NORMA Group, a global market leader in engineered joining technology, is ensuring the availability of joining products such as its Y plastic pipe connectors and taper thread connectors as well as white cable ties for attaching hoses, which are required in the manufacture of lung ventilators and in hospitals. According to official permission, the distribution centres in Gavardo and Barcelona hav...

Safety is an issue both in finished products and in the manufacturing process. Here, JET PRESS looks at a few ways to improve safety by using the right fastener:Shake, rattle and rollMovement and vibration in machinery and automotive situations causes problems for engineers. When components move, the fasteners holding them together can become loose and fall out. Engineers can tackle this proble...

Bulten has launched BUFOe, a new product line focusing on energy efficiency, as part of it’s sustainability strategy. By replacing conventional fasteners in a vehicle with BUFOe, Bulten points out that CO2 emissions can be reduced by more than 30% in the manufacturing process. Anders Nyström, president and CEO of Bulten, comments: “As an industrial company and especially as a supplier to the au...

BUMAX has reduced the energy it uses for heating and electricity at its Åshammar facility by over 50% since 2011.Patrik Lundström Törnquist, managing director of BUMAX, comments: “This is an impressive feat for a manufacturing company operating in a large facility in the Nordics.We commenced our sustainability program already in 2011 and have seen fantastic results. By using less energy for hea...

Southco Inc has expanded its line of constant torque hinges with a new version that supports additional friction and reduced weight in limited space applications. Depending on the torque requirements of the application, Southco’s E6-10E Constant Torque Hinge with extended housing enables the resistance of two hinges to be packaged into one hinge, saving weight without compromising functionality...

Innovative upgrades and continuous optimisation of existing product lines are the guiding principles of the screwdriving technology specialists DEPRAG SCHULZ GmbH u CO. The latest developments have resulted in the flexible low cost electric handheld screwdriver MINIMAT-ED. This all rounder can, in conjunction with the ComCenter ED, be adapted quickly and simply to suit any screw joint. The ComC...

The new Elecolit® 6607 adhesive from Panacol is thermally conductive and can be oven cured at temperatures as low as 80°C. It is characterised by excellent metal adhesion and is electrically insulating. Elecolit® 6607 is an epoxy resin-based adhesive filled with aluminium oxide. It is a one component adhesive and due to its flow characteristics, it can be applied by dispenser, screen printing o...

Netherlands-based Hoenderdaal Fasteners B.V states that its Dynaplus® wood cladding screw is an ideal solution for fastening wooden boards on a façade or mounting fencing boards. Due to the diamond point the Dynaplus® wood cladding screw is self-drilling, with the triangular shaped point providing maximum drilling capacity in wood, while maintaining a high pull-out strength to make a strong con...

Visitors to any building, form their initial impression on what they can see directly, with their attention focused on details such as equipment, decorations and finishing elements. That is why lightweight fixings, used primarily at the last stage of investment works, must meet a number of specific requirements. Lightweight fixings should be reliable, easy to install, and also discreet in the f...

In the present Coronavirus dominated social landscape, contact infection is the pre-eminent daily concern; with frequent handwashing recommended to break the onward transmission from touching handles and other equipment, therefore reducing new infections, and potentially saving lives. Therefore, it is of global importance to focus on the hygiene of hand operated equipment in medical/bio-chemica...