U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC and independent WMTR testing demonstrate high-strength steel-benchmark performance for IperionX Ti-6Al-4V fasteners, supporting U.S. defense industrial-base resilience and ...

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 ...

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 ...

In the middle of the Machinists strike, Boeing inspectors in Everett discovered a new, embarrassing and serious problem with the assembly of the first 787 Dreamliners. Boeing said Tuesday about 3 ...

In the heart of Wolverhampton's Upper Villiers Street, where the rumble of Sunbeam motorcars once echoed through factory halls, a new chapter in mechanical testing excellence is being written.

Self-clinching fasteners were designed almost 70 years ago as way to attach components to thin sheet metal and ensure the connection would withstand hard tugs and torque loads. They are also useful ...