TorqBolt is ISO/PED Certified for Manufacturing Fasteners in complete Product & material Range. Fastener are accompanied with basic 3.1 Certification. We can also provide 3.1B & 3.2 Certification on Client Request.
For “Mechanical fasteners” (screws, nuts and accessory parts), all function-relevant external and internal characteristics are regulated in detail in DIN, ISO or EN standards, these include:
Product standards (e.g. DIN 931/ISO 4014) :
Specifications on the figure of the product, assigned version and product class (tolerance group), usual strength classes and/or materials and nominal sizes. Furthermore, each product standard contains “normative references” to relevantly applicable basic function standards.
Basic/Function standards (e.g. DIN 13, 267/ISO 898, 4759, 3269…) :
Regulations for joint characteristics of the various products like, for example, thread, tolerances, surface versions, corrosion protection, mechanical properties and corresponding factory test program as well as acceptance testing conditions.
Standards always can only regulate just one general standard for products “for general use”, this also applies for “Mechanical fasteners” (→ ISO 3269/8992). For higher requirements for specific cases exceeding these normative regulations, it is the job of the user to define these requirements and specify necessary additional inspection requirements.
Quality checks during manufacturing :
For basic/functional standards, testing programmes and procedures are given within which the manufacturer has to ensure the compliance with the proper standards quality of its products by carrying out constant sample checks. Alongside the obligatory checks for dimensional accuracy and surface condition, the following checks are also listed, among others:
– for screws and similar thread parts (→ ISO 898-1)
- hardness testing, proof load testing
- bolt head impact/diagonal pull testing
- surface decarburisation testing
– for nuts (→ ISO 898-2)
- hardness test, proof load test
- expansion test
The procedure to be used in arbitration is specified in the standards. All standardised mechanical properties are generally valid at room temperature (approx. +20 °C).
Additional tests – Certificates according to EN 10204 3.1 :
For particular requirements and/or safety-related use-cases, additional articles or use-specific tests can be carried out either in the factory or by a commissioned factory independent technical expert or testing institute. The results of these extra tests shall be documented in a Certificate (inspection document), which the orderer shall receive as either an original or an unmodified copy.
The type and scope of these additional tests and who is to carry out and document them is to be determined by the user due to his knowledge on the use and particular requirements, and specified accordingly on ordering.
Inspection contents – according to DIN 11204
If there are no specifications on the scope of the test contents agreed in the order, DIN 11204 shall apply.
This standard regulates the test contents of certificates according to EN 10204 for fasteners.