Posted Date: 01/23/2011
QUESTION:
# 1 Name the five types of anchors.
# 2 Fill in the Blank: The root radius on metric fasteners (external thread) shall have a minimum thread pitch equal to ____________.
# 3 True or False: The recommen...
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Posted Date: 01/22/2011
Motor manufacturers use plastic rivets for many applications on today’s cars. When necessary, these rivets must be replaced with an equivalent that meets or exceeds OEM specifications. The new POPSet Plastic Rivet Tool ...
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Posted Date: 01/22/2011
Bondhus Corporation’s Star tipped tools now work in both Star AND Star-Plus fasteners. It is no longer necessary to stock separate tools for Star and Star Plus screws because one Bondhus Star tool will serve both ...
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Posted Date: 01/22/2011
Tapco Inc. added IFI Grade 5 No. 1 Norway Flat Countersunk Head elevator bolts to their existing product line. The Grade 5 elevator bolts have greater proof load, minimum yield strength and minimum tensile strength than ...
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Posted Date: 01/22/2011
The PEMSERTER® Series 3000™ automatic fastener-installation press system introduces “green” technology by performing without hydraulics to install all types of self-clinching fasteners rapidly, accurately, and ...
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A new standard for high-tensile bolts for bridges was implemented January 1, 2011 by Russia.
In 2009 the standards agency for the Russian Federation for Technical Regulation & Metrology approved national standard GOST P 53664-2009 for ...
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Apple doesn’t want to let you inside your iPhone, even if all you want to do is fix it.
That’s what repair company iFixit claims, at least. The company recently discovered that Apple has quietly switched the screws in the latest shipments of ...
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Posted Date: 01/17/2011
In gearing up for 2011 residential construction, Simpson Strong-Tie unveiled several new structural products at the 67th annual International Builders' Show in Orlando, January 12-15, 2011.
New Product Line Up for ...
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Posted Date: 01/14/2011
J.W. Winco, Inc., a leading supplier of standard industrial machine components, announced it now offers metric size Retaining Magnet Assemblies. The new product line includes 18 different types of magnet assemblies, to ...
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Posted Date: 01/14/2011
Uyemura International Corp., world leader in high-performing plating processes, has announced an important new technology that prevents whisker formation in electroplated tin for 22,000 hours – and longer.
To be ...
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