Tapping Screws Overview
Tapping Screws are a wide variety of related threaded fasteners that imprint their own threads into the material in which they’re being installed.
Non-Conductive Fasteners Overview
Some fastening applications are especially sensitive to the flow of electrical current across their components, so specifiers turn to non-conductive fasteners.
Quality Control in Fastener Manufacturing
Quality control standards vary across governing bodies, but a universally shared standard is that the produced fasteners must have them. Read more here.
Tamper-Proof Fasteners
Tamper-Proof Fasteners are fasteners that cannot be turned removed by normal tools, adding a degree of protection to the contents of containers.
Drywall Fastening – a Unique Construction Solution
Fastening drywall, and fastening TO drywall requires a unique approach. Let’s explore the fasteners needed for both.
Plastic Joining Inserts: Threaded Inserts and Compression Limiters
To not damage lightweight plastics, fasteners such as screws and studs can require additional components called plastic joining inserts.
Thread Locking Compounds
To combat heavy, sustained vibration in a threaded fastener assembly, you need a thread locker. Learn more here.
Furniture Fasteners
In the world of furniture craftsmanship, fasteners serve the purpose of connecting separate materials together, but have their own set of functional requirements. We’ll introduce a few functional categories.
Hose Clamp Fasteners
Selecting Hose Clamps – how to specify and select hose clamps with a Step-by-Step Process
Torque Measurement
In this article, we’ll review the role of ‘tightness’ – that is, clamping force and torque measurement – in selecting bolted fasteners.