Bolt and Screw CompendiumIntroduction “Who invented the bolt, where, when and to what purpose it was invented, remains entirely in the darkness of history" (S. Kellermann/Treue: "Die Kulturgeschichte der Schraube" ("The cultural history of bolts"); 2nd Ed. Munich, Bruckmann 1962). “Today, in a slightly exaggerated sense, bolts hold together our entire civilization Billions of bolts are manufactured throughout the year for the widest variety of uses. Hence it could be impulsively concluded that this omnipresent machine element does not pose any problem to science and technology any more. But the fact that it is far from being so is shown by the abundance of works published on the subject of bolts in the last two decades.” This quote, from the introduction to the first Bolt and Screw Compendium, in the beginning of the eighties, has not lost any of its relevance even today. Even though the standard topics have been processed to the point of saturation, there are and have always been new fields of requirement. In order to allow for the awareness in the areas of materials and surface finishes as well as the changes in the computational regulations, KAMAX has revised the Bolt and Screw Compendium, maintaining the usual compact form We hope that this booklet, like its predecessor is carried in numerous pockets, and is helpful to its user. Troy, MI - September, 2006