Cross reference · SPS Technologies · Plate self-locking nut

MA12740 cross referenceHowmet MK4031, Cherry MT13C, MS21087

MA12740 is a SPS plate self-locking nut series on 4 government stock numbers. Its closest equivalents are Howmet MK4031, Cherry MT13C, MS21087. Each one is labeled with how strong the evidence is.

Equivalents in the government catalog

4 stock numbers

Catalog-only listings need engineering approval before you substitute.

Manufacturers

  • MK4031Howmet Fastening SystemsCatalog only, needs approvalon 3 of 4 stock numbers, 3 sizes
  • MT13CCherry AerospaceCatalog only, needs approvalon 3 of 4 stock numbers, 3 sizes
  • R300CHowmet Fastening SystemsCatalog only, needs approvalon 3 of 4 stock numbers, 3 sizes
2 more on one stock number each: MT13C832BC, R300C08K
  • MT13C832BCCherry AerospaceCatalog only, needs approvalon 1 of 4 stock numbers
  • R300C08KHowmet Fastening SystemsCatalog only, needs approvalon 1 of 4 stock numbers

Standards

  • MS21087MSCatalog only, needs approvalon 4 of 4 stock numbers, 4 sizes

Plus 2 reference numbers whose issuer SpecLok does not identify (distributors and catalog agencies are not named).

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Cited equivalents go on the request as acceptable alternates. Catalog-only listings do not.

Install tooling

SpecLok has no catalog family for MA12740. Tooling for the equivalents:

None of the equivalents is in the SpecLok catalog yet.

What the government paid

DLA awards on 1 of 4 stock numbers, 2 awards from 2023-09-22 to 2024-02-13.

Latest award per stock number: $1.29 each.

DLA production lead time: 88 days.

Per size in the table below.

DLA prices at DLA quantities, not a quote.Source

DLA award prices at DLA quantities and terms, not a commercial quote. Each award may bundle packaging, delivery and inspection terms that a commercial buy does not. Vendors are shown by CAGE code only.

Source: DLA FOIA Electronic Reading Room ↗, public FOIA releases. Files: 2023ContHist.zip/2023ContractHistory.txt, 2024ContHist.zip/2024ContractHistory.txt, contracthist2025.zip/contracthist2025.txt, 2026-09-16-1038_contracthist.zip/2026-09-16-1038_contracthist.txt.

Sizes by maker

4 stock numbers
Part numbers DLA FLIS lists for MA12740 and its equivalents, by stock number
NSNMA12740MK4031MT13CMS21087Last DLA price
5310-00-133-4569MA12740-02MT13C1032MS21087-3
5310-01-006-3908MA12740-048MK4031-4MT13C428MS21087-4
5310-00-435-5770MA12740-82MK4031-08MT13C832MS21087-08$1.29 2024-02
5310-00-479-9162MA12740-82BCMK4031-08BCMS21087-08K

Each row is one National Stock Number and the part numbers DLA FLIS lists on it, as written there. A blank means FLIS lists no part in that series on the stock number, not that the size does not exist.

Sources and how to read this page.Details

Reference numbers the Federal Logistics Information System records against the same National Stock Number. A supply-catalog cross-reference, not an engineering-approved interchangeability: confirm against the controlling drawing or spec before substituting. Only equivalents marked cited have a manufacturer or government document, linked with each.

Source: DLA Federal Logistics Information System, via DLA PUB LOG ↗ (FLIS Data Electronic Reading Room ↗), data as of 2025-03-18 (March 2025 snapshot). Federal supply class 5310 Nuts and washers. Issuer names are SpecLok's reading of the filing CAGE code; distributors are not named. Compiled 2026-10-02.

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