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Brainard Rivet Company launches new website
Brainard Rivet Company is an employee-owned subsidiary of Fastener Industries, specializing in personalized customer service and on-time delivery. The American fastener manufacturer recently launched a newly designed website. The new website includes a Photo Gallery with preview of the company’s product offerings. Brainard offers small and large rivets, clevis pins, hex weld nuts, as well…
HYTORC presents: The rental equipment solutions webinar
Did you know that HYTORC has the largest stock of rental equipment in the industry, available worldwide? Strategically located at service centers around the globe, a HYTORC rental also entitles you to free safety and operational training to ensure that your work crew is fully prepared. To learn how the bolting specialist can better facilitate…
Richelieu Hardware acquires Uscan Industrial Fasteners
Richelieu Hardware announced the recent acquisition of Uscan Industrial Fasteners Ltd., effective June 1, 2021. As an an importer and distributor of screws, bolts, and industrial fasteners, Uscan provides an ideal fit for Canadian-based, Richelieu. Richelieu specializes in hardware distribution and manufacturing. It’s located in Montreal, Quebec, where Uscan was also initially founded in 1970.…
Honda Honors its 2020 top OEM and service parts suppliers
Honda honored 61 North American suppliers for their performance and perseverance in supplying parts and materials during 2020. The suppliers earned awards for supporting Honda with mass production parts and materials, as well as service parts that serve the needs of customers after their purchase of a Honda or Acura product. Honda purchased $27 billion in parts…
How do gaskets perform as industrial seals?
Industrial seals are used to prevent leakage, hold pressure, and deflect contamination at interfaces between components. These components are used at static and dynamic interfaces. Dynamic interfaces are typically linear (such as the seal between pistons and cylinders) or rotary (such as the seal between bearing housings and axles). Adhesives and gaskets are typically used…
Kennametal offers one-step aerospace fastener drilling & countersinking tool
Kennametal has introduced the HiPACS drilling and countersinking system for aerospace fastener holes. Designed to drill and chamfer holes in one operation, the high-precision tool meets the aerospace industry’s stringent accuracy requirements, while delivering increased tool life in machining composite, titanium, and aluminum aircraft skins. “Most fastener hole tools used today are complex made-to-order tools…
Solution Industries to host Open House & AIM Testing HE workshop this July
Solution Industries, a specialist in distributor partnerships, is inviting the fastener industry to its Open House on July 8, 2021. Visitors are welcome to tour Solution Industries’ new facility, and enjoy lunch, while visiting with “Team Solution” at the Home of Solution (21555 Drake Road | Strongsville, OH). Solution Industries combines more than 100 years…
Global demand grows for pressure-sensitive adhesives
A new Freedonia Group analysis projects global demand for pressure-sensitive (PSA) tapes to increase 3.8% per year to 58.4 million square meters in 2025, following declines in 2020 due to the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. PSAs adhere simply with the application of pressure, requiring no additional solvent or heat for activation. The tapes…Mactac launches anti-microbial adhesive overlaminates
Mactac, a supplier of pressure-sensitive adhesives, has launched three new PERMACOLOR PermaGard Shield anti-microbial protection overlaminates. The new overlaminates, which are available in textured polypropylene and vinyl film constructions, feature a specially formulated and innovative built-in protection that eliminates microbial contaminants and resists microbe growth. In addition to anti-microbial properties, the products feature abrasion and moisture-resistance,…
BUMAX supplies more than 80,000 fasteners to RINGFEDER
BUMAX recently announced that it received orders for more than 80,000 screws this past year from drive and damping technology provider, RINGFEDER POWER TRANSMISSION. The fasteners have been installed in more than 7,000 new RINGFEDER shaft-hub connections around the world. “BUMAX was the only company that could provide the high-strength fasteners with the corrosion resistance…
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Global demand grows for pressure-sensitive adhesives
A new Freedonia Group analysis projects global demand for pressure-sensitive (PSA) tapes to increase 3.8% per year to 58.4 million square meters in 2025, following declines in 2020 due to the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. PSAs adhere simply with the application of pressure, requiring no additional solvent or heat for activation. The tapes…
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MW Industries expands precision spring capabilities; acquires Duer Carolina Coil
MW Industries, a provider of precision components, announced the acquisition of Duer Carolina Coil, Inc. — a manufacturer of hot and cold wound springs. The acquisition of Duer Carolina Coil closed on March 26, 2021, increasing MW Industries’ existing portfolio of businesses offering engineered spring solutions for the automotive, heavy truck, defense, valve, and agricultural…
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HYTORC presents: The rental equipment solutions webinar
Did you know that HYTORC has the largest stock of rental equipment in the industry, available worldwide? Strategically located at service centers around the globe, a HYTORC rental also entitles you to free safety and operational training to ensure that your work crew is fully prepared. To learn how the bolting specialist can better facilitate…
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What are industrial seals?
By Dr. Jody Muelaner Industrial seals are used to prevent leakage, hold pressure, and deflect contamination at interfaces between components. Industrial seals are used at static and dynamic interfaces. Examples of static interfaces include the entry point of bolts and screws, and the interface between an engine block and cylinder head. Adhesives and gaskets are…
