Threaded Barrel Nuts Explained: LUG and Chimney Nuts
LUG nuts, threaded barrel nuts or chimney nuts are essential fasteners used in a variety of industrial and automotive applications. LUGS are basically a U-Nut with a threaded barrel chimney...
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Cage Nuts For Data Centers
Cage nuts are an essential fastener used to mount equipment in standard server racks in data centers. Cage nuts remain the universal standard across the industry because of their simplicity,...
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Weld Pins: Styles and Usages
Not every fastening challenge looks the same. Sometimes you're working in a tight corner. Sometimes you need a joint stronger than the metal around it. Sometimes appearance matters just as...
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Advance Introduces New Duplex Screw Design
Advance Components is pleased to announce an updated design of the Duplex Screw, building on years of proven performance in temporary construction applications. Known for its strength, reusability, and ease of...
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The Complete Guide to U-Nuts: Self-Retaining Fastening Solutions
U-Nuts, also known as U-shaped nuts or clip nuts, are revolutionary self-retaining fasteners that have transformed panel assemblies across industries. These innovative fastening solutions provide quick, reliable attachment of mating...
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What Are Socket Head Cap Screws? 7 Styles and Applications Guide
Socket head cap screws, also known as Allen head screws, hex socket screws, or socket cap screws, are specialized fasteners featuring cylindrical heads with recessed hexagonal drive holes. These high-strength...
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The Ultimate Guide to Cage Nuts
In the world of professional fastening solutions, cage nuts stand as one of the most versatile and reliable options for securing components to panels with square holes. Whether you’re building...
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Duplex Screws: The Ultimate Guide To The #1 Reusable Fastener
When it comes to temporary fastening solutions, Duplex Screws have revolutionized the construction and event industries. These innovative double-headed screws offer unmatched versatility, speed, and reusability compared to traditional duplex...
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Guide to Weld Nuts: Types & Applications
In the world of industrial fasteners, weld nuts represent a critical component for numerous manufacturing applications. Weld Nuts are specialized fastening solutions that offer permanent, strong connections across various industries...
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A Guide to Hose Clamps: Types, Applications and Selection Tips
When it comes to joining hoses to fittings or connecting fluid transfer systems, few components are as essential yet overlooked as the humble hose clamp. These deceptively simple fasteners play...
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How Do Rivets Work? A Guide to Rivet Installations
Rivets are essential permanent fasteners used across numerous industries to create strong, reliable connections between materials. Whether you’re working with metal, plastic, or wood, understanding how rivets function can help...
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Types of Blind Threaded Inserts
There are many types of blind threaded inserts that benefit both design and manufacturing engineers. Blind-installed threaded fasteners have internal or external threads that can be installed into a panel,...
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Guide to Three Styles of Weld Screws
Weld Screws are designed to be permanently welded to like materials, and are available in low carbon, stainless steel, heat-treated and plated. There are variety of styles, but the most...
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Rivet Nut Kits – What’s Inside and What Are They For?
Rivet nuts, inserts, rivnuts – are the perfect auto shop fasteners. When it comes to repairing and manufacturing custom cars, trucks and trailers – rivet nuts, tools, pliers and rivet...
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What is a CLIC Worm-Gear Hose Clamp?
Worm-gear hose clamps are used to attach flexible hoses in a variety of industrial applications. Caillau manufactures CLIC worm-gear hose clamps that have a patented spring mechanism in the clamp,...
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What are DFARS sourced materials?
Some industrial fasteners are used in applications that require strict material standards. One of our partners – Parker Fasteners – manufactures socket head cap screws with DFARS sourced materials. What...
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Read Some Real Duplex Screw Reviews
Duplex Screw reviews give us an idea of just how versatile the reusable screw is and how happy our customers are with its performance. Do you Duplex? This is a...
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Guide to Types of U-Nut Fasteners
U-Nuts are self-retaining fasteners that stay in a screw-receiving position to provide a rapid and simple attachment of mating panel assemblies. Today in FastenerLab we are looking at the most...
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Projection Weld Pins: On Top or Under the Head
There are many benefits associated with the use of projection weld pins for secure welding projects. Projection welding pins have three projections or “little bumps” or metal spots either on...
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Guide to Reusable Duplex Screws
FastenerLab hits the road and visits Portland, Maine, to watch the reusable Duplex Screw in action as a team of technicians from Central Maine Pyrotechnics use Duplex Screws to assemble fireworks...
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Palnuts or Pal Nuts? Stamped or Push-On?
Whether you call them Palnuts or Pal Nuts, these fasteners are highly engineered, lightweight one-piece fasteners made of a single-piece of spring steel. They provide a strong fastening solution that...
