ASME B18 D IGITAL F ASTENER L IBRARY

The ASME B18 Digital Fastener Library provides a parametric, graphical interface in which design
engineers configure and retrieve ASME B18 fasteners (or PINs). The "PIN," or Part Identifying
Number, is created as fasteners are configured within the ASME B18 Digital Fastener Library.
Retrieved PINs can be output to text, web, or as 2D and 3D native CAD part files. The library
supports nearly 100 percent of the native CAD systems commercially available worldwide, with
direct integration to AutoCAD, Autodesk Inventor, Pro/ENGINEER, CATIA, Solid Edge,
SolidWorks, NX and most others.
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ASME B18.24

STANDARD, WHICH HAS BEEN...

APPROVED BY THE AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARDS INSTITUTE (ANSI)

ADOPTED BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (US DOD)

The 18-digit B18.24 PIN is also ideally suited for use as a CAD part filename in any mechanical
CAD/CAM software program. For enterprise users, the ASME B18 Digital Fastener Library
integrates with enterprise ERP and PLM systems via the PARTsolutions enterprise application suite.
The "just in time" access to standard fasteners is ideal for customers in single or multiple-CAD
design environments.
ASME B18.24-2004

(Supersedes ASME B18.24.1, B18.24.2, and B18.24.3)

Part Identifying
Number (PIN)
Code System
Standard for
B18 Fastener
Products

The ASME B18 Digital Fastener Library is comprised of several product modules.

ASME B18 D IGITAL F ASTENER L IBRARY

ASME B18 PIN Configurator with B18 Material Selector
Interactive fastener specification tool that provides design engineers a simple, graphical
environment in which to fully define an ASME B18 fastener, including material, finish,
geometric and performance properties. An interactive 3D fastener preview assists the
user through the configuration process. The result is a valid B18 fastener PIN.

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PARTsolutions technology allows seamless placement of configured B18 fasteners into

virtually any commercially available CAD system.

ASME B18.24 PIN CODE SYSTEM OVERVIEW

The new ASME B18.24 Part Identifying Number (PIN) Code System Standard for B18 Fasteners
provides users with the ability to specify and identify all ASME B18 fastener products using a
single 18-digit PIN code system.
It is intended to provide all users with the capability to identify externally threaded, internally threaded, and nonthreaded fastener products.
The B18 PIN is a self-contained code, with distinct identification linkage to individual ASME B18
fastener product standards.

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The standard, together with the interrelated cross referenced ASTM F16 fastener product
standards, provide complete dimensional, physical, mechanical, and performance specifications
for inch and metric B18 fasteners and includes quality assurance and packaging requirements
for government, commercial and industrial fastener usage.

The ASME B18.24 PIN system is a self-contained code, which covers 788 unique B18 fastener
types from 72 ASME B18 source documents. The PIN code system is fully parametric, uniform
across all fastener types, and is intended as a digital alternative to the traditional plain text
fastener product callout prescribed in the "Designation" or "Ordering" section of the applicable
source document. The new ASME B18.24 standard supersedes ASME B18.24.1 (1996),
ASME B18.24.2 (1998) and ASME B18.24.3 (1998).
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For information on ordering the ASME B18 Digital Fastener Library, please contact PARTsolutions via
email at ASME@partsolutions.com or at (513) 453 - 0453.
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