The Leankeasy blind rivet bolt from Clufix, Cluses, France, crimps the nut as a screw is turned to lock two metal sheets or plastic parts together. This makes installation a one-step process and only ...

Researchers from Skoltech and Harbin Institute of Technology have devised and tested a new mechanism for joining together the composite parts that make up bridges, the cooling towers of power stations ...

With the completion of the project TOAST (ThermOplast Additive Manufacturing STrukturen), Premium AEROTEC present the impressive potential which a modern hybrid design of carbon fibre reinforced ...

Most engineers who deal with bolted joints are familiar with torque tables for SAE-grade bolts, but these are all too often used without regard for the yield strength of internal threads or the bolt’s ...

Rivet guns are small, focused tools with a big impact. Whether you are repairing a bicycle, assembling metalwork, or fastening panels on a DIY project, a rivet gun makes strong, permanent joints ...

Nuts And Bolts: Seven Small Inventions That Changed The World by Roma Agrawal (Hodder £22, 320pp) Apparently Roma Agrawal toyed with calling this book Nuts And Bolts And Washers, but she thought it ...