LONG NUT
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- on Apr, 05, 2016
- in BUILDING MATERIALS
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A coupling nut also known as Long nut a threaded fastener for joining two male threads, most commonly athreaded rod also pipes The outside of the fastener is usually a hex so a wrench can hold it. Variations includereducing coupling nuts, for joining two different size threads; sight hole coupling nuts, which have a sight hole for observing the amount of engagement and coupling nuts with left-handed threads. These are used to make up long rod assemblies from shorter lengths of rods. The rods are threaded into the coupling nut for a certain distance. Coupling nut dimensions are described by the Industrial Fasteners Institute in standard IFI-128.