Technology and News for the Fastener Industry: Manufacturers, Distributors, OEMs & Users
A ZwickRoell drop weight tester for impact testing with an installation height of approximately 9 m, a weight of significantly more than 10 tons, and a drop energy of 120,000 joules is employed by the Gövert sub-contract testing laboratory in Germany. Tests are performed on various pipe wall specimens on behalf of customers, using one of the largest drop weight testers in the world
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Fastener Fair Global 2023, the 9th International Exhibition for the Fastener and Fixing Industry, takes place from March 21 to 23, 2023 in Halls 1, 3, 5 and 7 at Messe Stuttgart Exhibition Centre in Stuttgart, Germany. The event is a meeting place for leading international organizations in the fastener and fixing sector as well as an opportunity for exchanging competencies and views on current technological developments.
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Traveling Salesman (TS): You and your company have certainly been making a lot of news this year. I have seen
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Traveling Salesman (TS): So, to some part of the fastener industry, you are Salim Brahimi, instructor for the Fastener Training
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Kris Kolb, President and Owner Patriot Bolt and Supply Humble, TX, USA Traveling Salesman (TS): Patriot Bolt and Supply has
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by Messe Düsseldorf North America At last! After being postponed in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, wire, the International
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by MJ McGrath, Marketing Director Fastener Fair USA After the great success of the 2021 event in Cleveland, OH, USA,
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Kevin Godin, CEO AFC Industries Brunswick, OH, USA Traveling Salesman (TS): I do not know if there is a company
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Traveling Salesman (TS): OK, so I’ve seen that you are now the Chairman and Executive Director of the Southwest Fastener
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Traveling Salesman (TS): Might be the most simple question I ask, and a lot of other people might already know,
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Traveling Salesman (TS): Okay, I have read a few interviews with you in the past year, so I am taking
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Traveling Salesman (TS): Matthew Boyd, you are the Vice President of Sales for Parker Fasteners. How long have you been
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Some of the most important fasteners—bolts, screws and studs—are not only considered universally important in industry settings, but also for every day purposes. They are used in construction of complex machinery and equipment as well as vehicles and buildings. Since mechanical stress is concentrated on these types of connection points, the integrity of fasteners is extremely important. Therefore bolts, screws and nuts are subject to strict safety requirements.
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First of all, thank you for your patience and kindness with taking the time to answer all these questions from some Traveling Salesman pestering you from the United States. In 2019, I finally got the opportunity to travel to Ireland and since then it has been of interest to me to interview a distributor. I see from your website you have three locations located in Dublin, Belfast and in Glasgow in Scotland. And when I look at your site I see you distribute several specialty fastener lines. Of course, you also carry show a lot of standard products too. And you have been in business since 1967, so more than 50 years. That is outstanding. Tell us a little bit about Appian. Who owns the company? Share a little history.based in Ireland.
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Alan Thomas, ZwickRoell Limited Testing Lends Crucial Support for Quality Management in Additive Manufacturing The adoption of additive manufacturing (AM)
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Traveling Salesman (TS): OK, I have got a lot of ground I’d like to cover with this interview, but let’s get you properly introduced to our readers before we get going. You are Joe Kochan from the Elgin Fastener Group. What is your exact title at Elgin? Joe: I am the Vice President/General Manager
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Japanese manufacturers build their equipment with flange bolts and nuts that are made to the JIS (Japanese Industrial Standards) standards. The specifications that define the dimensions for JIS flange bolts and nuts are JIS B1189 (flange bolts) and JIS B1190 (flange nuts).
There was a major revision to both of these specs in 2005 that resulted in a change in the wrench size (width across the flats) that JIS flange bolts and nuts are made to.
by: Alan Thomas, Marketing Department, ZwickRoell Limited Mechanical testing plays a major role in research, product design and quality control.
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by John Wachman, Managing Director, Fastener Training Institute Fastener Training Week comes to Houston, TX, USA The first of four
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by: Shun Otsuki, President & Editor in Chief Kinsan Fastener News Daiichi Kogyo Develops Non-loosening NutHIOS Offers Digital “INTRTORQUE”OSG Completes
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