We also learned that the ISS docking system uses 16 motorized bolts to draw the joint between space station and spacecraft tight, and that each joint has a load cell to precisely measure the torque.

It’s not much of a stretch to say that without nuts and bolts, the world would fall apart. Bolted connections are everywhere, from the frame of your DIY 3D printer to the lug nuts holding the… ...

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A phone is held together with about 75 fasteners, a car with 3,500, and a jet plane with 1,500,000. The SR-71 Mach 3 spy plane is built of titanium, with titanium nuts and bolts.

These two factors give the Huck 360 up to five times the fatigue strength of conventional bolts. The nut is designed to quickly spin onto the bolt without tools, although a standard wrench is ...

Joints using soft fasteners, such as Grade 2 bolts, will yield before breaking. On the other hand, there are more high-strength alloy fasteners, which do not have much give before failure.