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How to specify an Eye Screw

What to put on an RFQ for Eye Screw: the ratings, documents, and constraints that change the quote.

25 Oct 2026 · 3 min read · Tradinor Desk

Specification points for Eye ScrewTRADINOR · FIGUREWhat to lock for Eye ScrewStrengthHead and driveCoatingQuantity and lot
Put these on the RFQ for Eye Screw before you compare prices.

A buyer searching for Eye Screw is usually trying to stop a bad substitute. A fastener or fitting is specified by size, material, strength, and the corrosion around it. The notes below are selection criteria for an Eye Screw. They are not a catalog promise. Confirm every rating on the current datasheet, drawing, or test report for the revision you will receive.

What has to be true of Eye Screw

A fastener or fitting is specified by size, material, strength, and the corrosion around it. For an Eye Screw, start from the duty, then the interface to the rest of the machine or the room, then the document that proves the claim. A lower price that leaves one of those blank is a different product.

Eye Screw is easy to confuse with Padlock. If the quote could be read as either, add the line that separates them: the rating, the fitment, or the standard named below. Link the drawing number to that line so receiving inspection can reject the wrong one.

Numbers that change the quote

Line What to write for Eye Screw
Strength Property class or a stated tensile figure.
Head and drive Head style and the driver the line already uses.
Coating Zinc, galvanize, or another coat matched to the environment.
Quantity and lot Batch traceability if the assembly is safety related.
Size and thread Diameter, pitch, length, and the standard of the thread.
Material Steel grade, stainless alloy, or brass, not only the color.

How to compare two offers

Lay both quotes for Eye Screw on one sheet and line up strength, head and drive, and coating. If a cell is empty, the offer is not finished. Ask for the missing line in writing. When those match, the honest difference is lead time, the test evidence, and who carries the warranty. Do not average a fully specified Eye Screw with a cheaper line that omitted strength.

Documents worth having before the deposit

Ask for the material certificate when the joint is structural. The file should name Eye Screw and the revision, not only the supplier’s homepage. A factory quality certificate such as ISO 9001 can sit beside that file. It does not replace it.

Failures that show up after delivery

  • Leaving thread pitch off the order.
  • Substituting a similar head with a lower property class.
  • Choosing a coating that the chemical on site strips.

On an Eye Screw, the expensive version of the first mistake is discovering it after the goods are in the crate. Put the rejection condition in the purchase order while the supplier can still restate the offer.

A worked RFQ line

Use this shape, then replace the brackets with your duty: “Eye Screw — Write size, thread, material, property class, and coating.” That sentence is a template, not a rating of any brand. If a supplier’s datasheet uses different units, convert them onto this sheet so the next offer can be compared.

Where words like OEM / custom belong

Searches often add a constraint to Eye Screw: OEM / custom, or IP67. Keep those on this page. OEM or custom means a drawing, a revision, and a statement of who owns the tool. Without those, you are buying the catalog part. IP67 is dust-tight plus a defined temporary immersion. It is not a rating for living underwater, and it says nothing about sunlight or salt. If you need a third constraint, add it as another line on the same drawing. A second URL that only swaps the adjective does not give a buyer a second fact.

Related in this section: how to specify Padlock.

Questions buyers actually ask

What should an RFQ for Eye Screw include?

Write size, thread, material, property class, and coating.

Is a cheaper Eye Screw the same part?

Only if strength, head and drive, and the documents match. A missing line is a different offer.

Do waterproof, OEM, or IP words need their own page?

No. For Eye Screw they are extra lines on this specification. Ask for the test or the drawing that gives the word a value.