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Practical expertise — stainless and acid-resistant fastener articles, materials know-how and hands-on guides.
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- Next-generation wood screws (11)
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- Technical chemicals (4)
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- Wire ropes (8)
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The (interesting) story of a lover of sailing
Read more →: The (interesting) story of a lover of sailingWhat has Menet-Trend got to do with sailing? A customer's account of the 51st Barcolana Regatta in the Gulf of Trieste: a chartered 46-footer, a two-day passage from Zadar, a night blacker than any forest, a storm-force gust at the wheel – and then a race day that dawned to a complete calm.
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Interview with a cheerful master carpenter
Read more →: Interview with a cheerful master carpenterA carpenter from a 50-year dynasty ordered 1028 stainless Torx decking screws for a Buda carport whose roof doubles as a terrace. No pre-drilling, no splitting, no snapped heads – and a job that usually takes two days finished in one. Even the owner noticed the screws were not the usual yellow.
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What does the NONOX brand name stand for?
Read more →: What does the NONOX brand name stand for?NON: not; OX: oxidation. The acronym works like “inox”: non-oxidising, that is stainless or acid-resistant. What the NONOX range covers – screws, nuts, washers, rivets, wall plugs, wire ropes, chains, marine fittings – and what these austenitic alloys have in common, from food-industry use to non-magnetic properties.
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NONOX World – 29 years of checkmating rust
Read more →: NONOX World – 29 years of checkmating rustOur NONOX World magazine, to flip through page by page: 29 years of checkmating rust.
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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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NEXT-GENERATION NONOX WOOD SCREWS – FOR TERRACES, TIMBER HOUSES, PLAYGROUNDS, SAUNAS, SWIMMING POOLS
Read more →: NEXT-GENERATION NONOX WOOD SCREWS – FOR TERRACES, TIMBER HOUSES, PLAYGROUNDS, SAUNAS, SWIMMING POOLSTwenty-two next-generation NONOX wood screws in one place: chipboard, decking, scaffold/coach and floor fixing screws in stainless A2, A4 and hardened C1, with Torx or Pozidrive drives, self-drilling and self-tapping tips, hole-widening ribs and driving-easing coatings. Sizes from Ø 3×10 to 8×400.
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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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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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If everyone is already developing, automating and raising efficiency, let us do it together too!
Read more →: If everyone is already developing, automating and raising efficiency, let us do it together too!Ten typical complaints from the workshop — rust stains, broken heads, hardwood, bits slipping out of the drive, endless pre-drilling, split layers — each with a NONOX wood screw that answers it, plus the comparison table and the abbreviation legend for reading it.
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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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Here are 3 multifunctional wood screws
Read more →: Here are 3 multifunctional wood screwsNot all wood screws are alike. Three NONOX examples for different jobs: a countersunk self-drilling screw with Torx drive in A2, a 60° floor fixing screw with hex socket for tongue-and-groove edges, and a self-tapping fast-build screw in A4 — with their features and size ranges.