PennEngineering® says that its PEM® floating self-clinching nuts for stainless steel assemblies enable easier mating hole alignment to promote design flexibility in relaxed tolerance applications.PEM® floating self-clinching nuts can be specified either with non-locking or self-locking threads and will permit up to 0.015 inches/0.38mm minimum float in all directions from the centre. PennEnginee...

In industrial production systems, GESIPA Blindniettechnik GmbH says it has been nearly impossible to set blind rivet nuts in a fully automated and economically feasible way – until now. Existing technologies mainly failed because it was neither possible to achieve a precise drill-on or a correct hole location process. GESIPA has now found a way to connect its FireFox® blind rivet nut setting to...

NORMA Group, a global market leader for engineered joining technology, has secured a major contract for quick connectors with a large Chinese-European joint venture OEM. The production of the NORMAQUICK PS3 quick connectors for the use in the customer’s water cooling systems will start in 2016 and last until 2026. The company will produce more than four million quick connectors annually at its...

Using Delta-eLack® and specially developed plant machinery larger parts can be KTL (Cathodic electrodeposition) coated as bulk solids with a high throughput rate. Electro Plating Ltd, based in Wolverhampton, UK has been using the Twin Line system since the end of 2014. KTL systems are the most frequently used surface protection systems in automotive manufacturing due to its good corrosion prote...

As an acknowledged licensee, GRAEWE Tadiv is able to provide the highest level of corrosion protection for fasteners – guaranteed by the GEOMET® trademark. GRAEWE explains that the chromium-free zinc-aluminium flake system ensures that the coating is applied without any risk of hydrogen embrittlement, even on fasteners of high-tensile strength, because it is a non-electrolytic process. By using...

For more than 40 years, Specialinsert Srl has been engaged in the production of fastening systems suitable for fixing all kinds of different materials and applications. The company has a vast experience in traditional mechanical fastening systems and now, through the design and manufacture of custom solutions, it has further extended its expertise into more innovative fields of applications. Sp...

Dow Automotive Systems, a business unit of the Dow Chemical Company, is proud to be the structural adhesives supplier for the 2015 Ford F-150, which was recently launched.With a front end, cab, box and tailgate made out of aluminium alloy and a frame made out of high strength, lightweight steel, the F-150 utilises BETAMATE™ structural adhesives for durability, weight reduction and improved manu...

NORMA Group, a global market leader in engineered joining technology, has been issued Platinum Supplier Status 2014 for its site in St. Clair, Michigan, by General Motors Company. The US car manufacturer issues this award to suppliers for their outstanding performances and is recognising NORMA Group for its delivery reliability, high-quality products and outstanding service. “We are extremely p...

UK-based Integrity Products has launched a brand new non-removable security screw. Integrity Products explains that the IP5-2 is the first permanent tamper resistant drive to be developed from ‘scratch’. It has its own bespoke drive bit to produce a perfectly matching river/recess fit. The driver has five forward driving faces to facilitate improved torque where required, but importantly has n...

DELO Industrial Adhesives LLC has developed a new metal adhesive that combines a broad temperature range of use with fast and simple production processes. DELO-ML DB154 adhesive is mainly designed for bonding tasks in electric motors, including bonding of buried magnets, rotor packages, and shafts to hubs. When developing the product, DELO attached great importance to high temperature stabilit...