PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-671
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 671
OCTOBER 2008
59
PS 671
OCT 08
DSCP Inventory Locator Network (DILNet)
Updated each day, the DILNet lists the hardware inventory available to DSCP
from participating vendors. The customer can search the inventory by NSN or part
number, contact the item manager and submit a MILSTRIP requisition. Hardware
is shipped directly from the vendor, with shipping time averaging just eight days.
Fastener Catalogs and Assortments
This link takes you to an online fastener catalog of bolts, cap screws and
machine screws, along with their composition, diameters, lengths, NIINs, NSNs
or part numbers. It also leads to catalogs of self-locking nuts, flat washers and lock
washers. There’s even a link to assortments of screws, bolts, nuts, washers and
threaded rods—each with its own NSN. For example, NSN 5305-01-195-5479
brings you an assortment of hexagon head cap screws, grade 5, in
1
/
4
-in through
1
/
2
-in diameters—a total of 1,470 pieces in all. Another NSN brings you a different
assortment of hardware.
One recommended website for viewing benchstock in the Army inventory is the
Defense Supply Center Philadelphia’s (DSCP) Aviation Supply Chain Partner Site:
Don’t let the name fool you. This website’s not just for aviation. It lists common
hardware for
all
usage. Here you’ll ±nd points of contact for a variety of fasteners.
Two links o
n
the page are particularly helpful:
Website Gets Down
to Nuts and Bolts
Hardware…
Website Gets Down
keep your
common
hardware bins
well-stocked.
extra nuts, bolts and washers
come in handy for do-it-yourself
projects, such as repairing a
cage, building a workbench or
adding shelves in a tool room.
never
use these
fasteners
to repair or
reassemble
equipment
without first
consulting
the tm.
use
only
the exact
fasteners called
for in the tm.
remember, bolts
and screws
are
precision
materials.
the wrong ones
could snap
under stress.
and that could
be dangerous,
even fatal.
to Nuts and Bolts
Fastener Catalogs
and Assortments
DSCP Inventory
Locator Network
(DILNet)
it’s
true!
there
it is!
dude!
look, toto…
we’re home.
it was a dusty
journey. I’ll
want to clean
up first!
that’ll be
easy! you’re
a
washer!
should we
bolt?
you
can, I’m
a
nut!
here come the
reinforcements.
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1:47:50 PM
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