Press-Loc Knobs

Light duty, small scale, and low torque applications can often benefit from fasteners that are able to be installed, removed, and adjusted by hand, without the use of tools.  Instead of purchasing a series of expensive custom fasteners, adding knobs to standard...

Gasketed Fasteners vs. Sealing Fasteners

In general practice, the terms ‘gasket’ and ‘seal’ are often used interchangeably to describe a multitude of overlapping hardware pieces.  When it comes to fasteners across the construction and fabrication industries, this same terminology confusion is just as...

Silicon Bronze Fasteners

What are Silicon Bronze Fasteners?   Looking back in history, copper has been a staple material choice in human creations across most of our civilized past (and even before).  In fact, copper was the only metal known to humankind for over five thousand...

Tapping Screws Overview

In metal fabrication, threads typically need to be tapped into a material piece by the use of special thread cutting tools, requiring distinct machining time and effort to complete before inserting the fastener itself.  This process is called for when materials are...

Non-Conductive Fasteners Overview

Certain fastening applications are especially sensitive to the flow of electrical current across their components, and to combat this, specifiers turn to non-conductive hardware as part of the solution.  The reasons for seeking out non-conductive fasteners are...

Quality Control in Fastener Manufacturing

Here on our blog, we often write about the various standards and specifications governing different fasteners, which usually are authored by a specific federal or third-party specifying agency responsible for that industry.  While fastener manufacturing standards may...