Aflangeboltdiffersfromthecommonboltinthatithasawidersurfaceareaundertheheadtoprovide
foranevendistributionofclampingpressure.Thiswidersurfaceactslikeawasher, eliminatingtheneed
tocombineonewiththiskindofbolt.Flangeboltsareavailableinnumeroussizes, snage i
configurations.Likemostothertypesoffastenersonthemarket, metricflangeboltsareavailableforany
applicationsthatrequirethem.
Specijalno dizajnirani prirubnički bočni valovi opremljeni rotacijskim&"zubima GG" dizajnirani za&"ugriz GG" obično
thematerialonemightneedtofastentogether.Similartothelockingringsonemightseeonasodabottle
ormilkjug, theseteethontheflangeboltcanbeturnedbackward, butoftenrequiremoreforce.Thistype
ofdesigniswhatmakesaflangeboltuniquelyandstrategicallydifferentfromacommonbolt.
Anessentialadditiontotheflangeboltistheflangenut.Whileitissimilartoanordinarynut, onesideof
theflangenutiswiderthantheothertoensureevenpressuredistribution.Theflangenutandflangebolt
workwelltogether, andinsomecasesmayreducecostsbyeliminatingtheneedforpurchasingseparate
washers.Propertorqueonaflangebolt-nutcombinationwillensurethatthefastenersneverbecomeloose
bythemselves.Onlyanoutsideforce, suchasamechanic, canloosenthesetypesofflangebolts.