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M20 Square Head Bolts with Collar Dimensions

Controlling dimensions to DIN 478, with clearance hole and tapping drill, spanner or drive size and tightening torque.

M20 Square Head Bolts with Collar dimensions to DIN 478: width across flats (spanner size) 22 mm, head height 25 mm, coarse thread pitch 2.5 mm, clearance hole (ISO 273 medium) 22 mm. Tighten to approximately 420 Nm at property class 8.8 in a dry, as-supplied condition.

Width across flats (spanner size)
22 mm
Head height
25 mm
Coarse thread pitch
2.5 mm
Clearance hole (ISO 273 medium)
22 mm
Tightening torque (class 8.8)
420 Nm

Figures are nominal values from the governing standard. Confirm against the tolerance class for your application before machining or ordering.

M20 Square Head Bolts with Collar Dimensions reference image

This page covers M20 Square Head Bolts with Collar to DIN 478: the full dimensional row, hole and tool sizes, proof-load data and typical applications. All values are taken from the governing standards (DIN 478 together with ISO 273, ISO 724 and ISO 898-1 where applicable).

M20 Dimensional Row (DIN 478)

SizePitch P (mm)b1 (mm)b2 (mm)c (mm)da (mm)dc (mm)Width across corners e (mm)Head height k (mm)r (mm)Width across flats s (mm)Length range l (mm)Reference standard
M202.54552522.43128250.82235~180DIN 478

Spanner & Drive for M20 Square Head Bolts with Collar

Drive geometry for M20 Square Head Bolts with Collar is given by the row above; match the tool to the listed values.

Hole Sizes for M20

Coarse-thread pitch (ISO 724)2.5 mm
Through-hole / clearance (ISO 273 medium)22 mm
Tapping drill, coarse thread17.5 mm

Tightening Torque for M20

Class 8.8 (dry, ~µ 0.125)≈ 420 Nm
Class 10.9 (dry, ~µ 0.125)≈ 598 Nm
Class 12.9 (dry, ~µ 0.125)≈ 700 Nm

Indicative dry-joint values. Lubrication can lower the required torque by 15–25%. Always confirm against the joint design, especially when going up a strength class.

Proof Load & Strength for M20

Tensile stress area As (ISO 724)245 mm²
Proof load, class 8.8147 kN
Proof load, class 10.9203 kN
Proof load, class 12.9237 kN
Min. ultimate tensile load, class 8.8203 kN

Proof load = tensile stress area × the proof stress Sp of the class, per ISO 898-1 — Sp is a lower figure than the yield stress Rp0.2 and the two are not interchangeable. The stress area is computed from this size's own diameter and pitch, so a fine-pitch designation gives the fine-pitch figure. Design the joint so the working preload stays below the proof load of the class selected.

M20 Square Head Bolts with Collar Weight

A steel M20 square head bolts with collar at the listed 35,180 mm length weighs approximately 86,841 g each — about 86,841 kg per 1,000 pieces. Stainless A2/A4 weighs roughly the same (density 7.9–8.0 g/cm³).

Actual weight varies slightly with head form, thread and finish; use this figure for freight estimation only.

Installation Tips for M20 Square Head Bolts with Collar

  • At M20 the stretch in the bolt becomes the controlling factor — for critical joints, use angle-controlled or stretch-controlled tightening instead of pure torque.

Mating Parts for M20

For M20, pair with a M20 hex nut (ISO 4032 / DIN 934) and, where used, a M20 flat washer (ISO 7089 / DIN 125A) under the head and under the nut.

Custom manufacturing · Made to drawing

Need square head bolts with collar in a size this table does not list?

This page covers M20 square head bolts with collar. 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 hot forging.

Minimum order from 2,000 pieces; samples within 7 days of drawing approval.

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Technical Drawing

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Dimensioned line drawing of M20 Square Head Bolts with Collar to DIN 478. Side view and top view, drawn to the dimensions in the table below and redrawn for any size selected.
Pitch P (mm)
2.5
b1 (mm)
45
b2 (mm)
52
c (mm)
5
da (mm)
22.4
dc (mm)
31
Width across corners e (mm)
28
Head height k (mm)
25
r (mm)
0.8
Width across flats s (mm)
22
Length range l (mm)
35~180
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Dimensions & Specifications (DIN 478)

SizePitch P (mm)b1 (mm)b2 (mm)c (mm)da (mm)dc (mm)Width across corners e (mm)Head height k (mm)r (mm)Width across flats s (mm)Length range l (mm)Reference standard
M50.8161625.79.56.570.25510~30DIN 478
M61181826.810.5880.25610~40DIN 478
M81.25222229.213.510100.4816~45DIN 478
M101.52632311.216.513130.41020~60DIN 478
M121.753036313.719.517150.61325~90DIN 478
M1623844417.72522200.61730~140DIN 478
M202.54552522.43128250.82235~180DIN 478
M2435460626.43632280.92435~180DIN 478

Materials & Grades

Select a material class to see the grades we supply it in. Each designation is listed with its ISO/EN, AISI/SAE, JIS and GB equivalents.

