12-24 x 3 Alloy Steel Button Head Socket Cap Screw helps machine builders secure covers, brackets, and housings while keeping the head smooth and accessible. The alloy steel construction serves automation systems where reduced snag potential and internal hex drive access are useful.
Common installation points include control enclosures and equipment housings where the rounded head reduces sharp edges on handled surfaces. It may also be specified for robotics and packaging machinery when internal hex drive access supports repeatable assembly work in tight spaces. This head style is different from a standard socket head cap screw: it trades the taller cylindrical head form for a rounded button profile used on exposed assemblies.
For engineering layouts using 12-24 thread and 3 in. length, the reference head diameter is 0.383-0.413 in. and the head height is 0.104-0.117 in. The nominal body diameter and hex-key information below keep fit review, tool selection, and replacement ordering tied to verified reference values.
Technical Highlights
- Material: Alloy Steel
- Thread Size: 12-24
- Length: 3 in.
- Nominal Body Diameter: #12 (.215 in.)
- Head Diameter: 0.383-0.413 in.
- Head Height: 0.104-0.117 in.
- Hex-Key Size: Hex-key size may be 1/8 in. or 5/32 in., depending on manufacturer.
- Drive Type: Internal Hex
Reference dimensions may vary slightly by manufacturer.
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