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PennEngineering® Introduces microPEM™ Fasteners | Design World | #fasteners

 PennEngineering® has introduced a growing family of microPEM™ fasteners ideally suited for applications in compact electronic assemblies. These extremely small fasteners can serve as practical, cost-effective, and permanently secure solutions ... [Read More]
2011/08/12

Cool Mini Case. Maybe for Some Altoids. | ScrewCrew.com l #fasteners #fun

 This is a neat idea. A lug nut with a lid. I’m not sure if it is food safe, but you could find something to keep in it. via Cool Mini Case. Maybe for Some Altoids. | ScrewCrew.com. [Read More]
2011/08/10

Worldwide Fastener Weekly News August 1-7, 2011 | Bazibaza

 Next Weekly News on August 22nd Material Prices – Costs – Market no specific info this week Material Prices index from several Official Sources : Dowjones, Wire price DSV (july), Kitco, Yieh corp… New Products and Services ... [Read More]
2011/08/09

Plastics News – HK Plastics evaluating fastener technology |#fasteners

 OCEANSIDE, CALIF. (Aug. 8, 3 p.m. ET) -- HK Plastics Engineering Inc. has completed development of a self-gripping hook-and-loop fastener system for an orthopedic bracing application and is evaluating the technology for use in other markets. The ... [Read More]
2011/08/08

Entire washer range 
TÜV approved | Fastener+Fixing | #fasteners | #nord-lock

 Last year the Nord-Lock wheel nut was certified for safety and quality by TÜV. Now Nord-Lock can announce that its entire washer range has obtained TÜV approval, including stainless steel and special materials. via Entire washer range 
TÜV ... [Read More]
2011/08/03

The Business of Energy | Fastenerblog.net | #fasteners

 Posted by Traveling Salesman at 8/1/2011 9:58 PM On the fasteners news site, Global Fastener News, I read today that Cardinal Fastener is operating again but, for now, with a much smaller crew. Additional funding is being sought to increase ... [Read More]
2011/08/02

Worldwide Fastener Weekly News July 25-31, 2011 | Bazibaza

 Material Prices – Costs – Market CISA awaits OK for its iron ore index | chinafastener.info Material Prices index from several Official Sources : Dowjones, Wire price DSV (july), Kitco, Yieh corp… New Products and Services No ... [Read More]
2011/08/01

Metric Fasteners | American Fastener Journal May-June 2011 | #fasteners

 The U.S. is the last country in the world to not be exclusive users of the metric system in erverything. We have been using the metric system for decades in pharmaceuticals, photography, the chemical industry, optics and even spark plugs. [...] ... [Read More]
2011/07/31

No Fasteners in World’s first ‘printed’ aerial vehicle | #fasteners

 Article Excerpt : "The aircraft was printed on an EOS EOSINT P730 nylon laser sintering machine, which fabricates plastic or metal objects, building the item layer by layer. No fasteners were used and all equipment were attached using ‘snap ... [Read More]
2011/07/30

Fasteners: Driving Into Plastic…Edge-Wise – Article Rotation | ASSEMBLY | #fasteners

 Thread-forming and thread-cutting screws are now the favorite fasteners of many OEMs. It took several years, but self-tapping screws for plastic assembly have come of age. OEMs were lukewarm toward this type of fastener in the 1980s and early ... [Read More]
2011/07/29