5-40 x 5/16 Flat Point Alloy Steel Socket Set Screw with Nylon Insert provides flat-face contact for controlled friction hold in machinery where shaft scarring is a concern. Flat point geometry favors surface protection and repeatable adjustment rather than maximum bite into the mating part. Use the heat-treated alloy steel body with the nylon locking pellet where the application calls for mechanical fastening rather than stainless material.

Fixtures that move between production runs may use the flat face to reduce surface damage during repeated clamping.

Pelletized flat point screws keep the thread-locking feature separate from the non-penetrating point geometry. Cold Headers has supplied specialty socket fasteners since 1962 and keeps point style, insert type, and size language clear. Check thread size, length, socket size, pellet dimensions, shaft-flat condition, and surface-marking tolerance before substitution.

Technical Highlights

• Point: Flat (full bearing face)
• Material: Alloy Steel
• Thread Size: 5-40
• Length: 5/16 in.
• Drive: Internal Hex
• Hex Key Size: 1/16 in.
• Locking Feature: Nylon insert providing prevailing torque
• Nylon Insert Diameter (P): 1/16 in.
• Nylon Insert Location (N): 7/64 in., +/-1/2 pitch
• Dimensional Standard: ASME B18.3

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