Nuts and locking devices

Locknuts are used to install, remove and secure bearings and other machine parts. Depending on how they are used, locknuts are referred to as mounting nuts, shaft nuts or removal nuts. So-called hook spanners or impact spanners are generally used for securing or releasing purposes. Bearings are pressed onto the taper of a shaft or adapter sleeve using locknuts. The adapter sleeve can also be pulled into the tapered bearing bore. Shaft nuts are used to insert withdrawal sleeves into the tapered bearing bore. Withdrawal sleeves are dismounted by screwing a removal nut onto the sleeve thread and rotating it against the inner ring of the bearing until it slides out from the bearing. Nuts (except removal nuts) are used to secure the bearing on the taper. These in turn are secured with locking devices (MB, MBL, or MS) to prevent them from coming loose.

The product codes for locknuts start with HM or KM.

Locknuts of types KM, KML or HM, HML, and HMLL have four grooves on their outer diameter. By contrast, the HM 30.. and HM 31.. ranges have eight grooves on their outer diameter and eight thread bores for securing a locking clip.