The Difference Between Screws, Bolts And Nuts

Nuts, screws, and bolts are very common fasteners, and they have their appearance and function. As a professional fastener manufacturer, Xinchi is happy to introduce you to the difference between these three.

Screws, bolts, and nuts differ in appearance

Screw: the kind with a pointed head at the front end, the pitch is large, and the inclined circular rotating body structure.

Bolts: with nuts of cylindrical threaded fasteners, hexagonal heads, round heads, square heads, countersunk heads, and so on.

Nuts: generally flat hollow polyhedral cylinder structure.

Screws, bolts, and nuts have different functions

Screw: using the physical and mathematical principles of circular rotation and friction of the inclined plane of the object, gradually tighten the tool of the instrument parts.

Bolts: mechanical parts, cylindrical fasteners with threaded nuts. A fastener consists of a head and a screw (cylinder with external thread) in combination with a nut for fastening two parts with a through hole.

Nuts: nuts are parts closely connected with mechanical equipment, through the inner thread, nuts and bolts of the same specifications can be connected.

XINCHI is a trustworthy fastener company, especially in furniture nuts. We have a factory,  founded in 2007. And we are the designated fastener supplier to“STAPLE”. As a trusted fastener supplier,  XINCHI can offer a wide range of high-quality fasteners, including nuts, screws, bolts, rivets, washers, etc. If you want to know more about fasteners or want to wholesale fasteners, please feel free to contact us. And then our experienced and expert service team will reply to you as soon as possible.