Forging Machines and Tooling Techniques
For more than 60 years, Asahi Sunac Corporation (formerly Asahi Okuma Industrial Company Ltd) has been working on developments of
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Preview wire 2024: Fastener Making Technologies on Display in Düsseldorf
The lists of all wire 2024 and Tube 2024 exhibitors and their products are now online at www.wire-tradefair.com and www.tube-tradefair.com,
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10 Areas Manufacturers Might See an Impact from Artificial Intelligence
Few technologies have changed the manufacturing industry as much as Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software. From automated scheduling to precision
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XRF Analyzer for Fasteners
Bowman, Schaumburg, IL, USA, a manufacturer of XRF (X-ray fluorescence) quality control instruments, has introduced the K Series, a benchtop
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Environmentally Friendly Surface Hardening Replaces Hard Chrome Coatings
In general, coating methods that can prevent corrosion tend to add material and are often inconsistent in terms of the
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Efficient, Innovative & Sustainable Component Cleaning for the Entire Production Chain
Component cleaning is an essential manufacturing step in all industrial sectors to ensure requirement-compliant downstream processes and high, stable product
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Pac-West 2024 Spring Conference & Tabletop Show
The Pacific-West Fastener Association (Pac-West), headquartered in headquartered in Seal Beach, CA, USA, hosts its 2024 Spring Conference and Tabletop
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Patents for February
USPTO Fastener Patents as compiled from: United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) by the editors of FTI Simulation Device
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Safely and Cost-Effectively Calibrating Torque Wrenches
With the caliTEST-B, Kistler presents a smaller, more cost-effective alternative to the established caliTEST calibration device for torque wrenches. It
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Supply Chain Optimization Through Innovation & Evolution
In the quest for supply chain optimization, innovation emerges as a game-changer. It is all about leveraging modern technologies to
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Ultra High Strength Bainitic Fasteners – Opportunity and Challenges
Ultra high strength bainitic fasteners are gaining significant attention in recent years due to their exceptional combination of strength and
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Constructing Inexpensive Testing Chamber for In-House Testing of Corrosion Protection Products
Fastener corrosion is one of the most prevalent issues causing fastener failure. By itself, a corroded fastener isn’t a big
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Production of Single and Double Butted Spokes
The third generation of Amba’s All-in-One reducing machines further improves the straightness of single- and double-butted spokes—as used, for example,
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Special Lap-Free Dies for Aerospace, Automotive & Other Critical Applications
Kadimi has developed a special solution called LF dies (lap-free dies) with special controlled thread-rolling technology, which yields to producing
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Straight from the Show: International Fastener Expo 2023
The 2023 International Fastener Expo, the premier gathering for fastener professionals, recently concluded its annual event with resounding success. This year’s event, held from October 9 to 11, 2023, at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, NV, USA, brought together over 4300 industry exhibitors and attendees from around the world. The event featured a wide range of activities including the annual Golf Tournament, Welcome Reception Party, bustling expo floor, diverse educational sessions and award ceremony, all designed to facilitate networking and knowledge sharing within the fastener industry.
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Patents for December 2023
USPTO Fastener Patents as compiled from: United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) by the editors of FTI Fastener Having
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Innovative Plasma Cleaning Technology for Nails, Screws, Bolts, Washers, Clips and Bushings
Cooperation between WMV, Windeck, Germany, and aixACCT, Aachen, Germany, has resulted in an ideal combination of pre-cleaning and ultra-fine cleaning,
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Production of Specialist Wood Construction Screws
New All-in-One machine produces 80 full thread screws of up to 420 mm length in one continuous cycle directly from coil.
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Dual-Spindle Thread & Form Rollers
by Yair Wiesenfeld Videx Machine Engineering Ltd. A technical breakthrough in feed control technology is now allowing fastener machine tool
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Torsional Stength Test Is Critical In Many Screw Specifications
Mechanical fasteners (screws, bolts, nuts, rivet, etc.) must be both dimensionally and physically compliant to their applicable specifications to perform properly for end-users. Unfortunately, many fastener suppliers only evaluate the dimensional size of the parts they supply and ignore the required physical tests that evaluate the strength and fastening performance of the parts.
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