Here the European Adhesive Tape Association AFERA – a not-for-profit trade association with over fifty years’ experience – explains the benefits of tapes for fixing and joining in product design. Adhesive tapes are increasingly replacing rivets, screws, nuts, bolts, nails, staples, needle and thread, and welds. Often the use of tapes simply make fixing and joining possible, offering a unique an...

TFC Europe Ltd has announced that it has achieved AS9100C and AS9120 certifications for the aerospace industry. Based on ISO 9001, BS EN9100 (AS9100C) includes additional aerospace specific requirements and provides the industry with a standardised set of requirements to help improve quality throughout the supply chain and reduce cost through continual improvement. TFC states that quality runs...

SD Products Limited has added several new lines of marine and fabric fasteners to its expanding catalogue, enabling it to offer easy to use products at low prices. Products included in the new lines are spur teeth washers and grommets, as well as brass eyelets and rings – which are used extensively in the textile industry. In addition, there are tri snaps – which offer an economical snap fasten...

Bormann & Neupert GmbH & Co KG states that its Smart Band is a robust alternative to stainless steel fasteners and is ideal for demanding applications and extreme ambient conditions, such as in mining or onshore/offshore wind turbines. The long-term maintenance free straps and clips of the Smart Band system bundle cables and pipelines or hold sensors and signs securely. The straps are a...

Dörken MKS-Systeme GmbH & Co KG has reported that it enjoyed great success on the press and trade visitor days of the recent IAA exhibition, in Hanover, Germany, which is the leading international trade fair for mobility, transportation and logistics. Covering 230,000m² of exhibition space, IAA attracted around 931,000 visitors, 1,103 exhibitors and 219 world premieres, breaking all previo...

NORMA Group has received a major order from a German car manufacturer to equip several million vehicles worldwide by the year 2027. Beginning in 2017, the contract includes NORMAQUICK PS3 quick connectors and NORMAPLAST SV hose and pipe connectors in the nominal sizes 6mm – 32mm, which will be used in vehicle cooling systems. NORMAQUICK PS3 quick connectors, made of recyclable materials, connec...

Carbon fibre-reinforced plastics (CFRP) have fascinating advantages when it comes to saving weight. However, they are also particularly demanding and standard connectors are not good enough for this high-quality material. GESIPA® Blindniettechnik GmbH has now developed a blind rivet nut for composites, which meets these high demands. GESIPA explains that its CFRP blind rivet nut now makes it po...

Alcoa Fastening Systems & Rings (AFSR), a business unit of Alcoa - a global leader in lightweight metals technology, engineering and manufacturing, has a long history of providing innovative solutions for critical applications for all industries. Here Hans Staedler, customer engineering director Europe at AFSR, focuses on the history of the Huck® lockbolt fastener - the benefits it offers c...

RotaBolt® measurement fasteners have recently been fitted by BSP International Foundations Ltd to the largest hydraulic piling hammer that it manufactures. The hammer, which has a 40 tonne drop weight, has been operating on a site in Venezuela for the past year and has been trouble free. BSP manufactures a range of hydraulic piling hammers from 1 tonne drop weight up to 40 tonnes. The CGL 590kN...

Nuts and bolts are used everywhere. A bolting failure at home is usually only a minor nuisance. However, a similar failure at a nuclear power plant could be catastrophic, which is why bolt failure analysis of damaged bolted joints is so vital. There are many reasons why bolting failures happen. In fact, they are often caused by a combination of factors. According to Laurent Dastas, a bolting an...