

185 A'Beckett Street, Melbourne, 3000

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BOLT, NUT, SCREW & WASHER REFERENCE CHART

FASTENER TYPES
Wood Screw Screws with a smooth shank and tapered point for use in wood.	Machine / Metal Thread Screw Screws with threads for use with a nut or tapped hole.	Sheet Metal Screw Fully threaded screws with a point for use in sheet metal.	Tek Screw A Sheet metal screw with a self drilling point.
Hex Bolt / Set Screw Bolts with a hexagonal head with threads for use with a nut or tapped hole.	Coach Bolt Bolts with a smooth rounded head that has a small square section underneath.	Coach Screw Bolts with a wood thread and pointed tip.	Grub screw Machine screws with no head for screwing all the way into threaded holes.
Socket Screw Socket screws, also known as Allen head are fastened with a hex Allen wrench.	Eye Bolt A bolt with a circular ring on the head end. Used for attaching rope or chain.	Screw Eye Similar to an eye bolt but with wood threads instead of machine thread.	U-Bolt Bolts in U shape for attaching to pipe or other round surfaces. Also available with a square bend.
J-Bolt J shaped bolts are used for tie-downs or as an open eye bolt.	Lag Screw Hanger bolts have wood thread on one end and machine thread on the other end.

Head Styles
Countersunk A countersunk head with a flat top.	Raised A countersunk head with a rounded top.	Pan A slightly rounded head with short vertical sides.	Mush An extra wide head with a rounded top.
Round A domed head.	Hex A hexagonal Head.	Hex Washer A hex head with built in washer.	Slotted Hex Washer A hex head with built in washer and a slot.
Socket Cap A small cylindrical head using a socket drive.	Button A low profile rounded head using a socket drive.

Drive Types
Phillips and Pozi An X shaped drive.	Slotted A slot in the head.	Combination A combination of slotted and Phillips drives. Abbreviated Combo	Socket, Hex or Allen A hexagonal hole for use with an Allen wrench.

Nut Types
Hex A six sided nut. Also referred to as a finished hex nut.	Nylon Insert Lock A nut with a nylon insert to prevent backing off. Also referred to as a Nylock	Jam / Lock A hex nut with a reduced height.	Nylon Insert Jam Lock A nyloc nut with a reduced height.
Wing A nut with 'wings' for hand tightening.	Dome A nut with a domed top over the end of the fastener.	Acorn Acorn nuts are a high crown type of cap nut, used for appearance.	Flange A nut with a built in washer like flange.
Tee A nut designed to be driven into wood to create a threaded hole.	Square A four sided nut.	Cone Lock A non-reversible lock nut used for high temperature applications	Keps A nut with an attached free-spinning external tooth lockwasher.
Coupling Coupling nuts are long nuts used to connect pieces of threaded rod or other male threaded fasteners.

Washer Types
Flat A flat washer used to distribute load.	Mudguard An oversize flat washer used to further distribute load especially on soft materials.	Cup A washer used to obtain a 'finished' look. Usually used with oval head screws.	Spring The most common style of washer used to prevent nuts and bolts from backing out.
External Tooth Lock A washer with external 'teeth' Used to prevent nuts and bolts from backing out.	Internal Tooth Lock A washer with internal 'teeth' Used to prevent nuts and bolts from backing out.	Square A square shaped washer.	Heavy Duty Dock washers have a larger outside diameter and are thicker than standard.