As a French manufacturer of rivets DEGOMETAL is able to offer a comprehensive range. Here, we look at this wide range that consists of blind, solid, semi-tubular and rivet nuts, as well as the necessary tools for installing rivets and rivet nuts. A blind rivet, more commonly known as a break stem rivet, is a high performance fastening system that cannot be taken apart. It allows the assembly of...

Nord-Lock Group has six state of the art technical centres across the world in order to best support its global customer base. The technical centres are complemented with the experience and skills of in-house engineers who perform customised tests and analysis, both at the centres and on-site for ‘real life’ testing. The biggest junker machine in the world Nord-Lock Group’s technical centre in...

The Construction Fixings Association (CFA) has launched a new eLearning platform, which incorporates all of the elements covered in the organisation’s live training courses, which are fully in-line with the requirements of BS 8539:2012. The new platform, which enables individuals to progress training at their own pace, has been designed in light of the ongoing disruption relating to the Covid-1...

Enerpac has introduced the SafeT Torque Lock, an innovative and user-friendly safety tool that transforms Enerpac square drive torque wrenches to enable hands free bolting operation. The company points out its SafeT Torque Lock improves worker safety by minimising exposure to pinch points and high-pressure hydraulic connections. It can also be used in any orientation, including inverted positio...

Sustainability has become the primary focus of the packaging industry, at each level of the value chain. As a result of this engagement and the continuous work done to contribute to packaging circular economy, Bostik has obtained the approval by Recyclass that two Bostik adhesives are compatible with the polyethylene (PE) film recycling stream. The recyclability approvals delivered by RecyClass...

Beardow Adams has partnered with Techlan Ltd to offer green in demand packaging solutions that is environmentally friendly from start to finish. Beardow’s portfolio includes high bio-based content adhesives, pallet stabilisation solutions, returnable pallets, paper bag alternatives, alkali washable glues and a free auditing service to help customers optimise production efficiencies and reduce w...

Epoxy Technology Inc, a manufacturer of high performance specialty epoxy, UV and hybrid adhesives, has added two new MED line adhesive products: MED-OG198-55 and MED-730-110 to its comprehensive line of medical device grade adhesives. All 25 EPO-TEK® MED line adhesives have successfully undergone ISO10993-5 cytotoxicity testing, an excellent screening test for biocompatibility. Additionally, ni...

The KINDL – Centre for Contemporary Art has had an extension with a structural point façade developed in cooperation by fischer. The new structural point façade developed in cooperation by fischer, GIP GLAZING GmbH and BGT Bischoff Glastechnik AG provided the basis for the façade. Glass blades were used as supporting structures. These are transparent reinforcing elements as vertical glass posts...

Fixi Group has introduced a new catalogue for self-tapping and special threaded inserts, which includes high resistance fixings and its new KN-KNH series. Easy to install by manual or machine operated tools, Fixi self-tapping inserts are metal bushes with an internal and external thread. These inserts are designed with a cutting slot or cutting holes that allow the self-tapping feature to be us...

Some solutions can be so simple, for instance the patented DIRAK-SNAP-Technology (DST) creates high strength connections that are equal to screw-based solutions, but achieved with no tools at all, with installation in just seconds – even in poorly accessible places. The stimulus for this trailblazing invention came to DIRAK Founder Dieter Ramsauer on a trip to the USA. Numerous conversations an...