HSFG Bolts RNG
HSFG Bolts RNG
HSFG Bolts RNG
HSFG Bolts
in
Railway Bridges
By
R. N. Gupta
Professor/Track Machine
HSFG Bolts - Introduction
High Strength Friction Grip Bolts
• Bolt
• Nut Bolt
• Washers
DTI Washer
Normal Washer
Nut
HSFG Bolts-Identification
Identification in field:
Identification mark is embossed or indented on head
8.8 or 8.8 S or 8S for property class 8.8
Property Class
Manufacturer’s Initials
Holes for HSFG Bolts
Size/Dia
Sizes M16, M20, M24, M30 and M36 as per IS:4000 and M18,
M22 and M27 as per IS:1367 can be used
Generally M20 and M22 are used in Railways
Property Class
Property class 8.8 and 10.9 are used as per the size of joint
8.8 bolts have lower strength but more reserve strength than
10.9 class bolt, hence preferred
• Nut Height should not be less than 0.8 times of Bolt Dia.
Length of HSFG Bolts
• Length of Bolt (As per IS:4000-1992)
“The distance from the underside of the bolt head to the extreme
end of the shank including any camber or radius.”
• Grip Length (As per IS:4000-1992)
“Total thickness of steel sections to be held together, including
packing but excluding washers”.
Type - A
Type - B
DTI Washers
No of washers:
• For HSFG bolts, minimum two washers shall be provided, one
against head and one against the nut.
• The two washers are required because of very high tension is
imparted to the bolt, which can damage the steel members.
• DTI is also counted as washer
DTI shall preferable be provided under non-rotating head of
bolt/nut
If DTI washer is provided under rotating head, one additional
normal washer should be provided under rotating head to
protect the projections from damage due to the abrasion
during bolt tightening.
Maximum Three packing washers are allowed with combined
thickness not exceeding 12 mm
Coating and surface Preparation
Coating
HSFG bolt, Nuts and Washers shall be coated with Zinc
Phosphate coating.
DTI shall be coated with Zinc Phosphate or any other coating as
per manufacturing.
Surface preparation
New structures - The interface between the plies which are
connected together by the HSFG bolts shall be “Aluminium
metallised (150 micron) without any over coating”.
Existing structures: Removal of existing paint by wire
brushing/flame cleaning etc equivalent to ‘scraping’. The
surfaces shall be cleaned to remove all loose rust and paint
layers.
Procedure for Bolt Fixing
Two Combinations-
1) 0.4/0.1 mm
When DTI is on Non-rotating Side of Bolt/Nut
2) 0.25/0.1 mm
When DTI is on Rotating Side of Bolt/Nut
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Calibration of DTI