Blind rivets, or breakstems, provide vibrationproof fastening for a wide variety of materials. But designers must know at least the basics before specifying them for applications. Rivets have been ...

Typically, metal special fasteners are more costly than standards because they are made through hot or cold forming. This requires more precision, manufacturing operations, highly skilled workmen, and ...

Find manufacturers and fabricators of Fasteners, Fittings & Joining Equipment in the Sheet metal industry that includes a variety of HVAC sheet metal products and tools as well as air conditioners.

Ordinarily, if you want to join metal and plastic items together, you have to use either adhesives or rivets. Engineers at Germany's Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology, however, ...

Clinching is a sheet metal joining process that has been used for decades. It offers a fast, clean way to join metal parts without welding or screws. In this article, we share clinching 101 knowledge ...

FlexHyJoin demonstrates a mass production process for producing a thermoplastic composite roof stiffener with welded metal brackets for assembly into a metal body-in-white, like that of the project’s ...