Screw Thread Insert

0.375 inches nominal length, 0.310 in.min,0.330 in.max insert size, steel comp 302 overall or steel comp 304 overall material, aisi/sae assn std single material response overall material document and classification, passivate overall surface treatment, coil style designator

A cylindrical item which may have wrenching and/or driving facilities and/or shoulders. It is designed to be inserted in a drilled, tapped or a pretapped hole, or molded or pressed into soft material to reduce the size of a tapped hole; to provide threads; to add strength, and/or to prevent stripping. It is one of the following: (1) a one-piece, flanged or unflanged, internally threaded item which may have external threads, and/or serrations around the periphery of the collar, designed to engage a serrated lock ring which is not included with the item; (2) a one-piece precision coiled wire; (3) a two-piece item consisting of an internally threaded cylinder and a mating externally threaded part; or (4) a one-piece internally threaded item whose outside diameter is tapered and/or knurled and/or with fin(s). The internal thread of the item may have a locking feature. Excludes:items having a sleeve on on its under portion which can be clinched or crimped. Excludes:bushing,machine thread; nut,plain,knurled; nut,plain,round; nut,plain,clinch and nut,self-locking,clinch. See also nut,plain,plate