Thermal effects can increase or decrease bolt load and clamping capability. Measuring the angle of nut rotation can sometimes be used to gage preload. Modeling the ...

How External Loads Affect Bolted Joints, Structural Properties of Bolted Joints, Torquing down nuts and bolts, as any handyman or mechanic knows, makes for secure joints. The question is how much ...

An innovation in bolt indicators ends the guessing game for obtaining an optimum bolt preload. There are many applications in which it is crucial that a proper bolt preload should be applied and, ...

The core purpose of the products of the tensioning solutions from the Nord-Lock Group is to apply preload to a bolted joint, but what is preload? How is the preload for an application determined? Why ...

The Fraunhofer Institute for Nondestructive Testing IZFP carries out research and development activities in the field of nondestructive testing processes along the entire materials value chain. For ...