Alcoa Fastening Systems & Rings (AFSR), a unit of Alcoa, has signed an agreement with Wright Tool to license their intellectual property on an asymmetric driving system for fasteners. The agreement has enabled the development of an innovative recess design that greatly improves aircraft fastening systems; speeding up assembly time, reducing rework rates, and reducing tooling costs. The asymmetric recess provides reaction torque capability superior to that of existing recess systems, thus eliminating the problems that occur when pins are installed in
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via Alcoa Fastening Systems & Rings enters agreement with Wright Tool.