Morten SchiffProducing fasteners that satisfy various standards is a “service qualifier” for fastener manufacturers. Every engineer in downstream original equipment manufacturer OEM endusers will assume that the fasteners they specify meet basic international standards. Increasingly, fastener manufacturers develop products to meet the specific performance characteristics laid down in their downstream customers’ standards and are creating their own benchmarks. Ensuring fastener manufacturers can deliver products meeting demanding ‘tested by me’ criteria requires innovative testing strategies and flexible, modular and affordable testing equipment to implement them. (…)
