Fastener

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A fastener is a machine element and a hardware device that mechanically joins or affixes two or more objects together. Here are some fasteners as represented in Technical drawings.

Note : the small sketch at the right bottom corner representing a truncated cone tells whether the french or the american convention was used to place the views.

[edit] Screw rod

Fr : tige filetée

[edit] Tapped hole

Fr : trou taraudé

[edit] Cotter pins

This is more of a cartoon than an engineering drawing. Still, it might be useful.

[edit] Nuts

			en: Slotted nut, DIN 981; de: Nutmutter, DIN 981
en: Slotted nut, DIN 981 with 120° sectional view; de: Nutmutter, DIN 981, im Schnitt (120°)	en: Slotted nut, DIN 981 with 180° sectional view; de: Nutmutter, DIN 981, im Schnitt (180°)