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Company provides reliable nut and bolt solutions

17th June 2016 Technical solutions provider Bearing Man Group’s (BMG’s) extensive range of fasteners, tools and related equipment is used to enhance reliability of equipment in diverse sectors, including light, medium and heavy industries, pulp and paper, construction, original-equipment manufacturers and... →

Clamps remain a trusted product across projects

By: Victor Moolman 17th June 2016 Distributor of connection systems for steelwork Structural Fixing Systems has been providing products from UK-based fastener systems manufacturer Lindapter for South African projects since 1976. →

GAUTRAIN Structural Fixing Systems has supplied the Gautrain project with Lindapter products

Distributor increases product offering

17th June 2016 Electrical and industrial components distributor RS Components (RS), which is the trading brand of UK-based distributors Electrocomponents, has added over 800 new lines to its RS Pro range of high-quality fasteners, fixings and ironmongery, giving engineers a choice of nearly 9 000 products for... →

ZINC PLATED RS Pro zinc-plated and stainless steel machine screws have been added to its list of available products

New lock washer and nut replace traditional fastening systems

By: Victor Moolman 17th June 2016 HEICO-LOCK wedge lock products can be used as replacements for traditional locking systems because of their ability to stay secure and in place even under the most extreme vibration and dynamic load applications, says fastener distributor The Fastener Factory MD Darryl Campbell. →

The Fastener Factory

By: Zandile Mavuso 17th June 2016 South Africa-based fasteners supplier The Fastener Factory – which will be celebrating its 1st birthday in July – offers a specialist supply and support service to diverse industries throughout the country. These industries include the automotive, engineering, packaging, printing, agriculture,... →

New chemical fixing solution reaches local shores

19th June 2015 Construction fastener distributor Upat South Africa has expanded its range of chemical fixings, following the launch of the fischer Superbond chemical fixing range at the end of last year. The Superbond – a universal solution for cracked concrete – is available as RSB resin capsules or injection... →

New equipment improves fastener manufacturer’s operations

19th June 2015 South African fastener manufacturer and supplier Impala Bolt & Nut installed a new thread rolling machine last month, with its capacity to thread 400 bolts a minute significantly improving the company’s manufacturing capabilities, says company MD Derek Cohen. He tells Engineering News that... →

PUSHING ON Impala is investing in new equipment and modifying existing equipment in response to the declining demand for fasteners

Increased attendance at international fastener exhibition

19th June 2015 Attendance at this year’s three-day-long international fastener and fixing industry exhibition, the 2015 Stuttgart Fastener Fair, improved by 4% compared with the previous event, which took place in 2013. A total of 11 060 people visited this year’s event to discover the latest fastener and... →

Torqueing solution improves sealing specialist’s productivity

19th June 2015 Industrial bolting systems manufacturer Hytorc announced in February that it had successfully supplied torqueing solutions to meet the challenges faced by engineered sealing solutions provider John Crane at its Bengaluru operation in India’s Karnataka province. “Prior to using Hytorc technology,... →

Fastener solutions delivered to Free State telecoms project

By: David Oliveira 19th June 2015 Stainless-steel clamping solutions provider Banding & Identification Solutions last month delivered 200 of the company’s proprietary stainless steel Band-It ties to communication device and services provider Communication Technology Broadcasting (CTB) to tie down the cable fixture of a 120-m-high... →

SECURING SOLUTION The KE922 is an easy-to-use tensioning hand tool with a manual cutoff handle

Company manufactures fasteners for renewable energy sector

By: Pimani Baloyi 20th June 2014 Johannesburg-based fastener solutions provider Swagefast reports that it has experienced an increase in business since it ventured into manufacturing fasteners for the renewable-energy market in 2013. Company FD Jay Rossouw tells Engineering News that the company has been awarded two major... →

Local fastener manufacturing in decline

By: Pimani Baloyi 20th June 2014 The South African fastener manufacturing industry is declining because the mining and power industries – its main customers – are not expanding, says the South African Fastener Manufacturers’ Association (Safma). Safma chairperson Rob Pietersma tells Engineering News that, with the need to... →

Company introduces stainless steel fastener solutions

20th June 2014 Fastener solutions provider PennEngineering has launched a range of stainless steel self-clinching fasteners, the PEM Type TSO4, which provides ideal fastener solutions for stacking or spacing components to ultra-thin stainless steel panels. The company states that the specially hardened... →

PEM TYPE TSO4 The fasteners install reliably and permanently into stainless steel sheets as thin as 0.63 mm

Industry losing essential technical skills

By: Pimani Baloyi 20th June 2014 The South African fastener sector is losing specialised skills as veteran workers are retiring, without skills transfer taking place. The industry also struggles to attract skilled graduates, says local standard nuts, bolts and other special fasteners manufacturer Impala Bolt & Nut. Company MD... →

SCARCE SKILLS Skilled employees between the ages of 50 and 60 and will soon retire… while we have training programmes, it is difficult to attract new entrants into the industry

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SCARCE SKILLS Skilled employees between the ages of 50 and 60 and will soon retire… while we have training programmes, it is difficult to attract new entrants into the industry

Association encourages local innovation

By: Yolandi Booyens 21st June 2013 Unlocking available funds to realise new local tooling initiatives remains challenging, despite adequate support from government to ensure a growing fastener and tooling industry being evident, notes Toolmaking Association of South Africa (Tasa) Gauteng secretary, Henk Snyman. Owing to the... →

Lack of skills might promote future imports

By: Yolandi Booyens 21st June 2013 South Africa’s future as a fastener manufacturer could be problematic, says fastener solutions supplier Impala Bolt & Nut MD Derek Cohen, adding that, while the country has the skills to manufacture some of the fasteners it imports, a lack of people seeking technical careers and, subsequently,... →

Company feeding tooling skills base

By: Yolandi Booyens 21st June 2013 A growing demand for tooling manufacturer Hilti’s on-site and in-office training courses is evident across the fastener and surrounding industries, as the courses facilitate safety practices and improved equipment life cycles. The company trains some 1000 people a year and specifies installation... →

New bolt-securing system prevents slackening

21st June 2013 Engineering solutions provider BMG has extended its range of Nord-Lock bolt-securing systems to include Nord-Lock’s X-series washers, which are designed to safely secure bolted joints exposed to severe vibration and dynamic loads. “Bolted joints normally fail owing to spontaneous bolt loosening... →

Imports continue to curb industry potential, despite antidumping duty

By: Yolandi Booyens 21st June 2013 Fastener imports continue to outweigh locally manufactured products, as South Arica produced 13 146 t of standard hexagon steel bolts, set screws and nuts in 2012 and imported 30 800 t of the same materials, states South African Fasteners Manufacturers Association (Safma) chairperson Rob... →

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