Bolts

An example of a threaded fastener is a bolt, which has an exterior male thread that needs a corresponding, pre-formed female thread, such as a nut. Screws and bolts have a tight relationship.

One kind of fastener is a bolt. Materials are fastened or secured together using fasteners. Bolts and hardware nuts come in a variety of varieties. The majority of bolt types—if not all—have machine threads. In order to secure or bind things together, a threaded bolt screws into nuts. Eye bolts, wheel bolts, and machine bolts are examples of bolt types, whereas cap nuts, expansion nuts, and u-nuts are examples of nut kinds.

A mechanical fastener called a bolt is typically used in conjunction with a nut to join two or more components. A bolted joint may be easily taken apart and put back together; for example