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What are Wing Nuts and their Benefits


DIC Fasteners is a Manufacturer, Exporter, and Supplier of Wing Nuts and other types of fasteners. We Supply a variety of Nuts that are available in various standards, materials from stainless steel, carbon steel, and other alloys.

A Wing Nut is a type of nut that have two metal wings on each side that may be tightened or loosened manually. “Butterfly” Nuts is another name for wing nuts. Wing nuts are made up of metal pieces having a threaded hole in them. These nuts are used to secure two or more objects together when they are used in conjunction with a wing nut.

Wing nuts are used in applications where some adjustments are necessary and hand tightening is enough like on access panels, adjustable furniture, and marine hardware. Wing nuts are different from other types of nuts because of their use of tabs or “wings”. These tabs provide a gripping area so that you can easily install and remove them. These nuts are often adjusted without the help of tools. There are many various types of wing nuts that are available, depending on your execution needs.

Benefits of Wing nuts:-

* Easy engagement and removal.

* Its tightening requires less force.

* Easy tightening by hand without the help of the tool.

* These nuts do not usually need heat treatment.

* These nuts are suitable for use with or without washers.

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