Beacon Fasteners and Components, which specializes in quality-tested, high-performance screws, recently launched a redesigned website, with updated content and insight on its products, inventory solutions, company, and more. The new site features a customer account dashboard, an easy-to-navigate product catalog, and a shopping cart to request a quote. Beacon invites users to visit its site…
New inventions honored at 2020 Collegiate Inventors Competition
The 2020 Collegiate Inventors Competition is an annual competition for college and university students and their advisers. Finalist teams (including five groups of undergraduates and five of graduates), consist of students from nine colleges and universities across the U.S. These inventions include everything from bioadhesives to medical treatments for cancer or disease. For example, this…
All Integrated Solutions expands distribution center in Atlanta
All Integrated Solutions (AIS), a division of MSC Industrial Supply Co., has announced the expansion of its distribution center network to Atlanta, Georgia. Founded in 1962, AIS is a value-added distributor of industrial production fasteners, components, and assembly tools. The new Atlanta expansion provides a strategic growth platform for AIS’s production hardware business in the…
How is stamping used in fastener manufacturing?
Blanking, piercing, and stamping are highly cost-effective ways to produce a large number of parts from sheet metal. Stamping is the manufacturing process by which a metal sheet is pressed to form a specific shape. Fasteners — such as nuts, bolts, washers, rings, clamps, and others — are often made by stamping sheets of aluminum,…
Automating the “impossible” bolt with an over-sized captivated washer
Visumatic designs and builds automatic feeding and driving equipment to install screws, nuts, bolt. The company recently delivered on an automated fastening promise to a metal stamping manufacturer. The end-user for this project asked the Visumatic team to develop a value-added product by producing a completed assembly instead of the loose parts. This application required…
Master Bond offers NASA-approved, low-outgassing epoxy
Master Bond EP4EN-80 is a NASA-approved, low-outgassing epoxy. It can cure at temperatures as low as 80° C, which is unlike conventional one component heat-curing systems. It also features a quick cure profile at 65° C for 90 minutes plus 30 minutes at 80° to 85° C. The epoxy system requires no mixing prior to…
Liquid adhesives market projected to grow to $44.6 billion by 2025
The liquid adhesives market is projected to grow from U.S. $35.8 billion in 2020 to $44.6 billion by 2025, at a CAGR of 4.5%, between 2020 and 2025. This is according to ReportLinker, an award-winning market research solution. Liquid adhesives offer the benefits of versatility and a low viscosity. The wetting properties of these adhesives enable…
Crescent APEX introduces new tools for high-frequency, torque-demanding tasks
The use of impact drivers and related accessories is growing rapidly. The rates are about three times faster than tools that are designed for non-impact use. In response, Crescent APEX has introduced the Vortex Impact Power Bits and Accessories to help electricians, plumbers, HVAC techs, construction pros, and MRO specialists better perform high-frequency, torque-demanding screw,…
Würth Industry North America acquires Techni-Tool
Würth Industry North America (WINA) announced that it has acquired the Louisiana Assets of Techni-Tool Inc. (formerly MDM Tool and Supply) — a strong brand with 41 years of history supporting the machining, metalworking, and industrial industries. Techni-Tool supplies premium cutting products, related service, and technical support. The company offers test equipment, tool kits, hand…
Adhesives Technology’s products approved for use by Alabama DOT
Alabama Department of Transportation (DOT) recently issued an approval for ULTRABOND HYB-2CC, ULTRABOND EPX-3CC, and ULTRABOND 1300-FG for use on its highways and bridges. This makes a total of nine Adhesives Technology Corp. (ATC) products approved in Alabama, and its approval brings ATC to 250 total material list approvals nationwide. ATC is a manufacturer of…