By Colin Chapman, regional product manager UK and Ireland, Henkel Ltd Maintenance manuals will tell you to tighten threaded bolts, screws and nuts regularly. Failure to do so will not only compromise the performance of your mechanical equipment but could also pose a significant safety risk. Generally, the reason why threaded assemblies fail is through loss of bolt tension, the main causes of wh...

By Peter Standring, technical secretary, Industrial Metalforming Technologies (IMfT) Clearly, living as we do only a few decades into the Digital Age, the rapid transition from electronic calculator through computer to smartphone has rendered the statement ‘there is nothing new under the sun’ an absurdity. It is not necessary to consider how different life has become within the Digital Age, jus...

In 2001 Kyocera Senco Europe (SENCO) launched DuraSpin, an integrated auto-feed screw system, which places screws in front of the driver bit automatically and requires only one hand to operate. Now the company is introducing the DuraSpin 2.5, which it says increases screw fastening speeds by more than four times compared to loose screws – boosting job site productivity by more than 30%. SENCO e...

Dejond NV has added a sealing solution to its watertight range of Tubtara® rivet nuts, the HDKX series with precote® 5 resin seal, for applications requiring a flush installation. The new precote® 5 resin material is applied on the rivet nut body, underneath the small or countersunk head, and was created after customers looking for a leak proof rivet nut for flush installation approached Dejond...

By Sven Brehler, Engineering Project Manager at TR Fastenings As the new 70-plate cars roll off garage forecourts across the UK, 2020 is predicted to be another record-breaking year for electric vehicles in this country. A report by Statista published in May forecast that electric vehicles will make up more than 10% of new UK vehicle registrations this year – up from just 3.2% of vehicles in 20...

Easyfairs has announced that its Advanced Engineering 2020 event, which was due to take place on 4th – 5th November 2020 at the NEC, Birmingham, has been postponed to take place on 3rd – 4th November 2021. This decision has been made following consultation with the engineering and manufacturing industry and due to the ongoing unforeseeable and unprecedented global scope of the Coronavirus pand...

The versatile range of EMC shield clamps from icotek, for the safe dissipation of high-frequency interference, is extended by the SKZ shield clamp. The new SKZ offers an additional integrated strain relief. The strain relief is generally carried out via the cable outer sheath and thus protects the cable shield, as it is not mechanically designed for tensile forces. Strain relief via the cable...

Click Bond Inc has earned recognition for superior supplier performance, receiving the ‘Boeing Silver Performance’ excellence award (BPEA) for the ninth year in a row. BPEA winners are selected based on a set of performance and quality ratings for each month of the award year, including product quality and on time delivery. Over the 12 month period, Click Bond achieved a 100% quality score and...

Master Bond EP21ARLV is a two part epoxy that may be used as an adhesive, sealant, coating or encapsulant. The product is capable of withstanding prolonged exposure to a wide range of chemicals, such as 70% sulfuric acid, 10% hydrochloric acid, 10% nitric acid and butyl acetate to name a few. Both parts A and B have a low viscosity of 3,000 cps - 6,000 cps and 4,000 cps - 6,000 cps, respectivel...

HellermannTyton recently expanded its offering of detectable products for food, beverage and pharmaceutical manufacturers and processors, to help mitigate the risk of foreign materials ending up in the products individuals consume daily. The plastic material used to make these new detectable products is impregnated with metal particles for X-ray and metal detection – making them a critical asse...