For as long as humans have been using tools, they have found creative ways to mechanically fasten different materials with ropes, pegs, and wedges. After about a few thousand years of perfecting the ...

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Adhesives Technology Manager Dymax Corp. Structural adhesives have taken over thousands of bonding applications formerly the province of metal-joining techniques such as staking, riveting, and spot ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The industrial adhesives market is expected to grow by USD 14.61 billion during 2020-2024. The report also provides the market impact and new opportunities created due to the ...

What’s the difference between a hitch pin and a wire tie? Get this wrong and it could cost your company millions in warranty bills and vehicle recalls, not to mention your job. Matthew Beecham finds ...

Mechanical fasteners have been used to join wood and metal plates for hundreds of years. Because mechanical fastening of composite material plates is a much more recent development, most of the ...

Modern server architecture trends toward ever-greater component density. As processing power increases and form factors shrink, every millimeter of internal space is valuable. Traditional fastening ...

Mechanical fasteners, such as screws, bolts, pins and rivets, have been used for hundreds of years to assemble wood and metal structures. As composites have replaced other materials in structural ...

A fastener with a microscopic design that looks like tiny mushrooms could mean advances for everyday consumers and scientific fields. Currently available fasteners are called hook and loop fasteners ...