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    AD 302: Tightening of Ordinary Bolts: Sci Advisory Desk

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    This document discusses the tightening of ordinary bolts used in steel construction. It states that traditional British practice is to hand tighten ordinary bolts using spanners, as there are no specified minimum torque values required. It provides an optional table of torque values that may be used if values are required, but verifies that checking torque is not necessary for ordinary bolts. It warns against using the higher torque values for preloaded bolts on ordinary bolts due to the risk of thread stripping.

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    This document discusses the tightening of ordinary bolts used in steel construction. It states that traditional British practice is to hand tighten ordinary bolts using spanners, as there are no specified minimum torque values required. It provides an optional table of torque values that may be used if values are required, but verifies that checking torque is not necessary for ordinary bolts. It warns against using the higher torque values for preloaded bolts on ordinary bolts due to the risk of thread stripping.

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    This document discusses the tightening of ordinary bolts used in steel construction. It states that traditional British practice is to hand tighten ordinary bolts using spanners, as there are no specified minimum torque values required. It provides an optional table of torque values that may be used if values are required, but verifies that checking torque is not necessary for ordinary bolts. It warns against using the higher torque values for preloaded bolts on ordinary bolts due to the risk of thread stripping.

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    AD 302: Tightening of Ordinary Bolts: Sci Advisory Desk

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    This document discusses the tightening of ordinary bolts used in steel construction. It states that traditional British practice is to hand tighten ordinary bolts using spanners, as there are no specified minimum torque values required. It provides an optional table of torque values that may be used if values are required, but verifies that checking torque is not necessary for ordinary bolts. It warns against using the higher torque values for preloaded bolts on ordinary bolts due to the risk of thread stripping.

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    The advisory service regularly receives requests for a set of torque values in connection with the

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    installation of ordinary bolts. This usually arises because a criterion is required for the project QA
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    Section 6.1 in the National Specification for Structural Steelwork for Building Construction 4th
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    spanners in accordance with BS 2583’. It should be noted that BS 2583 is a spanner standard and

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    when an average erector fully tightens an ordinary bolt using a podger spanner the bolt is correctly

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    tightened. There is no specified minimum torque values required and this is all that is necessary to

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    ensure that the nut does not come loose in steelwork used in building construction. The
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    commentary on the NSSS 4 edition states ‘The intention of 6.1.8. on bolt tightening of ordinary

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    take place after the installation of all the bolts in a joint at the steel erection stage. It is acceptable
    to retighten bolts which become loose due to the subsequent tightening of the other bolts in the
    joint. However, it is not necessary to retighten or verify the bolts in a joint following the erection of

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    other members, or tightening of the bolts in other joints in the structure. Likewise, it is not required
    to check the bolts in joints following subsequent erection operations; pouring of concrete or

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    erection of cladding for example. These torque values are irrespective of the bolt grade used and
    in no way imply that installation by power tools is to be preferred to hand tightening using a podger

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    Ordinary bolts particularly those specified to BS 4190, should not be torqued to the values used for

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    preloaded (HSFG) bolts because they have thinner nuts than preloaded bolts. The risk of thread

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    Contact: Thomas Cosgrove Tel: 01344 623345 Email: t.cosgrove@steel-sci.com

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