An Introduction to the Design and Behavior of Bolted Joints, John G. Bickford, 1995 Threaded-fastener technology has been around since screws were used at the Hanging Gardens of Babylon in the 7th ...

The Viper MBC robot from Visumatic Industrial Products, Lexington, Ky. (www.visumatic.com), delivers and installs a wide range of fasteners, including screws, nuts, bolts, pins, clips, brass rings, ...

In my previous column, I discussed double-shear testing of a single fastener (see “Editor's Picks,” at right). But fasteners also can be subjected to single-shear loading — our subject this time — and ...

Amid the big issues surrounding diesel engines today–fuel economy, lubes, emissions, to name a few–it’s easy to overlook the simplest details. Like the fasteners that literally hold everything ...