NORTH CHARLESTON, SC—Boeing is investigating a new quality issue with its 787 Dreamliner after discovering that hundreds of fasteners on some undelivered jets have been incorrectly installed.
Visumatic equipment installs screws, nuts, bolts, pins, and specialty fasteners. From robot end of arm tooling to vision guided robots, engineered fastening is their only business and they've been at it for over 55 years.
Maxbolt load-indicating fasteners can reduce downtime, premature wear, and catastrophic joint failures. An accurate and durable load-monitoring device is inserted into each fastener.
Fastenal has expanded its footprint with a 5,000 square foot warehouse and assembly area addition. The increased footage will permit the supplier of nuts, bolts and related equipment, to efficiently meet the rapidly evolving needs of both local industries and individual consumers
High-strength threaded fasteners are critical components in the assembly of virtually every form of transportation and industrial machinery. Industry-accepted standards for the measurement and performance of these critical parts have existed for decades, but recent failures of threaded fasteners in service and qualification testing are bringing new focus to the critical area between the head and shank of the fastener.
Flexibility should be of utmost importance when selecting an assembly joining system.
February 8, 2019
HVAC products and services offered to the consumer come with little to no room for revamping. As the cost of energy continues to rise, manufacturers have come under pressure to meet production goals, such as reducing energy usage, maintaining occupant comfort, and sustaining high levels of energy savings throughout the year.
Manufacturers of complex machinery can learn a great deal about product quality and cost by participating in a dedicated teardown process. Almost any product large or small,from appliances to agricultural equipment to medical devices to electrical equipment, can be the focus of a teardown.
On Demand Become an informed consumer! Before you hit the show floor, tune into this exclusive panel discussion featuring executives from three of the nation’s top suppliers of fastening tools: Desoutter, Panasonic, and TorqTec.