Linate A ke mofuta oa fastener le lesoba le threaded. Nuts are almost always used in conjunction with a mating bolt to fasten multiple parts together. The two partners are kept together by a combination of their threads' friction (with slight elastic deformation), a slight stretching of the bolt, and compression of the parts to be held together.

Ka dikopo moo thothometsa kapa ba chenchana ka 'na sebetsa ka linate bo hlephileng, notlela mekgwa e sa tšoaneng e ka hiriloe: notlelea washers, linate jeme, setsebi sekgomaretsi thread-ho notlela mokelikeli kang Loctite, Pinów polokeho (petsoha Pinów) kapa lockwire ka kopanelo le castellated linate, nylon peho (nyloc linate), kapa hanyenyane motopo dikgwele.