ISO 8788:2020

INTERNATIONAL ISO
STANDARD 8788
Third edition
2020-05
Aerospace — Nuts, metric —
Tolerances of form and position
Aéronautique et espace — Écrous métriques — Tolérances de forme
et de position
Reference number
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Contents Page
Foreword .iv
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions . 1
4 Types of nuts, illustration of tolerances of form and position, values.1
Annex A (informative) Plain nuts .10
Annex B (informative) Slotted nuts .11
Annex C (informative) Self-locking nuts with wrenching feature, with plastic locking ring .12
Annex D (informative) Self-locking hexagonal nuts, with wrenching feature, formed out-of-
round .13
Annex E (informative) Self-locking bihexagonal nuts, with wrenching feature, formed out-
of-round .14
Annex F (informative) Self-locking clinch/shank nuts .15
Annex G (informative) Self-locking anchor nuts, two lug .16
Annex H (informative) Self-locking anchor nuts, single lug .17
Annex I (informative) Self-locking anchor nuts, corner .18
Bibliography .19
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INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ISO 8788:2020(E)
Aerospace — Nuts, metric — Tolerances of form and
position
1 Scope
This document defines the tolerances of form and position of metric nuts meant for aerospace
construction. These tolerances comply with ISO 1101, ISO 2692 and ISO 5459.
2 Normative references
There are no normative references in this document.
3 Terms and definitions
No terms and definitions are listed in this document.
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4 Types of nuts, illustration of tolerances of form and position, values
See Table 1 for the tolerances of form and position to be applied in relation to the type of nut, Table 2 to
Table 11 for the illustration of tolerances of form and position for different types of nut. See Tables 12
and Table 13 for the values of the tolerances. In the “illustration” column, only one type of nut has been
shown as an example, but the corresponding tolerance applies to all types of nut specified in the third
column.
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Table 1 — Tolerances of form and position to be applied in relation to the type of nut
Sequence number
Plain nuts Slotted Self-locking nuts
nuts
Table Tolerance of former position with wrenching feature clinch/shank anchor
formed out-of-round two-lug single-lug corner
w
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