Rod End Hardware – Locking Devices
The NAS1193 Positive Index Locking Device functions as a washer with a locking tab, but is comprised of two halves with serrations on one side of each. The serrations can allow for very fine linear adjustment of a mating rod end in some applications. Parts are investment castings, material is 17-4 per AMS 5355 or AMS 5343.
Aerospace Products Company manufactures and stocks the entire series of NAS1193 locking devices, along with similar parts to metric dimensions and special customer designs.
Single washer style locking devices are produced in a wide variety of materials, including 17-4, 15-5, 4130 Alloy and Inconel 718.
The NAS559 design is a locking key that seats in the keyway of the rod end and under the threads of the jam nut. In a typical actuator application the actuator rod is slotted on the end to accept the lug end of the locking key. Thus, the keyway of the rod end and a slot of the actuator piston rod are secured by the key. Finally, a jam nut holds the key securely in place after being properly torqued and correctly safety-wired.
Aerospace Products Company was instrumental in the technical development of these standards, and manufactures and stocks the parts in all the available configurations.