A.Stainless steel fasteners are made of solid stainless steel, not coated with it. So if the type of stainless steel chosen is corrosion resistant to the environment it is placed in, it can last essentially forever. The better grades of stainless, like 316SS, can hold up indefinitely in mo...
The spec- imen is then bent into a U shape and stressed to 30 ksi (207 MPa) with a bolt and nut, and placed in the testing apparatus depicted in Figure 3, left. An insulation speci- men passes the test if there are no cracks in the stain- less steel surface after a 28-day ...
Q. I want to cut off, drill and tap a high strength ARP stainless steel bolt head to get a cosmetic part that matches nearby structural fasteners, I intend to cut the head free in a lathe a use it to create a precisely centered place to start the drill. Because the hole to be ...