Stainless Steel

Austenitic Stainless Steel

  • A1 AISI 303 · SAE 303 · SUS303 · EN 1.4305 · X8CrNiS18-9
  • A2 AISI 304 · SAE 304 · SUS304 · EN 1.4301 · X5CrNi18-10 · 06Cr19Ni10
  • 304L AISI 304L · SUS304L · EN 1.4307 · X2CrNi18-9 · 022Cr19Ni10
  • 302 AISI 302 · SUS302 · EN 1.4310
  • 305 AISI 305 · SUS305 · EN 1.4303
  • A4 AISI 316 · SAE 316 · SUS316 · EN 1.4401 · X5CrNiMo17-12-2 · 06Cr17Ni12Mo2
  • 316L AISI 316L · SUS316L · EN 1.4404 · X2CrNiMo17-12-2 · 022Cr17Ni12Mo2
  • 321 AISI 321 · SUS321 · EN 1.4541 · X6CrNiTi18-10
  • 310 / 310S AISI 310 · AISI 310S · SUS310S · EN 1.4845
  • 302HQ AISI 302HQ
  • A3
  • A5
  • 347 AISI 347 · SUS347 · EN 1.4550 · X6CrNiNb18-10
  • 309 / 309S AISI 309 · AISI 309S · SUS309S

Martensitic Stainless Steel

  • AISI 410 SUS410 · EN 1.4006 · X12Cr13 · 12Cr13
  • AISI 420 SUS420J1 · SUS420J2 · EN 1.4021 · EN 1.4028 · 20Cr13 · 30Cr13
  • AISI 431 SUS431 · EN 1.4057 · X17CrNi16-2
  • C1
  • C3
  • C4
  • AISI 440A
  • AISI 440B
  • AISI 440C SUS440C · EN 1.4125

Ferritic Stainless Steel

  • AISI 430 SUS430 · EN 1.4016 · X6Cr17 · 10Cr17
  • F1
  • AISI 434
  • AISI 444

Precipitation-Hardening Stainless Steel

  • 17-4 PH AISI 630 · UNS S17400 · SUS630 · EN 1.4542 · X5CrNiCuNb16-4
  • 15-5 PH UNS S15500
  • 17-7 PH UNS S17700

Duplex and Super Duplex Stainless Steel

  • Duplex 2205 UNS S31803 · UNS S32205 · EN 1.4462
  • Super Duplex 2507 UNS S32750 · EN 1.4410
  • D2
  • D4
  • D6
  • D8
  • Lean Duplex 2101 UNS S32101
  • Super Duplex S32760 UNS S32760 · EN 1.4501

Carbon Steel

Low-Carbon Steel

  • SAE 1006
  • SAE 1008
  • SAE 1010
  • SAE 1018
  • SAE 1020
  • Q195
  • Q235
  • SAE 1012
  • SAE 1015
  • Q215
  • ML08
  • ML08Al
  • ML10
  • ML15
  • ML20
  • SWRCH6A
  • SWRCH8A
  • SWRCH10A
  • SWRCH12A
  • SWRCH15A
  • SWRCH18A

Medium-Carbon Steel

  • SAE 1035
  • SAE 1045
  • S45C
  • C45
  • SAE 1030
  • SAE 1040
  • SAE 1050
  • 30
  • 35
  • 40
  • 45
  • 50
  • S35C
  • S40C
  • S50C
  • C35
  • C40

High-Carbon Steel

  • SAE 1060
  • SAE 1070
  • 65Mn
  • SAE 1065
  • SAE 1075
  • SAE 1080
  • SAE 1085
  • SAE 1090
  • SAE 1095
  • 60
  • 65
  • 70
  • 75
  • 80
  • 85

Cold-Heading Steel

  • SWRCH22A
  • 10B21
  • SWRCH22K
  • SWRCH25K
  • SWRCH30K
  • SWRCH35K
  • SWRCH40K
  • ML20Mn
  • ML25
  • ML30
  • ML35
  • ML40
  • 15B25

