Threaded Standoff Male Female Standoff Hardware Nylon Patch

Threaded standoff is a threaded separator of defined length used to raise one assembly above another. They are usually round or hex (for wrench tightening), often made of aluminum, brass, or nylon, and come in male-female or female-female forms. In electronics, they are frequently used to raise a printed-circuit board above a surface. Insulating standoffs keep two parts from touching each other, thereby preventing electrical shorts. When used to fasten cable connectors (i.e. “D” connectors) together, they are called “jack screws”.
In contrast, a spacer is an unthreaded piece of tubing that lets the entire bolt pass through. Since they cannot be tightened, they are usually round. Ever Hardware provides custom-made fasteners and customizable packaging.

Nylon patch is a pre-applied thread locking coating (typically Nylon), which is fused to internal or external threads of a fastener. Nylon patch is dry to the touch and ready for use right out of the box. Unlike reactive thread lockers, the nylon patch performs immediately upon assembly with no curing time required. When assembled with a mating part, the nylon patch is compressed. The engineered plastic (typically a Nylon Patch) resists this compression and acts as a wedge, increasing the metal to metal contact 180° opposite the material. This mechanical force creates a strong, yet fully adjustable lock which will not weaken, even under extreme vibration. Nylon patch screw is commonly known as a prevailing torque type self-locking fastener.

Galvanization, or galvanisation, (or galvanizing as it is most commonly called in that industry), is the process of applying a protective zinc coating to steel or iron, to prevent threaded standoff rusting. The most common method is hot-dip galvanizing, in which parts are submerged in a bath of molten zinc.