Selecting Compatible Lead Screws and Nuts
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About Shaft Collars
Shaft collars are useful for holding and positioning components on a shaft. They can also serve as mechanical stops and stroke limiters.
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Fast-Travel Ball Screws and Nuts
Multiple thread channels (also known as thread starts) create faster linear travel than ball screws with a single thread start. Internal ball bearings provide smooth low-friction travel in applications that require high speeds, accurate positioning, and repeatable movement. To ensure compatibility, select components that have the same thread size and number of thread starts. Ball nuts are furnished with a tube to keep ball bearings in place. Do not remove the tube until you are ready to install the nuts onto the screws.
Carbon steel ball screws and nuts are case hardened, so they resist wear better than standard carbon steel. However, they are less corrosion resistant than black-oxide alloy steel screws and nuts.
Travel distance per turn, also known as screw lead, is the distance a ball nut moves with one revolution of the ball screw.
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Root diameter indicates the diameter the ball screw will be after machining away the threads.
Thread Size | Lg. | No. of Thread Starts | Travel Distance per Turn | Accuracy for Travel Distance per Turn | Root Dia. | Hardness | Tensile Strength, psi | Temperature Range, °F | Each | |
Carbon Steel | ||||||||||
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M32 | 500mm | 2 | 20mm | ±0.05 mm per 300 mm | 28.5mm | Rockwell C56 | 95,000 | 32° to 150° | 00000000 | 0000000 |
M32 | 500mm | 4 | 32mm | ±0.05 mm per 300 mm | 28.3mm | Rockwell C56 | 95,000 | 32° to 150° | 00000000 | 000000 |
M32 | 1,000mm | 2 | 20mm | ±0.05 mm per 300 mm | 28.5mm | Rockwell C56 | 95,000 | 32° to 150° | 00000000 | 000000 |
M32 | 1,000mm | 4 | 32mm | ±0.05 mm per 300 mm | 28.3mm | Rockwell C56 | 95,000 | 32° to 150° | 00000000 | 000000 |
Thread Size | Lg. | Dia. | No. of Thread Starts | Travel Distance per Turn | External Thread Size | Hardness | Dynamic Thrust Load Cap., lbs. | Max. Backlash | Temperature Range, °F | Each | ||
Carbon Steel | ||||||||||||
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C | M32 | 90mm | 53mm | 4 | 32mm | M50 | Rockwell C56 | 3,700 | 0.03mm | 32° to 150° | 00000000 | 0000000 |
Flange | ||||||||||||||
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Thread Size | Lg. | Dia. | Dia. | Thick. | No. of Thread Starts | Travel Distance per Turn | Bolt Circle Dia. | Hardness | Dynamic Thrust Load Cap., lbs. | Max. Backlash | Temperature Range, °F | Each | ||
Carbon Steel | ||||||||||||||
E | M32 | 88mm | 53mm | 86mm | 14mm | 4 | 32mm | 71mm | Rockwell C56 | 5,800 | 0.05mm | 32° to 150° | 00000000 | 0000000 |
E | M32 | 108mm | 49mm | 80mm | 16mm | 2 | 20mm | 65mm | Rockwell C56 | 4,900 | 0.04mm | 32° to 150° | 00000000 | 000000 |
Bearing Retaining Locknuts
With a nylon insert that grips your threaded shaft or spindle without damaging its threads, these locknuts—also called shaft nuts—hold bearings, bushings, gears, and pulleys prone to vibration tightly in place. They come as one piece, so you can easily clamp them onto your shaft or spindle. But, since they aren’t made entirely of metal, they don’t stand up to heat as well as all-metal locknuts. Slots in their sides mean you can tighten and loosen them with a spanner wrench or spanner socket. Their face is also chamfered to help keep the size and weight of your assembly at a minimum. All meet international standards for bearing locknut dimensions.
When choosing your thread spacing, consider the precision of your application. The finer the threads, the more control you have when making adjustments.
All carbon steel locknuts are strong and resist wear, though they don’t stand up to corrosion as well as stainless steel locknuts. Zinc-plated steel locknuts resist rusting from some moisture, but you shouldn’t use them with salt water or chemicals.
303 stainless steel locknuts resist corrosion better than steel locknuts but aren’t as strong. They withstand washdowns and chemicals.
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Thread | Spanner Sockets | |||||||||
Size | Pitch, mm | Spacing | OD | Wd., mm | Insert Max. Temp., °F | Specifications Met | Each | Each | ||
Carbon Steel | ||||||||||
Chamfered Face | ||||||||||
M32 | 1.5 | Extra Fine | 48mm | 11.5 | 160° | ISO 2982-2 | 00000000 | 000000 | 00000000 | 0000000 |
Zinc-Plated Carbon Steel | ||||||||||
Chamfered Face | ||||||||||
M32 | 1.5 | Extra Fine | 50mm | 11 | 210° | __ | 0000000 | 00000 | 000000 | 00 |
303 Stainless Steel | ||||||||||
Chamfered Face | ||||||||||
M32 | 1.5 | Extra Fine | 48mm | 11.5 | 160° | ISO 2982-2 | 00000000 | 00000 | 00000000 | 000000 |
Bearing Retaining Nuts
Often paired with spring lock washers to strengthen their hold, these retaining nuts—also known as shaft nuts—keep vibration from shifting bearings, bushings, pulleys, and gears on your threaded shaft or spindle. They have slotted sides, so you can tighten and loosen them with a spanner wrench or spanner socket.
Use stepped-face retaining nuts with DIN 462 spring lock washers. You can also use them in pairs or with other bearing retaining nuts as jam nuts. For the nut closer to the bearing, position the stepped face towards the bearing. All meet DIN standards for bearing lockout dimensions.
Carbon steel retaining nuts are strong and resist wear.
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