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Guide to Push-On Cap Fasteners
There are two types of cap style Push-On fasteners that are used in industrial applications – one-piece metal top hats and two-piece plastic caps. Both styles are used to hide...
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Guide to 4 Types of Push-On Fasteners
No matter what you call them – Push-Ons, Push-Nuts or Palnuts, these fasteners provide a fast and effective attachment on integral studs, rivets, tubing, nails and other unthreaded parts. Made...
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Checklist for Application of Blind Threaded Inserts
Proper application of blind threaded inserts is important for the strength of the connection. This checklist will ensure that you have considered all of the factors before proceeding with the...
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How Do Cage Nuts Work? | The Ultimate Guide
A Cage Nut is what it sounds like – a nut in a cage. It’s a multi-threaded steel nut that “floats” in a spring steel cage to offset normal holes...
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Guide to The Best Hose Clamps for Boats
Hose clamps for marine use should be made from high-grade stainless steel to resist corrosion so they won’t rust and fail. The best hose clamps for boats should be manufactured...
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Fasteners for Appliances/White Goods
Fasteners for White Goods (large appliances) are often never seen but are vital in holding power and performance. “White Goods” are typically dishwashers, stoves, washing machines and dryers, and other...
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Duplex Screws Vs. Duplex Nails
To Drill or to Hammer? Duplex Screws and duplex nails are flanged-head or double-headed fasteners that are often used to build temporary structures such as braces, scaffolding and concrete formwork....
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Worm Drive Hose Clamps – German Vs. Swedish
These are not your typical hose clamps. Worm drive hose clamps are highly engineered for heavy duty applications. They are called worm drive clamps in reference to the helical-threaded screw...
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What Is A Speed Nut? | Ultimate Guide to Speed Nuts
“Speed Nuts” are one-piece spring steel fasteners that were developed and manufactured by Tinnerman Products, Inc. Today they are simply called spring steel fasteners as the “Speed Nut” name is...
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How to Cross Identify Fasteners
Often customers have to cross identify fasteners which can be frustrating and time consuming. But the rewards of finding that perfect alternate or similar part is rewarding. Sometimes it is...
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Fasteners Are In Everything!
Have you ever seen the book Things Come Apart: A Teardown Manual for Modern Living by Tom McLellan? It’s a book of objects dismantled and photographed beautifully. It’s also a...
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What Are Cap Style Push-On Fasteners?
There are two types of cap style Push-On fasteners that are used in industrial applications – one-piece metal top hats and two-piece plastic caps. Both styles are used to hide...
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What Are Palnuts? Types, Uses & Applications Guide
What are Palnuts (Pal Nuts)? Palnuts are engineered, lightweight one-piece fasteners made of a single-piece of spring steel. They provide a strong fastening solution that is easy to install and...
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Trim & Panel Clips: Snap-On or Slide-On
Trim and panel clips, both snap-on and slide-on styles, are designed for use over trim strips and access plates to attach components, trim and panels together. They are lightweight and...
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Guide to The Top 3 Types of Nut Retainers
What is a Nut Retainer? Nut Retainers are self-retaining spring steel fasteners that have a bolt-receiving nut floating inside a cage that off-sets normal hole misalignment and doesn’t turn when...
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Top 5 Types of Fasteners for HVAC
Top Five Types of Fasteners for HVAC Applications Manufacturers of HVAC equipment are always searching for fasteners that make their assembly processes move quickly and cost efficiently. The Top Five...
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16 Reasons To Use Spring Steel Fasteners
Spring steel fasteners offer important cost saving and assembly advantages. Excessive small parts and small parts handling can be drastically reduced through the benefits of multi-purpose spring steel fasteners. Experience...
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Improve Efficiency With Color-Coded Hose Clamps
Color-coded hose clamps are an easy time-saving feature that helps installers select the correct clamp for the hose diameter. Hose clamps with colored identifying marks improve efficiency during assembly and...
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7 Styles of Socket Head Cap Screws
Socket Head Cap Screws are cap screws that have cylindrical heads and recessed hexagonal drive holes. Standard styles have a flat chamfered cap head that is typically knurled and have...
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What Are Blind Threaded Inserts?
5 Top Styles of Blind Threaded Inserts Blind threaded inserts are a cost-saving fastening solution for a wide variety of industrial applications. They are ideal for applications in thin metal,...
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The Duplex Screw – The #1 Reusable Screw
What has an orange hex head top, can be reused multiple times, and comes in multiple sizes? The Duplex Screw – the #1 Reusable Screw in the construction industry. Whether...
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Top 4 Push-On Fasteners for Studs
What’s the best fastener that will grip onto a stud and not budge? Push-On Type Nuts by ARaymond/Tinnerman/Palnut do the job. Many in the fastener industry know these fasteners as...
