Fastening and Joining Monthly eNewsletter

In the 1980s, defective fasteners on Army tanks, Navy ships, and interstate highway bridges caught the attention of Congress. A study of the U.S. fastener industry by the House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations documented...

The British Steam Team's takes its car, Inspiration, out during Speed Week August 8 to 14 at the Bonneville Salt Flats seeking to break 200 mph after six years of development. They may...

Threaded-fastener technology has been around since screws were used at the Hanging Gardens of Babylon in the 7th century B.C. And many of the nuts and bolts used...

If you’re trying to isolate sensitive equipment from vibrations, air tables and other pneumatic systems come to mind. The low-frequency vibration isolation...

For more than 60 years, engineers specifying seals and customers using them have accepted the arbitrary rule that the maximum amount O-rings will swell in most applications is a 25% change...

Rivets have been used to put things together since the Bronze Age, but it usually took a worker on each side of the join to set them.

Basics of Design Engineering: Joining Metals & Ceramics
Many applications require joining metals to ceramics, such as sealing electrodes to glass enclosures for light bulbs.

It can be difficult to specify drive components that transform power from a motor into a form that is useful for the load.

Sometimes technologies that appear peripheral to a task can make the difference between a reliable design and one that fails before its time. Today we'll look at new models for vibration isolation and sensors to reduce waste in automated lines.