Slotted Headless Screws with Shanks are used primarily for a slotted headless screw with a plain shank that locates or guides a part while the thread holds position. This page lists the industries and assemblies where they are specified, the selection criteria that matter for each application, installation practice, and the cases where a different fastener type is the correct choice. Parts are supplied to ISO 2342. Stocked across roughly M1 to M10, they cover general to heavy-duty work.
Typical Applications for Slotted Headless Screws with Shank
The most common settings where these are specified:
- Instrument building: adjusting and guide screws.
- Precision mechanisms: pivot and stop screws.
- Toolmaking: location screws in fixtures.
- Optical equipment: setting screws with a plain pilot.
How to Specify Slotted Headless Screws with Shank for Your Application
- Size: Match the nominal size to the mating thread or hole. This product spans M1–M10; check the full table below for the exact dimensions of each size.
- Drive & head: Pick the drive (socket, cross, slot) and head style for the tool access and seating surface; a recessed drive resists cam-out under power tools.
- Environment: For damp, coastal or chemical exposure prefer A4/316 stainless or a suitable coating; indoors, plated steel or A2 is usually sufficient.
- Standard: This product is supplied to ISO 2342. Quoting the standard on your order guarantees interchangeable dimensions between suppliers.
Installation & Assembly Practice
- Set screws are rated to ISO 898-5 by hardness, because they work in compression against a shaft rather than in tension. ISO 898-1 excludes them, and a set screw has no head to preload against, so neither a property class nor a preload torque applies. Seating torque depends on the point form and the shaft material.
- Match the driver exactly to the recess (PH ≠ PZ; hex key sizes per ISO 2936) and keep the tool axial — side load is the main cause of stripped drives.
- In tapped holes, engage a thread length of at least 1× the nominal diameter in steel, 2× in aluminum.
- Set power tools to a torque that seats the head without embedding it into the mating surface.
Common Selection Mistakes with Slotted Headless Screws with Shank
- Under-sizing the drive for the installation torque — a small recess at high torque strips before the screw is seated.
- Using a countersunk head in thin sheet where the countersink removes most of the load-bearing material.
- Specifying stainless in high-strength duty: A2-70 is roughly class 7 steel, not a 10.9 substitute.
Where Slotted Headless Screws with Shank Are Not the Right Choice
Not for high-preload structural joints (use a property-class bolt and nut), and not in thin sheet where a self-drilling or self-tapping type suits better.
Custom manufacturing · Made to drawing
Need a slotted headless screws with shank outside the standard range?
Material and finish are usually what drives a special — a grade the standard part is not stocked in, or a coating chosen against a salt-spray figure instead of a default. Made by cold heading or warm forging.
Minimum order from 2,000 pieces; samples within 7 days of drawing approval.
