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Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc. (ASA) develops and markets aviation supplies, software, and books for pilots, flight instructors, flight engineers, airline professionals, air traffic controllers, flight attendants, aviation technicians and enthusiasts. Established in 1947, ASA also provides ...
A thermoplastic resin used to make transparent tubing for insulating electrical wires.
Industry:Aviation
A thermoplastic resin used to make transparent tubing for insulating electrical wires. Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) tubing is used for carrying low-pressure air to aircraft instruments.
Industry:Aviation
A thermosetting resin serving as the matrix for much of the fiberglass cloth and mat used to make parts for aircraft composite construction.
Industry:Aviation
A thick, flat, high-quality sheet of glass. Plate glass is used for windows where strength and undistorted vision are necessary.
Industry:Aviation
A thin line consisting of alternate long and short dashes used in an aircraft drawing to show the center of a part.
Industry:Aviation
A thin nut screwed down on top of a regular nut to lock it onto the bolt. The jam nut keeps the regular nut from backing off. A jam nut is sometimes called a check nut.
Industry:Aviation
A thin nut that can be jammed down tightly against a plain nut on a bolt. The check nut keeps the plain nut from vibrating loose.
Industry:Aviation
A thin nut used on a clevis bolt to hold the bolt in place. Shear nuts are used when the fastener on which they are screwed is loaded in shear only. They do not have enough threads to allow their use for a tensile load.
Industry:Aviation
A thin piece of material used to fill a space between two objects or to level an object. Thin metal shims are used in some bevel gear systems to adjust the gear preload, and behind some bearing inserts to adjust the clearance between the bearing and the shaft.
Industry:Aviation
A thin protruding-head rivet that was at one time popular for aircraft sheet metal construction. Brazier-head rivets have been superseded and may be replaced by MS20470 (AN 470) universal-head rivets.
Industry:Aviation
