Senior Design students in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering are drilling into a problem as common as deck screws. In his guest blog, student writer Evan Monko shares the story behind ...

A major cause of failures in metal fasteners is electrochemical corrosion (rust), or so-called galvanic action. Engineers and designers alike can greatly reduce this type of corrosion by specifying ...

Placing certain metal parts in contact with other metal parts can rapidly accelerate rust and corrosion. Ultimately, any metal or metallic compound is subject to corrosion at a greater or lesser rate, ...

Technical Superiority of Advanced Fastening Solutions The technical superiority of stainless steel screws and bolts lies in their inherent chemical composition. By utilizing high-grade alloys such as ...

As a China Leading Bimetal Self Drilling Screws Manufacturer, Fasto Industrial Co., Ltd. (Fasto) provides the technical expertise required to navigate these choices. Bimetal self drilling screws ...

Central to this evolution is the rising prominence of a China Leading Bimetal Self Drilling Screws Manufacturer, Fasto Industrial Co., Ltd. To understand the impact of this technology, one must first ...

Corrosion resistance is one of the main advantages of the application of stainless steels. However, in some cases, stainless steels suffer certain types of corrosion and therefore precautions should ...

Various methods are available to protect steel from corrosion. One of the most elegant of these is the use of zinc. Zinc lies below steel in the galvanic series and therefore will corrode ...

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 ...