Fasteners play a critical role in holding together systems in buildings ranging from plumbing products to ventilation systems. There are times when fasteners don’t meet performance standards and ...

The trend toward smaller, lighter and thinner designs overthe years has presented particular challenges for fastener manufacturers. Hardwaremust fit extremely restrictive design envelopes, parts ...

A Velcro-like fastener with a microscopic design that looks like tiny mushrooms could mean advances for everyday consumers and scientific fields like robotics. In Biointerphases, published by AIP ...

Getting the best fastener can often be an afterthought on a major design project, and this can lead to problems. For example, a Fortune 500 manufacturer of medium- and heavy-duty trucks were having ...

Every engineered part, assembly, or machine has a finite service life. Even components boasting the most precise designs executed with proven manufacturing techniques eventually fail. Fasteners are no ...

Put down the screwdriver. Toss the torque wrench. Scrap the rivet guns, too. In the future, fasteners won't need any of that stuff. They'll just install themselves with the help of built-in actuators, ...

BMW has filed a patent for a new fastener design that underscores the automaker’s long-standing willingness to chart its own path, even when that path complicates ownership. The newly revealed screw ...

Extremely small micro fasteners have made significant inroads in the global marketplace, especially with the ongoing evolution of smaller, lighter, and thinner subcompact consumer electronic devices ...

It’s generally seen as the least glamorous part of the design cycle. Developers of heavyduty data-center, industrial, commercial, and other critical equipment that resides in large cabinets and ...

Captive fasteners are designed for permanent retention within their target assembly or housing, often even upon servicing, providing a secure joint and avoiding loss or damage that might be caused by ...

WASHINGTON, January 19, 2021 -- A Velcro-like fastener with a microscopic design that looks like tiny mushrooms could mean advances for everyday consumers and scientific fields like robotics. In ...