Fastener News Archive

New pliers wrench series from HAZET

5th August 2024

When fastening connections need to be loosened or tightened the new compact and highly resilient HAZET pliers wrench 762 series are an ideal solution. These wrenches can also be used to operate square profiles or any flat material easily and without causing damage. Four different versions in lengths 125mm, 150mm, 180mm and 260mm and clamping ranges of 0mm – 56mm allows precise and safe work wit...

Other Industries

Aptus urges caution on Part L screw claims

2nd August 2024

Specialist supplier of fixings and fasteners, Aptus Fastener Systems Ltd is highlighting the need for caution over claims that some screws on the market specifically meet the updated requirements of The Building Regulations 2010 Part L Volume 2: Buildings other than dwellings. To pave the way for the implementation of the Future Homes and Building Standards (FHBS) in 2025, Part L has recently b...

Construction + Civil Engineering

Streamlining operations with the combi nut

2nd August 2024

Nord-Lock Group is introducing the combi nut to its standard product range, which now features a pair of Nord-Lock original washers, combining parts that were previously assembled separately as one integrated product.  Available in sizes ranging between M6 to M16, the combi nut is specially designed to enable easier and faster assembly in a range of industrial applications. This is primarily du...

Rail

A washer is not just a washer anymore

1st August 2024

Hobson Engineering, a leading Australian-based supplier of quality fasteners for the mining, oil, construction and manufacturing industries, is leading the evolution of the fastener market – addressing the growing needs of updated safety standards, general performance, as well as time and cost savings, with its wide range of washers for numerous applications. Hobson’s extensive product offering...

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A patented design for heavy-duty applications

1st August 2024

Designed with the user in mind, and manufactured for strength and durability, the new Wright® Striking Wrenches improve fastener torque load while decreasing rounding and distortion of the fastener. Designed to withstand heavy-duty applications, Wright’s wrenches are manufactured in the USA with strength and durability. Available in four different styles – straight handle, SAE offset handle, me...

Construction + Civil Engineering

Bespoke solutions from KAMAX

31st July 2024

KAMAX has been developing fasteners for almost 90 years, with an approach from the very beginning of designing and developing products alongside its customers to create bespoke solutions, which has enabled it to create a broad product portfolio that is targeted to individual applications within a range of sectors, especially automotive. KAMAX Group is a global company, owned by the family of th...

Automotive

The highest quality in the shortest time

31st July 2024

Güde GmbH is investing in a new logistics hall, with new automatic small parts warehouse, to shorten delivery times of its extensive product portfolio, including its screw locking devices, patented sperrkant spring washers, split lock washers, as well as other locking washers. As a stock manufacturer, Güde aims to have almost all of its product portfolio in stock and ready for dispatch at sho...

Other Industries

Versatile indoor and outdoor applications

30th July 2024

Eurotec’s Blue-Power system screw offers a wide range of applications both indoors – on timber framing on concrete or masonry such as suspended ceilings or wall classing, as well as outdoors – in ventilated rainscreen cladding with faÇade insulation.  Capable of absorbing both tensile and shear forces, the Blue-Power system screw features insulation material that absorb some of the shear forces...

Construction + Civil Engineering

A safe hold over the sea

30th July 2024

The longest pier in the Baltic Sea is currently being built in front of the Baltic Sea resort of Prerow in the north of Darß, in the Vorpommern-Rügen district. A railing, for fall protection, that extends on both sides over the entire length of the 720 meter bridge was installed using a chemical fastening from the fischer group of companies. The pier, which is around 4.20 meters wide and is fou...

Offshore

Securing bolted joints in every application

29th July 2024

HEICO Group has a long history and in-depth experience of the science of bolted joints. Since the merger of its two production sites two years ago, the German manufacturer has continued to improve its operational and manufacturing efficiency, as well as become a catalyst for new product development.  With its wide and diverse product portfolio of bolt locking devices and pre-tensioning solution...

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