Metallics TPABN1024 Nut 10-24 TR Breakaway Nut Alu (100pcs)

The TPABN1024 is a 10-24 thread nut, so it mates with 10-24 machine screws and threaded studs. That is the common size for sheet metal enclosure and fixture hardware, so the nut threads onto standard 10-24 screws without an adapter.

A breakaway nut has a sacrificial driving section that snaps off once the nut is torqued down, leaving a smooth body with nothing for a wrench or driver to grip. The result is a tamper-resistant fastening: the joint can be made with ordinary tools but cannot be backed off afterward without destroying it. The TPABN1024 is the 10-24 version, used where a cover, enclosure, or fixture must stay closed to unauthorized hands.

No. Once the drive section of the TPABN1024 snaps off there is no flat left to grip, so removal means cutting or drilling the nut out and the nut is scrap afterward. Use these only where the fastening is meant to be permanent or where you accept destructive removal. For a cover that gets opened on a schedule, use a standard 10-24 nut or a keyed tamper-resistant screw system instead.

Aluminum. That matters in two ways on the job: it keeps the nut light and non-rusting, and it means the breakaway section shears at a lower torque than a steel equivalent would, so overdriving it with an impact tool is easy to do. Snug it with a hand driver or a clutch-set driver.

Each box holds 100 pieces of the 10-24 aluminum breakaway nut. For MRO stocking that covers a run of enclosure covers or street-light hand hole doors without reordering mid-job; order by the box, since it is packaged as a 100-count unit rather than loose.