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A '''distorted thread locknut''',<ref name="McMaster3139">McMaster, p. [http://www.mcmaster.com/#catalog/114/3139 3139].</ref> is a type of [[locknut]] that uses a deformed section of [[screw thread|thread]] to keep the [[nut (hardware)|nut]] from loosening fromdue to vibrations, or rotation of the clamped item. TheyThere are broken down into four types: '''elliptical offset nuts''', '''centerlock nuts''', '''toplock nuts''' and '''partially depitched (Philidas) nuts'''.
==High temperature use==
Because these nuts are solid metal, they are effective in elevated temperature settings, unlike [[nyloc nut]]s. High [[Bolted joint#Property class|grade]] nuts are good up to {{convert|1400|F|C|abbr=on}}. High strength distorted thread nuts cannot be used with low strength fasteners because the hard nut will act like a [[tap and die|die]] and destroy the threads on the fastener.<ref name="smith"/> ▼Because these nuts are solid metal, they remain effective at high temperatures, unlike [[nyloc nut]]s. [[Bolted joint#Property class|High-grade]] nuts can withstand temperatures up to {{convert|1400|F|C|abbr=on}}.
==Safety factors==
▲Because these nuts are solid metal, they are effective in elevated temperature settings, unlike [[nyloc nut]]s. High [[Bolted joint#Property class|grade]] nuts are good up to {{convert|1400|F|C|abbr=on}}. High -strength distorted thread nuts cannot be used with low -strength fasteners because the hard nut will act like a [[tap and die|die]] and destroy the threads on the fastener.<ref name="smith"/>
==Elliptical offset nuts==
Elliptical offset nuts, alsois a catch-all category that encompasses designs known as '''oval locknuts'''<ref name="McMaster3139"/> or '''non-slotted hex locknuts''',.<ref>{{Citation | title = Non-slotted hex locknut | url = http://www.spstech.com/aero/products/nuts/non-slotted-hex.html | accessdate = 2008-11-30 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110513080637/http://spstech.com/aero/products/nuts/non-slotted-hex.html | archivedate = 2011-05-13 }}.</ref> isThe asalient nutfeature is that the thread has been deformed at one end so that the threads are no longer perfectly circular. The deformed end is usually shaped into an ellipse or [[wikt:obround|obround]] triangle. TheThese are known as '''one-way''' nuts as the nut ismay be easily started on the male fastener asfrom the bottom non-deformed portion but is notpractically impossible to start from the deformed end. As the male fastener reaches the deformed section it deformsstretches the threads of the nut [[elastic deformation|elastically]] back into a circle. This action increases the friction between the nut and the fastener greatly and creates the locking action. Due to the elastic nature of the deformation the nuts can be reused indefinitely.<ref name="smith">Smith, pp. 104–105.</ref>
==Centerlock nuts==
==Partially depitched nuts==
Partially depitched nuts are commonly called [[Philidas]] nuts, <ref>{{Citation | title = Philidas nut | url = http://www.philidaslimited.co.uk/home.html | accessdate = 2012-12-01 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20150307180443/http://www.philidaslimited.co.uk/home.html | archivedate = 2015-03-07 }}.</ref> after their originator and current manufacturer, and differ from the above three nut types insofar as a portion of the thread is displaced axially, this being facilitated by one or more slots perpendicular to the axis.
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===Bibliography===
*{{Citation | title = McMaster-Carr catalog | publisher = McMaster-Carr | edition = 114th}}.
*{{Citation | last = Smith | first = Carroll | author-link = Carroll Smith | title = Carroll Smith's Nuts, Bolts, Fasteners, and Plumbing Handbook | publisher = MotorBooks/MBI Publishing Company | year = 1990 | url = httphttps://books.google.com/books?id=A81HmmRCN7YC | isbn = 0-87938-406-9}}.
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