Question

Technician A says that the torque applied to the head bolts is the same as the clamping force on the gasket. Technician B says that the clamping force is the force actually applied to the surfaces of the gasket. Which technician is correct?

Answer 1

Both technician A and B are correct.

Step-by-step explanation:

In this context, both the technicians A and B are correct.

A gasket is a rubber sheet of few millimeters thickness which is used to avoid any looseness or clearance of the joint which is tightened by the bolt or is clamped.

According to technician A, when we apply torque on the bolt to tighten the joint, the same amount of force is applied to the gasket. This force applied on the gasket is called the clamping force. The torque applied to the bolt is equal to the clamping force on the gasket

According to technician B, the force known as clamping force which is applied to the surface of the gasket on tightening to the bolt.

Hence both the technicians are correct.