2023
Fastener Fair USA 2023 Preview
Fastener Fair USA is back and better than ever! The highly anticipated trade show event is taking place at Music City Center in Nashville, TN, USA, from May 16 to 17, 2023, and it’s not one to be missed. This year’s event promises to be bigger and better than ever, with new exhibitors, industry leading products.
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Sealing Fasteners Optimize & Protect Wind Turbines in Any Weather
USA-based wind-turbine manufacturer
uses American-made sealing screw
manufacturer in its supply chain.
Advantages of Rolled Tubular Spacers Over Cut Tubing
Tubular Spacers are generally used to separate / space two components from each other by a distance equal to the length of the Spacer.
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Come to Chicago in June for NDFA’s 2023 Annual Meeting
There are great educational programs lined up for the NFDA 2023 Annual Meeting, from June 13 to 14, 2023, at the Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel in downtown Chicago, IL, USA. The event will include educational and networking sessions for all guests.
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High-End Inspection & Sorting System
One of GEFRA’s most recently built
systems has been equipped with a large number of different test stations, with which dimensional tests, SFS surface tests, contour tests and hardness tests can be carried out in one single system.
Ground-Breaking Partnership in Space Industry Advancements
FlexArm, a part of Flex Machine Tools, a prominent tapping arms manufacturer since 1984, has collaborated with Launcher, a startup based in New York City, NY, USA, to help Launcher develop the world’s most efficient rocket for delivering small satellites to orbit
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Patents for April/May 2023
Patents as compiled by the editors for Fastener Technology International from USPTO in April
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Top Five Robot Trends
The stock of operational robots around the globe hit a new record of about 3.5 million units, and the value of installations reached an estimated US$15.7 billion. The International Federation of Robotics (IFR) analyzes the top five trends shaping robotics and automation in 2023. “Robots play a fundamental role in securing the changing demands of manufacturers around the world,” says Marina Bill, President of the International Federation of Robotics. “New trends in robotics attract users from small enterprises to global OEMs.”
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Servo-Hydraulic Ejector Module
The Hatebur innovation engine runs at full speed. The Swiss technology leader for hot and cold forming unveils the SAM technology (servo-hydraulic ejector module) on the ultra-fast hot former HOTmatic HM 35.
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Fastener Testing: High-Energy Falling Weight Testing Machine
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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Top Products of 2022
These are the winners in our 26th annual article on the top products of the year. Results are based on selection by the Fastener Technology International (FTI) Editorial Staff.
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Advancements in Continuous Mesh Belt Austempering
Processing of High-Cycle System Critical Components
by Tim Donofrio, Can-Eng Furnaces International Ltd. The heat treating of high-volume, mass-produced, highly integrity metal components has increasingly placed
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Cut Industrial Oven Energy Costs by More Than a Third
Industrial Physics is encouraging customers involved in industrial coatings, looking to reduce energy costs, to consider the energy-saving properties of its TQC Sheen CurveX 4 and CurveX Nano Oven Logger Kits.
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Ribbon Cutting Ceremony to Celebrate Full Remodel of Furnace Facility
Following an extensive, nearly year-long, full facility remodel, AFC-Holcroft held a formal Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony at its World Headquarters building located in Wixom, MI, USA.
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International Fastener Event in Germany
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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Expanded Thread Rolling Inventory Supports Growth and R&D Projects
Over the last five years, Loomis International has worked closely with Kadimi Tool and has been stocking and supplying Kadimi quality thread rolling dies for fastener customers out of its Byron, IL, USA, facility. In 2022, Loomis International reached US$1 million in thread rolling die inventory, and continues to grow this number based on customer demand.
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