From baby clothes to identifying new markets in the textile, metallurgical, and fastener and fixing industry, Gloma® is a specialist in the painting of screws and other small accessories. Based in Portugal, Gloma® is able to paint any small surface on any kind of raw material, with personalised colours, thanks to its in-house technology park and on-site laboratory. Gloma’s R&D lab can work...

By Dr Bill Eccles, Bolt Science Short bolting is a term frequently used to describe the situation when a bolt is installed and the thread does not fully protrude through the nut. In order that the full strength of the nut is to be realised, it is vital that the bolt thread protrudes through the nut. Failure to do so runs the risk that thread stripping will occur. It is common practice to specif...

APM Hexseal designs and manufactures innovative and customisable sealing solutions that offer bidirectional sealing protection, preventing contamination or leakages from either side of the enclosed space. Here, the company offers a review of sealing hardware grooves and its processes. What is the groove? The groove - the concave space located beneath the head of the screw or bolt and above th...

High corrosion protection, long-term bath stability, and reliable controlled friction, has meant Atotech’s Zintek® 200 SL F has acclaimed accreditation and approval from two major French automotive OEMs for the coating of safety labelled fasteners and other components. Many industries, including automotive, construction, railway, heavy machinery, wind and renewable energy, rely on the multifunc...

While avoiding corrosion through a coating in the area of stainless steel plays a subordinate role, other coatings can often be of high relevance. That is why WASI GmbH, a competent partner for stainless steel fasteners, has strong coating partners in all key areas. The demands on screws and their surfaces are diverse and often vary depending on the intended use. Even high-quality fasteners rea...

By John Muir, technical manager, Construction Fixings Association The launch of EN1992-4:2018 was a historical moment in the design of post-installed anchors. For the first time in the long history of anchor design, the design provisions are published in an official European standard and not in guidelines or technical reports. The inclusion of anchor design into a European code is a huge step f...

Manufacturer of premium tools, Heller Tools GmbH, has launched two innovations in the hammer drill bit segment – the Duster Expert XC SDS-plus extraction drill bit and the Rebar Breaker SDS-plus reinforcement drill bit. The Duster Expert suction drill bit was originally introduced in 2014 and has been continually developed since then. Now, the Duster Expert XC SDS-plus (XC stands for eXChangeab...

INDEX Fixing Systems has launched INDEXwood, a new design software for calculating wooden structures that enables users to calculate structural fixings on wood with lag screws, in accordance with Eurocode 5 (standard EN 1995-1-1). The software is already available on INDEX’s website and allows the user to determine, in a simple and intuitive way, the fixing of wooden elements of different chara...

By Frank Passarelli, Resonic Technologies In industries using wire of various alloys for forming and forging operations, there has long been a need for fewer or even zero defect production, as well as the requirement to reduce tool wear and damage, which is directly affected by the material conditions. Most wire, unless highly processed – an expensive and energy intensive process, has defects b...

The fischer group of companies has won the “China Windoor Façade Innovation Award” for its cast-in channel system. The award ceremony was held on the eve of the annual “Aluminium Window Door Façade Expo” trade fair in the Chinese metropolis of Guangzhou, which is one of China's leading trade events in the window, door and façade industry. The fischer cast-in channel system consists of anchor ch...