Every engineered part, assembly, or machine has a finite service life. Even components boasting the most precise designs executed with proven manufacturing techniques eventually fail. Fasteners are no ...

When designing a new project, manufacturers in many cases will focus on the ‘high value’ components that embody their innovation as a business. However, innovation is not restricted by size, as the ...

Choosing the right fastener is fundamental to the reliability and performance of precision assemblies. Increasingly, engineers are turning to plastic fasteners, not as a compromise, but as a strategic ...

Now consider that the only thing holding your expensive piston/rod combination on the crank are the two bolts connecting the rod cap to the rod. In a V-8, that's 16 rod bolts bearing the load of the ...

In the universal quest for driving growth, several recent surveys of key decision makers within top global electronic OEM and EMS companies pinpointed a handful of critical elements necessary for ...

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At 7,500 rpm, the pistons in your race engine reach either top-dead-center or bottom-dead-center and change directions 25 times per second. That means the piston goes from traveling at top piston ...