Water tightness in fastening is crucial and essential in various applications, such as pools, water sports equipment, industrial products as well as in the electric vehicle industry. Through a rigorous testing process, KVT-Fastening, part of Bossard Group, ensures the reliability of water tightness with PEM fasteners. Water tightness has become a significant performance characteristic and altho...

Designed for the professional technician and usable for multiple applications, Laser Tools has added to its product range with the release of the new master socket set of extra-deep metric sockets. The sockets feature a single hex profile, with a 120mm depth designed to reach heavily recessed fixings, including those found on bumper, rear lamp and door hinge fittings. The set includes thirteen...

In common with many other plumbing professionals, Euan Ross and Scott Enfield, have experienced the downside of using traditional methods to seal threaded joints. Here, both have confirmed it now takes them a fraction of the time to create a secure and clean seal by switching to the LOCTITE® 55 pipe sealing cord from Henkel Adhesive Technologies. The application of LOCTITE® 55 is quick and easy...

Dow has announced the launch of its SILASTIC™ SA 994X Liquid Silicone Rubber (LSR) series, designed to enable safer and more sustainable technologies for the automotive industry. The new series is a range of one-to-one mix ration LSRs designed for two component injection moulding with thermoplastic substrates. The self-adhesive range can be used across multiple automotive applications, includi...

Recently, amidst global shortages, the gas industry has been exploring the option of mixing hydrogen with natural gas for domestic supplies. In response to this, Permabond has released a new anaerobic sealant, Permabond F201HV, which has been approved for use with hydrogen in the gas industry. Due to the volatile nature of hydrogen molecules, it is essential gas connections and pipe joints are...

As the automotive industry turns towards sustainability, the design of fasteners has never been more important. Here, Sven Brehler, director of engineering at TR Fastenings, discusses how intelligent fastener design could help to future-proof the electric vehicle sector. By working with its customers from the beginning of the design process, TR Fastenings states this allows for optimal design...

Henkel, in collaboration with Quad Industries, has developed a new concept to enable faster development of health patches for the medical industry. The partners are offering a demo package of twelve electrodes that customers can order online. The demo package is designed to allow engineers to quickly test the functionalities of their concepts and reduce the overall development time. Henkel and...

In January ITW Automotive, in conjunction with SimScale, will hold a free webinar focusing on accelerating the development of plastic fastening components using cloud-native simulation. During the webinar ITW Automotive will showcase the use of non-linear structural analysis and how it has embedded cloud-native simulation in its early-stage design process. The presenters, Massimo Savi, project...

HAZET, the Remscheid-based tools and workshop equipment manufacturer, has added to its torque technology 5000-3CT product line with two new torque wrenches equipped with a ¼ inch reversible ratchet for bits. The wrenches have been designed to facilitate work in narrow spaces in a variety of industries, as its applications include maintenance and service work, as well as work on compact modules...

SKZ has launched a new research project to develop an innovative post-crosslinking pressure sensitive adhesive tape. Currently, the aim of the project is to develop and test the adhesive on microcapsules. The use of pressure sensitive adhesives in industrial applications is steadily increasing as they are an easy, safe and inexpensive to process. However, pressure sensitive adhesive can creep...