Galling Prevention and Run-In Torque Reduction
Galling Prevention and Run-In Torque Reduction Situation: An aircraft structures manufacturing company was encountering galling when installing titanium bolts (type NAS1581) to threaded stainless steel nut-plates (type MS21060L6). The fastener system is used to attach a large exterior communications structure to the airframe. The end customer had set a specification of 5 installation/removal cycles with […]