To continue its major investment in the construction market, Arvid Nilsson has recently expanded its building range with, what it says is, a new unique wood screw. The screw has a sawtooth thread with optimum crack reducing effect and a very sharp tip. In addition, it is extremely fast and can be used with plugs. “A smarter screw that performs at the top in comparative tests, we have worked clo...

Due to their high viscoelasticity and excellent adhesion levels, the double-sided acrylic core tapes can absorb and dissipate stress and compensate the thermal elongation of bonded parts. They can therefore be used for a wide range of multipurpose bonding applications. The tesa® ACXplus multi purpose (MP) products are, for example, the goto solution for the mounting of emblems, displays, and de...

The fischer Group of Companies and the GC-Group will be developing the successful Craftnote App for tradespeople together from now on. The App allows any information related to a project to be stored in a central location, where employees can exchange information via the App anywhere and at any time. fischer and the GC-Group are joining forces in a strategic partnership in order to further deve...

Master Bond EP17HTS-DA is a new one component, no mix, die attach epoxy that is electrically conductive and withstands high temperatures. It is a silver filled system. Typically, glass transition temperature (Tg) declines with the addition of a filler like silver. However, with this specialty formulation, a high Tg of 140-150°C is maintained and it passes MIL-STD-883J thermal stability requirem...

Southampton University and the University of Birmingham both ranked in the top half of the Formula Student 2019 competition, with donated parts from standard components specialists, norelem. In the lead-up to the event, norelem donated standard components to the engineering teams at Southampton University (Southampton University Formula Student Team SUFST) and University of Birmingham (UBRacing...

Here, Paul Booth, product manager general industry Atlas Copco Tools and Industrial Assembly Solutions, explains the importance of friction in threaded fasteners – as he outlines, understanding this is the key to achieving desired clamp force. In a torque controlled tightening method, friction behaviour between the fastener and the joint surface as well as between the threads is crucial to unde...

Boltight, part of the Nord-Lock Group, has introduced Boltplus – a new App that will assist users in selecting the right hydraulic bolt tensioning tool for standard flange applications or for specialised tooling. Boltight has been at the forefront of hydraulic bolt tensioning technology for nearly 20 years, consistently raising the bar and setting the standard for fast, and efficient specialise...

Lee Spring has further extended its range of ex-stock springs and custom spring solutions, with the addition of high performance exotic nickel or cobalt alloy custom solutions for the oil and gas industries. Lee Spring points out that these nickel or cobalt custom solutions are appropriate in conditions that would excessively stress normal steels – for instance nickel alloys such as Inconel 600...

NORMA Group has received a major order from a premium German car manufacturer to develop and produce V-profile clamps. The joining products will be used in the battery degassing system of three car model series with hybrid drives. Around 1.2 million vehicles are to be equipped with NORMA Group products from 2020 to 2027. “Our products contribute to the safety of vehicle occupants when used in t...

The International Hardware Fair Köln (EISENWARENMESSE), planned from 1st March 2020, has been postponed to a new date in February 2021. This is how Koelnmesse is responding to the increasingly acute global situation around the recent occurrence of the coronavirus. In addition to the countries in Asia already hit by the virus, Italy has now become the first European state affected by cases of in...