Nuts and Washers Parts

Source: Defense Logistics Agency PUB LOG / FLIS Data Electronic Reading Room.

NOTE-NUTS AND WASHERS, INCLUDING SPECIALLY DESIGNED, ARE TO BE CLASSIFIED IN THIS FSC. A. NUTS ARE A SMALL METAL BLOCK MADE IN A VARIETY OF SHAPES SUCH AS SQUARE AND HEXAGONAL WHICH IS DRILLED AND INTERNALLY THREADED. B. WASHERS ARE A PERFORATED PIECE OF METAL, LEATHER, OR OTHER MATERIALS OF VARIOUS SHAPES OR FORMS. THEY ARE USED PRIMARILY AS A SEAT FOR A BOLT, NUT, SCREW, RIVET OR NAIL TO DISTRIBUTE PRESSURE AND PREVENT ENDWISE MOTION OVER AN AREA AND/OR TO PREVENT MOVEMENT BETWEEN TWO PARTS BY MEANS OF RESTRAINING FEATURES CREATED BY THE SHAPE OF ITS EDGES.

Includes: LOCKNUTS; EYE NUTS; PLAIN NUTS; CASTELLATED NUTS; WING NUTS; PLATE NUTS; PUSH ON NUTS; CONCAVE AND CONVEX WASHERS; FLAT WASHERS; KEYED WASHERS; LOCK WASHERS; SHOULDERED WASHERS; SPLIT WASHERS

Excludes: BEARING THRUST WASHERS (FSC 3120); SHIMS (FSC 5365); RING SPACERS (FSC 5365); PLATE SPACERS (FSC 5365); LOCK RINGS (FSC 5365)