A T-slot nut is used with a threaded clamp to position and secure pieces being worked on in a workshop. The T-slot nut slides along a T-slot track, which is set in

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or table for a router,

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, or

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. T-slot nuts are also used with

T-slot structural framing T-slot structural framing, sometimes known as aluminum extrusion, or 2020 extrusion when the cross-section is 20x20 mm, is a framing system consisting of lengths of square or rectangular extruded aluminum, typically 6105-T5 aluminium alloy, wi ...

to build a variety of industrial structures and machines. A T-slot bolt is generally stronger than a T-slot nut and hex-head cap screw. A heavy-duty T-slot nut with a M12 bolt is rated to support 10000 N (about 1 imperial ton at rest). and the T-slot nuts to fit into them comprised the first modular system developed for use in mechanical engineering in 1980 by item Industrietechnik. item Industrietechnik GmbH
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The item aluminum framing system has since been expanded to include a variety of t-slot nuts that have been designed for specific applications. The item system is very similar to the "channel-and-groove design" used in some toys. File:CAD model of a T-Nut 1.png, CAD model of a rotating

T-nut A T-nut, T nut, or tee nut (also known as a blind nut, which can however also refer to a rivet nut A rivet nut, also known as a blind rivet nut, or rivnut, is a one-piece internally threaded and counterbored tubular rivet that can be anchore ...

used with aluminum T-slots/ T-track/ extrusions File:CAD model of a T-Nut 2.png File:CAD model of a T-Nut 3.png File:T-Nut - Installed in a T-Slot.png, T-nut (red) installed in a T-Slot

References

* Erik Oberg et al. "T-Bolts, slots, nuts and tongues" (2008). ''

Machinery's Handbook ''Machinery's Handbook'' ''for machine shop and drafting-room; a reference book on machine design and shop practice for the mechanical engineer, draftsman, toolmaker, and machinist'' (the full title of the 1st edition) is a classic reference ...

'', 28th ed. New York: Industrial Press. p. 1632–1634. * ASME B5 standards committee

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