National Stock Number
5310-01-101-8556
National Stock Number (NSN) 5310-01-101-8556, or NIIN 011018556, (nut,plain,hexagon) was assigned October 8, 1980 in the Federal Logistics Information System (FLIS). This NIIN is Available for Manual Assignment. This NSN replaces 2 stock numbers: 5310012636916, 5310012439015.
There are 4 manufacturer part numbers associated with this NSN. 2 of those part number(s) are considered obsolete. The manufacturer part numbers were originally supplied by 5 suppliers. Today, 4 suppliers are listed as Active suppliers for this NSN. Of the active suppliers, 2 suppliers are deemed design controlled or valid supply parts. ISO Group has a strong supply network for this NSN, with 21 sources of supply.
This part number has not been procured by the US Government in over 5 years, with the most recent procurement date of Feb 12, 2020. There has been one contract issued for this part number, with one award given. The US Government has only awarded those contracts to one supplier. The last contract numbers awarded were: SPE5E820P1590. The total value of the awarded contracts has been US$ 476.89.
This NSN is fairly common among different weapons systems, belonging to 18 different platforms.
There has been very little demand for this national stock number. The demand for this NSN originated from less than 5 countries. Based on a planned procurement review by the Primary Inventory Control Activity (PICA) on Apr 30, 2019, this NSN's acquisition method was noted as: Not established. Not established.
This NSN is assigned to Item Name Code (INC) 01857. [A NUT, FLAT ON TOP AND BOTTOM HAVING 6 FLAT SIDES. FOR ITEMS WHICH HAVE INTERNAL TAPERED OR STRAIGHT (PARALLEL) PIPE THREADS, SPECIFIC ELECTRICAL CONDUIT SIZE DESIGNATION, AND WHICH WHEN INSTALLED, PROVIDE A METHOD OF TIGHTENING TO LOCK THE CONNECTION, SEE LOCKNUT, ELECTRICAL CONDUIT. SEE ALSO LOCKNUT, TUBE FITTING. FOR ITEMS HAVING A THICKNESS (OR HEIGHT) EXCEEDING TWO TIMES THE WIDTH ACROSS THE FLATS, USE POST, ELECTRICAL-MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT. (WHEN HEIGHT OR THICKNESS AND/OR WIDTH ACROSS THE FLATS IS DESIGNATED AS A TOLERANCE DIMENSION, THE MAXIMUM DIMENSION WILL BE USED TO DETERMINE COMPLIANCE.)]. This item does not have a nuclear hardened feature or any other critical feature such as tolerance, fit restriction or application. There is no data in the HMIRS and the NSN is in an FSC not generally suspected of containing hazardous materials. NSN 5310011018556 contains an unknown precious metal.
This information was last updated on May 01, 2025.