Alloy Steel

Chromium Steel

  • 40Cr
  • 45Cr
  • AISI 5140
  • SAE 5140
  • AISI 5120
  • SAE 5120
  • SCr420
  • SCr440

Chromium-Molybdenum Steel

  • 35CrMo
  • 42CrMo
  • AISI 4140
  • SCM435
  • SCM440
  • 42CrMo4
  • 30CrMo
  • AISI 4130
  • SAE 4130
  • SAE 4140
  • AISI 4142
  • AISI 4145
  • SCM415
  • SCM420
  • SCM445
  • EN 1.7220
  • EN 1.7225
  • 25CrMo4
  • 34CrMo4

Nickel-Chromium-Molybdenum Steel

  • AISI 4340
  • SAE 4340
  • 40CrNiMo
  • SNCM439
  • EN 1.6511
  • 36CrNiMo4

Boron Alloy Steel

  • 10B22
  • 10B21
  • 15B21
  • 15B25
  • 20MnTiB
  • 20Mn2B
  • 35VB
  • 40MnB

Bearing Steel

Bearing Steel

  • GCr15
  • AISI 52100 SAE 52100 · UNS G52986
  • SUJ2
  • 100Cr6 EN 1.3505
  • GCr15SiMn

Spring Steel

Carbon Spring Steel

  • SAE 1065
  • SAE 1070
  • SAE 1075
  • SAE 1080
  • SAE 1095
  • 65
  • 70
  • 75
  • 80
  • 65Mn

Silicon-Manganese Spring Steel

  • 60Si2Mn
  • 60Si2MnA
  • SUP6
  • SUP7

Chromium-Vanadium Spring Steel

  • 50CrVA
  • SAE 6150
  • AISI 6150
  • SUP10

Stainless Spring Steel

  • AISI 301
  • SUS301
  • EN 1.4310
  • AISI 302
  • AISI 304
  • AISI 316
  • 17-7 PH

Aluminum and Aluminum Alloys

Commercially Pure Aluminum

  • 1050
  • 1060
  • 1070
  • 1100

2xxx Series Aluminum

  • 2024
  • 2011
  • 2014
  • 2017

5xxx Series Aluminum

  • 5052
  • 5083
  • 5754

6xxx Series Aluminum

  • 6061
  • 6061-T6
  • 6063
  • 6082
  • 6082-T6

7xxx Series Aluminum

  • 7075
  • 7075-T6
  • 7005
  • 7050
  • 7075-T73

Brass

Free-Cutting Brass

  • C36000
  • H62
  • HPb59-1
  • C3601
  • C3602
  • C3604
  • CuZn36Pb3
  • CuZn39Pb3
  • EN CW614N
  • EN CW617N
  • H65

Lead-Free Brass

  • C69300
  • C27450
  • CW510L
  • CW511L

Naval Brass

  • C46400
  • CuZn39Sn1

Bronze

Silicon Bronze

  • C65500
  • C65100
  • C65600

Phosphor Bronze

  • C51000
  • C52100
  • CuSn6
  • CuSn8

Aluminum Bronze

  • C95400
  • C95500
  • C63000
  • CuAl10Ni5Fe4

Copper

Copper

  • C11000
  • T2
  • C10100
  • C10200
  • C12200
  • T1
  • TU1
  • TU2

Titanium and Titanium Alloys

Commercially Pure Titanium

  • Grade 2
  • Grade 1
  • Grade 3
  • Grade 4
  • TA1
  • TA2
  • TA3

Alpha-Beta Titanium Alloys

  • Grade 5
  • Ti-6Al-4V
  • TC4
  • UNS R56400

Low-Interstitial Grade

  • Grade 23
  • Ti-6Al-4V ELI
  • UNS R56407

Other Titanium Fastener Alloys

  • Ti-6Al-6V-2Sn
  • Ti-6Al-2Sn-4Zr-2Mo
  • Beta-C titanium
  • Ti-10V-2Fe-3Al

Nickel and Nickel Alloys

Commercially Pure Nickel

  • Nickel 200
  • UNS N02200
  • Nickel 201
  • UNS N02201

Inconel Alloys

  • Inconel 625 UNS N06625
  • Inconel 718 UNS N07718
  • Inconel 600 UNS N06600
  • Inconel 601 UNS N06601
  • Inconel 686 UNS N06686
  • Inconel X-750 UNS N07750

Monel Alloys

  • Monel 400 UNS N04400
  • Monel K-500 UNS N05500

Hastelloy Alloys

  • Hastelloy C-276 UNS N10276
  • Hastelloy C-22 UNS N06022
  • Hastelloy B-2 UNS N10665
  • Hastelloy B-3 UNS N10675
  • Hastelloy X UNS N06002

Other Nickel Alloys

  • Alloy 20 UNS N08020
  • Alloy 625
  • Alloy 718
  • Alloy 825 UNS N08825
  • Alloy 925 UNS N09925

