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Fasteners vs. Vibration | Assembly Magazine

Manufacturers rely on specialty bolts, nuts and threadlockers to keep fasteners tight and immune to vibration. Vibration, expansion and contraction can create side-to-side thread movement, which leads to loosening and ultimately fastener ... [Read More]
2014/10/07

Feeding Nuts and Unconventional Fasteners | 2014-07-01 | Assembly Magazine

Screws aren’t the only fasteners that can be fed to fully or semiautomatic installation tools. Nuts, setscrews and other fasteners—both threaded and unthreaded—can be fed automatically, too.(...) via Feeding Nuts and Unconventional Fasteners ... [Read More]
2014/07/02

Oakland University Focuses on Fastening and Joining Research | 2014-07-01 | Assembly Magazine

Oakland University is located a few minutes away from Chrysler’s corporate headquarters in Auburn Hills, MI. So, it’s appropriate that the school is home to the Fastening and Joining Research Institute (FAJRI), the only facility of its kind in ... [Read More]
2014/07/01

Ergonomics and Fastening Tools Go Hand in Hand | Assembly Magazine

Engineers must consider more than just design factors. Assemblers in many different industries depend on all sorts of pneumatic, DC electric and battery powered tools for a wide variety of fastening applications. Unfortunately, the devices are ... [Read More]
2014/06/05

How To Reduce Rework and Rejects When Installing Threaded Fasteners | 2014-03-05 | Assembly Magazine

Tools with transducers save your plant time, money and effort in almost every category. This is done through speeding up the fastening process, ensuring accurate fastening results and collecting data in the case of product failure as required by ... [Read More]
2014/03/10

How To Gain Control Over Fastening Tools In Your Assembly Process | 2014-03-05 | Assembly Magazine

Despite having 21st century technology, we still use assembly processes that were firmly rooted in the early 20th century. Control over the assembly sequence is vital in creating sophisticated, customized, high quality products. The assembly ... [Read More]
2014/03/07

How To Increase Production and Decrease Cost with Automated Screw Feeder Equipment | 2014-03-05 | Assembly Magazine

Using Automated Screw Feeder Systems can increase production dramatically during peak time using the same labor force. During slow production times, labor and benefits can be a great cost savings. Many customers are calling Design Tool for ... [Read More]
2014/03/05

What’s New With Screws | 2014-02-01 | Assembly Magazine

Innovative drive, thread and head designs quicken bit engagement, prevent cross-threading and resist vibration. (...) via What's New With Screws | 2014-02-01 | Assembly Magazine. [Read More]
2014/02/05

Fastener manufacturer presses on with servo-driven machine | 2014-02-01 | Assembly Magazine

When K.A. Swanstrom founded Penn Engineering & Manufacturing Corp. in 1942, he did so with a revolutionary new product: a self-clinching fastener that provides load-carrying threads in metal sheets too thin to be tapped. (...) via Fastener ... [Read More]
2014/02/03

How To easily transform your fastening process from air to electric | 2013-03-18 | Assembly Magazine

In today’s industrial manufacturing environment, companies place a premium on process improvement focused on maximizing quality and productivity while minimizing energy consumption and total cost of ownership. When it comes to fastening, ... [Read More]
2013/03/18