Tooth Washer Metal Hardened Zinc Plating External Tooth Lock Washer

Tooth washer is a washer with serrations that extend radially inward or outward to bite into the bearing surface. This type of washer is especially effective as a lock washer when used with a soft substrate, such as aluminum or plastic, and can resist rotation more than a plain washer on hard surfaces, as the tension between the washer and the surface is applied over a much smaller area (the teeth). The external style has the serrations around the outer edge, which provides better holding power, because of the greater circumference.
Tooth lock washers are also used for ground bonding where a metal lug or object must be electrically bonded to a surface. The teeth of the washer cut through surface oxides, paints, or other finishes and provide a gas-tight conductive path. In these applications the washer is not placed under the head of the screw (or under the nut), it is placed between the surfaces to be bonded. In such applications, the tooth washer does not provide any anti-rotation locking features. Ever Hardware provides custom-made fasteners and customizable packaging.

Zinc coatings prevent oxidation of the tooth washer by forming a barrier and by acting as a sacrificial anode if this barrier is damaged. Zinc oxide is a fine white dust that (in contrast to iron oxide) does not cause a breakdown of the substrate’s surface integrity as it is formed. Indeed, the zinc oxide, if undisturbed, can act as a barrier to further oxidation, in a way similar to the protection afforded to aluminum and stainless steels by their oxide layers. The majority of hardware parts are zinc-plated, rather than cadmium-plated.

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