As many of us experienced as seniors in high school, Tara Meinck was unsure what career path to follow after graduation. And if she could fast-forward a decade or so into the future, she likely never would have guessed she’d have a full-fledged career as an engineer and product manager at SPIROL International, a global…

SPIROL has expanded the CL220 Compression Limiter offering by adding additional diameter and length combinations to accommodate a variety of application requirements. Compression limiters are non-threaded inserts designed to protect and prevent the over-stressing of plastic components. The CL220’s split-seam, flexible diameter accommodates wide hole tolerances and the gap is designed so the parts will not interlock…

SPIROL recently announced that Ford Aerospace, which is based in South Shields, UK will be joining the SPIROL group of companies. Ford Aerospace specializes in manufacturing high-precision metal components and sub-assemblies for the aerospace, industrial, and high-technology sectors. It’s been a supplier over its 113-year history dating back almost as far as the first recorded…

That’s a wrap! The International Fastener Expo (IFE), the largest fastener event in North America, successfully hosted attendees and exhibitors at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas this week, from October 17th to 19th. As one of the most comprehensive B2B trade shows for the entire fastener supply chain, IFE 2022 included show-floor presentations from industry…

Written by Jeff Greenwood Product Sales Engineer SPIROL International Corporation Fasteners are some of the most important parts of an assembly as they hold all of the parts together and facilitate any interaction between the components. Ideally, the selected fasteners are simple to install, provide a quality product for the lifetime of the assembly, and…

SPIROL announced the receipt of the 2020 General Motors Supplier Quality Excellence Award. It has proudly received the General Motors Supplier Quality Excellence Award every year since it was originally presented in 2012. The award was presented to two of SPIROL’s locations, one in the U.S. and one in Canada — SPIROL International Corporation in…

Written by Tara B. Meinck | Application Engineer SPIROL International Corporation, U.S.A. Compression limiters are used to protect plastic components in bolted joints and maintain a threaded fastener’s clamp load by eliminating plastic creep. To function properly, the bearing surface beneath the bolt’s head must extend over the compression limiter to contact the plastic component.…

SPIROL, a global manufacturer of precision-engineered components for fastening and joining, has expanded its solid pin product line to include the Series BP100 Press-N-Lok Pin. The new Press-N-Lok Pin was designed to permanently retain two plastic components to one another. It offers opposing raised barbs on each end that are angled backwards, opposing the direction…

  SPIROL, a global manufacturer of precision-engineered components for fastening and joining, now offers its Slotted Spring Pins for purchase online, which include: SPIROL Standard Metric Slotted Pins SPIROL Standard Inch Slotted Pins ISO 8752 Slotted Pins A slotted pin is a general-purpose, low-cost component used in numerous fastening applications. Compressed as it is installed,…

SPIROL, a global manufacturer of precision engineered components for fastening and joining, has launched a new, high-performance series of Molded-In Inserts for plastics assemblies. The rugged design of the Series 63 Through Hole and Series 65 Blind-end inserts consist of multiple bands of helical knurls to maximize torque resistance — balanced with radial undercuts to…