5/16-24 x 1 1960 Series 18-8 Stainless Steel Socket Head Cap Screw with Nylon Insert serves equipment that needs top-side socket access and a built-in prevailing-torque feature. The pellet presses against the mating thread to provide prevailing torque without changing the socket head geometry.
Typical applications include washdown conveyors, stainless equipment frames, and guarded production machinery, where the exact thread and length help match drawings, service records, and replacement needs. Because 18-8 is not heat-treated for maximum clamp load, compare the 1960 Series Alloy Steel SHCS with Nylon Insert when joint strength is the governing requirement.
For countersunk installations, 18-8 Flat Head Socket Cap Screws with Nylon Insert keep the locking feature in a different head style. Cold Headers has supplied specialty socket fasteners since 1962 and helps source exact stainless sizes and uncommon lengths. The 1960 Series name identifies the modern ASME B18.3 head-proportion standard for socket head cap screws, successor to the older 1936 series, not a year of manufacture.
Technical Highlights
- Series: 1960 Series
- Material: 18-8 Stainless Steel
- Thread Size: 5/16-24
- Length: 1 in.
- Drive Type: Internal Hex
- Locking Feature: Nylon insert providing prevailing torque
- Nylon Insert Diameter (P): 1/8 in.
- Nylon Insert Location (N): 13/64 in. +/-1/2 pitch
- Head Dimensions: ASME B18.3, 1960 Series
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