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Practical expertise — stainless and acid-resistant fastener articles, materials know-how and hands-on guides.
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So much I have not yet fitted
Read more →: So much I have not yet fittedNONOX fasteners are weather-resistant, polishable and, yes, beautiful. Ideas for fitting signs with cap nuts, threaded rod and decorative washers, for discreet countersunk solutions, for security fasteners that cannot be undone, for solid rivets, and for wire ropes and chains as design elements.
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OKS-250 anti-galling paste
Read more →: OKS-250 anti-galling pasteGalling is not a material defect and not corrosion – but with stainless threads it can happen on the very first tightening. What causes it, how to prevent it with heterogeneous A2/A4 pairings, slower tightening and clean threads, and what OKS 250 anti-galling paste does. Plus our anti-galling warranty.
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For concrete, a concrete screw
Read more →: For concrete, a concrete screwHow the concrete screw replaced the wall plug: pre-drill, and the carbide tip cuts its own thread into the concrete. Why the hole must be a shade larger than the core diameter, why NONOX A4 belongs outdoors while galvanised stays inside, and the hex, countersunk and stud versions.
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Screw locking: life insurance
Read more →: Screw locking: life insuranceWhy a releasable joint still needs securing, and the clever elements that do it: spring, nosed and toothed washers, the two-tab locking plate, double nuts, the split pin and castle nut, plastic-insert and all-metal self-locking nuts, and the spring-steel lock nut the Eiffel Tower was assembled with.
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What a screw ought to know about nuts
Read more →: What a screw ought to know about nutsA field guide to nuts: the standard hex (DIN 934), hand-tightened wing and butterfly nuts, closed cap nuts, flanged and combi nuts that replace a washer, tall and coupling nuts, weld nuts, rivet nuts and their setting tool, screw-in inserts for wood, and press-fit nuts for thin sheet.
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Chemical composition of stainless steels
Read more →: Chemical composition of stainless steelsAn extract from ISO 683-13:1986: the chemical composition of ferritic, martensitic and austenitic stainless steels, with maximum mass percentages for carbon, silicon, manganese, phosphorus and sulphur, plus nitrogen, aluminium, chromium, molybdenum, niobium, nickel, selenium, titanium and copper, and the steel group codes that map them to the F1, C and A1–A5 grades.
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Mechanical properties of fasteners in the martensitic steel group
Read more →: Mechanical properties of fasteners in the martensitic steel groupAccording to DIN EN ISO 3506: the mechanical properties of martensitic (C1, C3, C4) and ferritic (F1) stainless fasteners — tensile strength, 0,2% yield strength, elongation at fracture and hardness in HB, HRC and HV — plus the length limits, the thread diameter range and the temperature caveats to agree with your supplier.