Iron-Nickel and High-Temperature Alloys

A286

  • A-286
  • UNS S66286
  • EN 1.4980

Invar

  • Invar 36
  • Alloy 36
  • UNS K93600
  • FeNi36

Alloy 42

  • Alloy 42
  • UNS K94100
  • FeNi42

Tool Steel and Specialty Hardened Steel

Tool Steel and Specialty Hardened Steel

  • AISI D2
  • AISI H13
  • SKD11
  • Cr12MoV
  • AISI O1
  • AISI A2
  • AISI S7
  • SKD61
  • 9CrSi

Structural and Construction Steel

Structural and Construction Steel

  • ASTM A36
  • Q235B
  • Q355B
  • S355JR
  • Q235C
  • Q355C
  • S235JR
  • S275JR
  • S355J2

Applications & Industries for M20 Square Head Bolts with Collar

Square Head Bolts with Collar are bought for a small number of well-defined jobs. These are the ones we ship them for. Stocked from M5 to M24.

Industries that specify Square Head Bolts with Collar

  • Clamping fixtures bolts turned by open wrenches.
  • Agricultural machinery implements and frames serviced in the field.
  • Heavy fabrication structural attachments with rugged heads.
  • Railway equipment track and signal fittings.
  • Automotive & transport Chassis, driveline and body fixings that see vibration and are assembled to a controlled preload.
  • Steel fabrication Bolted connections in frames, enclosures, walkways and weldments, on the bench and on site.

Typical applications

  • matching legacy square-head hardware
  • turning with a plain open wrench
  • resisting rounding on painted or rusted heads
  • bearing on the collar rather than the square edges
  • joints where the property class is stated on the drawing
  • clamping two machined faces to a calculated preload

Service conditions to specify against

Marine and coastal
Available in A4 (316) stainless for chloride exposure — coastal structures, pool halls, water treatment and deck hardware, where A2 will eventually pit.
High load
Supplied in ISO 898-1 property classes, so the joint can be designed to a stated proof load and tightened to a calculated torque rather than by feel.
Torque and preload
The joint is designed around bolt tension, so lubrication, coating and the friction coefficient all change the torque figure — state them together.

Where to use something else

  • Do not use a square head where a socket must reach into a counterbore; it needs clearance for an open wrench.
  • Do not use a machine thread into unthreaded sheet or timber; use a tapping screw, rivet nut or insert made for that parent material.

Full application guide: where Square Head Bolts with Collar are used, how to specify them, and the cases they are wrong for

Inside the plant

Manufactured in our own plant

This part is cold-formed, threaded, heat-treated and finished in-house. The stages below are where its class and finish are actually decided.

  1. Wire rod feeding into a cold heading machine
    01

    Cold heading

    Wire rod is drawn to size and cold-formed into blanks. Forming rather than cutting keeps the grain flow continuous around the head, which is where a bolt is most likely to fail.

    Head dimensions and under-head radius checked at set-up and per shift.

  2. Thread rolling machine producing bolt threads
    02

    Thread rolling

    Threads are rolled between hardened dies rather than cut. Rolled threads are stronger in fatigue than cut threads and hold pitch and flank angle far more consistently across a batch.

    Go / no-go ring gauges to ISO 965 tolerance class 6g.

  3. Baskets of bolts staged for heat treatment
    03

    Heat treatment

    Quench-and-temper brings carbon and alloy steel to the property class ordered — 8.8, 10.9 or 12.9 — with the furnace charge tracked so a finished lot can be traced back to it.

    Core hardness and tensile tested per lot to ISO 898-1.

  4. Zinc plated bolts in a treatment basket
    04

    Surface treatment

    Zinc, zinc-nickel, hot-dip galvanizing, black oxide, phosphate and Dacromet, selected against the service environment rather than against the price list.

    Coating thickness and neutral salt spray hours to ISO 9227.

Frequently Asked Questions

What clearance and tapping drill suit M20?

Use a 22 mm clearance hole (ISO 273 medium) for through-fixing, or a 17.5 mm tapping drill for a coarse M20 thread.

Should M20 Square Head Bolts with Collar be tightened by torque or by angle?

For critical structural joints at M20, angle-controlled or stretch-controlled tightening is more repeatable than pure torque — the friction scatter at large diameters can dominate the torque signal.

What grip range is typical for M20 structural bolts?

Grip ranges are highly application-dependent at M20. As a guide, choose a length that gives at least 1× the thread diameter engagement in the nut plus 2–3 thread pitches projecting.

What is the coarse-thread pitch of M20 for Square Head Bolts with Collar?

For M20 the standard coarse pitch is 2.5 mm — this is the value used for Square Head Bolts with Collar.

How do I request a quotation?

Use the technical drawing on this page to pick the exact configuration, then submit it with the quote form. We respond within one business day.