First published: 13th July 2016 By Stefan Lenzer, global product manager metallurgy, MacDermid GmbH Ref: FFT160713 High strength fasteners must be dephosphated before heat treatment to prevent phosphate residues having a negative influence on the performance of the heat treatment process. This article looks at the process of phosphating and dephosphating as well as application and quality contr...

NORMA Group, a market leader in engineered joining technology, will supply various urea transport systems (UTS) to an Italian motor vehicle manufacturer. NORMA Group will produce around 340,000 plastic pipes used for urea injection each year at its Serbian site in Subotica from 2018 to at least 2023. “Cleaner exhaust from diesel engines continues to be one of the important and longer-term goals...

Formulated to meet rigorous Airbus specifications, Master Bond EP93FRHT passes the twelve second vertical burn test per AITM 2.0002B and Section 7.1.2 of ABD0031, Issue F. It also passes the smoke emission test per AITM 2.0007B, Issue 3 in the flaming mode and Section 7.3.2 of ABD0031, Issue F; as well as the toxic gas emission test per AITM 3.0005, Issue 2 in the flaming mode and Section 7.4 o...

With a little help from tesa tapes, the British Skeleton team are on the right path ahead of next year’s Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The GB team have picked up plenty of medals in 2016/17, with Lizzy Yarnold’s bronze at February’s World Championships preceded by World Cup, Intercontinental Cup, European Cup and North American Cup success spread across the 16-strong squad. And,...

Atlantis Resources Limited is pioneering the development of tidal current power as the most reliable, economic and secure form of renewable energy. The structural design manager from Atlantis recently specified Lindapter clamping systems for securing a steel platform onto a tidal turbine foundation on the MeyGen project, the world’s most high profile tidal stream project. Atlantis Resources was...

First published: 18th May 2016 By Doug Jones, expert team, Bossard Group Ref: FFT160518 In some cases corrosion can be seen as pleasing, such as a light patina on a copper watering can used for decoration, but most of time we like to prevent corrosion from taking hold of our designs until the expected life cycle of the product has passed. Click to download

Vehicle lightweighting is one of the automotive industry’s most prevalent trends, thanks largely to the presence of increasingly stringent emissions legislation around the world. It is estimated that every 100kg of reduced vehicle weight can save 8g/km of CO2. According to the European Commission, cars are responsible for around 12% of the EU’s total CO2 emissions. By 2021, phased in from 2020,...

Optimas Solutions is proud to announce that it has formalised a continuation to its contract with Jaguar Land Rover for fastener supply to the company’s Castle Bromwich and Solihull manufacturing facilities.   As a Full Service Provider, Optimas works closely with JLR at every stage of development and delivery of its vehicles. The announcement comes as JLR continues to invest in its UK manufac...

By Dr.-Ing. Hans- Albert Staedler Seventy years ago Louis C. Huck - the founder of Huck Fasteners, which ultimately became part of Arconic Fastening Systems and Rings - was approached by the US Navy and the railcar market to produce a vibration resistant fastening element. The solution he created was the original Huck® lockbolt. The original Huck lockbolt was developed as an alternative to the...

First published: 29th April 2016 By Peter Standring at Industrial Metalforming Technologies Ref: FFT160429 UK Government strategy in support of industry is heavily focused both industrially and academically towards high value manufacture. Millions of pounds of public funding have already been invested to deliver the R&D Catapult Centres (www.catapult.org.uk). Click here to download