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Retaining Rings Make Shaft Sense – NFDA

What Makes Retaining Rings the Right Solution? In today’s mechanical motion systems, the vast majority of power transmission is rotational, and, as a result, shafts are omnipresent in everything from motors in UAV drones to 3-D printers. ... [Read More]
2017/06/20

Novaria Group Completes Purchase Of Space-Lok, Inc. | PrNewsWire

FORT WORTH, Texas, June 20, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Novaria Group announced today it has acquired aerospace industry leader Space-Lok, Inc., which will now fall under Novaria Fastening Systems, the company's collection of leading aerospace fastener ... [Read More]
2017/06/20

SIKA achieves record results in 2016 | Fastener + Fixing

The Sika success story continued in 2016, with another record year. In local currencies, sales increased by 5.5% to CHF 5.7 billion (€5.3 billion). Growth momentum coupled with disciplined cost management led to new record figures of CHF 795.3 ... [Read More]
2017/06/20

Greenkote announces automotive industry project with Scott Bader | Fastener + Fixing Technology

Greenkote, a provider of advanced anti-corrosion metal coatings, has announced it is working with Scott Bader, the global chemical company which manufactures, sells and distributes a wide range of synthetic resins, polymers and structural adhesives ... [Read More]
2017/06/20

Patent Issued for Mat Fastener (USPTO 9669745) | 4-Traders

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Journal of Engineering -- From Alexandria, Virginia, VerticalNews journalists report that a patent by the inventors Machida, Kazunori (Yokohama, JP); Ohba, Toru (Wako, JP); Shiono, Tatsuya (Wako, JP), filed on ... [Read More]
2017/06/19

Adhesives Expand Fastening Techniques in Industrial Assemblies | Machine Design

Combining adhesives and tapes with mechanical and thermal fastening methods give engineers a smorgasbord of options for attaching materials to one another. For as long as humans have been using tools, they have found creative ways to mechanically ... [Read More]
2017/06/19

Boltight doesn’t leave suspension bridges hanging | Fastener + Fixing Technology

Bolts connecting cables to the decks of today’s suspension bridges should be tightened simultaneously to minimise operator’s influence on the tightening result, reports Nord-Lock.(...) via Boltight doesn’t leave suspension bridges hanging ... [Read More]
2017/06/19

Rising to the challenge | Fastener + Fixing

As a distributor in today’s market it is not enough to simply supply a product, you need to be able to offer something unique. Thanks to its technical knowledge and flexibility, Star Fasteners can suggest exclusive solutions for specific ... [Read More]
2017/06/19

Fully Threaded Radio – Episode #117 – Wrong Hotel (116:10)

Description: Doing the right things and paying attention to new technology pays off for successful fastener companies like Volt Industrial Plastics, as Mr. Joe Volltrauer describes his lifetime of entrepreneurial pursuit and 25 years at his most ... [Read More]
2017/06/19

ARaymond Plans Multi-Million Dollar HQ in Michigan | Global Fastener News

ARaymond plans to build its North American headquarters in Rochester Hills, MI, the Detroit News reports. The $17.3 facility, which will include an engineering lab, is expected to add 71 jobs over a five-year period, according to the Detroit ... [Read More]
2017/06/19