By Steve Morrow, business development manager, Techsil Ltd Traditionally mechanical fasteners such as nuts and bolts, screws and rivets, and mechanical interlocks, were seen as the strongest and most reliable fastening and fixing method. However, double-sided structural adhesive tapes can match and often exceed this strength. Double-sided structural adhesive tapes provide longer lasting reliabl...

Barrday Inc, a specialist in the composite market, and Arkema, a speciality chemicals and advanced materials company, have announced the creation of a joint venture to manufacture and market carbon fibre and speciality polymer tapes for the growing oil and gas industrial market. The new venture, to be named Barrflex® TU, will supply the most efficient thermoplastic composite solutions to the va...

During the 2018 Hyperloop Pod Competition, the WARR Hyperloop team from the Technical University of Munich raised the laser-sintered titanium trophy, after their pod broke a world speed record for Hyperloop pod travel – using Nord-Lock wedge-locking washers to secure each bolt of their pod. The Hyperloop Pod Competition was launched in 2015 by Elon Musk, the billionaire behind the futuristic tr...

HECO has expanded its range of screw anchors with the new additions of MULTI-MONTI®-plus, with diameters of 16mm and 20mm, and a special version named ‘SSK’ for the temporary fastening of push-pull props in concrete and formwork structures. At the same time, HECO is underlining its expertise as a provider of efficient and cost-effective solutions for heavy-duty anchoring. The new ETA rated scre...

The automotive industry cannot do without modern lightweight concepts. Not only do they considerably improve vehicle dynamics, but they also help to reduce emissions. Lightweight construction therefore continues to be a key technology for future cars. It is also important for e-mobility because the green innovation capacity counts on the know-how in battery and lightweight technology. While cha...

By Bathsheba Fulton, communications at Afera – the European Adhesive Tape Association Imagine something virtually invisible and weightless that would allow you to hold two or more things together or fix something to something else without weakening or failing, staining, or corroding under a variety of extreme conditions. This ‘something’ could also, for example, insulate or conduct electricity...

High-tech companies in the US and overseas are discovering that ordinary fasteners are not sufficient to protect high value assets. Data centres house servers that are part of critical infrastructures and cannot be left vulnerable to the contaminants that can seep through unprotected fastener openings and clearance holes. Environmental contaminants, moisture and humidity are a constant challeng...

DELO has developed a new adhesive that it says achieves up to three times the strength of its predecessor products at high temperatures. DELO MONOPOX HT2860 can also be inductively cured, which significantly accelerates manufacturing processes. Among other applications, the epoxy resin is used in electric motors. With many epoxy resins, temperatures of +150°C and more lead to a change in the po...

Star Fasteners has teamed up with VVG Befestigungstechnik to design a powerful structural fastener battery operated tool - the Rivdom TWO SF® - which it says is the perfect tool for installing a wide range of Huck® fasteners. Star Fasteners is committed to continuously improving and expanding its product portfolio to ensure that it remains at the forefront of the industry and ahead of modern as...

By John Muir, technical manager, Construction Fixings Association In the world of post installed anchors into concrete and masonry, all chemical and mechanical anchors need to be tightened against a fixture through application of a defined level of installation torque, with one exception. Applying a specified level of torque to an anchor (called the installation torque – Tinst) is required to c...