Active Screw and Fastener

Interview: China more adapted to global trade rules: expert
Xinhua News Agency; 8/2/2009; 787 words; ...Chinese iron or steel fasteners, marking the first...Freeman said the more active involvement of China...import of Chinese steel fasteners, China has accused...87 percent on Chinese fasteners over the next five years...imported from China such as screws and bolts widely used...

FASTENERS & ADHESIVES: Finding a cure.
The Engineer; 6/1/2009; 1322 words; ...strength anaerobic that can be used for metal fasteners (including stainless steels and those...Henkel worked with used the threadlocker on screws used on timing covers for a major automotive...that one adhesive. It is accepted that active substrates, such as copper alloys, are...

Shop, reborn: remaking a cluttered work area into a showpiece with diamond-plate pegboard, a heavy-duty workbench and rolling tool storage.(DIY HOME: WORKBENCH PLANS + MORE HOT WATER + CHOOSING PLIERS)
Popular Mechanics; 3/1/2009; 1794 words; ...up to the rigors of an active workshop. Besides...remained was to drive the fasteners home. I used 3/16...in. Tapcon masonry screws and turned them in with...and drive hefty wood screws through the flange holes...and it doesn't take screws easily. Once the top...

Buyers' decking preferences show low-maintenance trend.
Plastics News; 2/2/2009; 1291 words; ...Fiber Composites' booth was active with decking contractors excited...s new clip-free, hidden fastener system on display. Most hidden fasteners are metal or plastics, and...use a tool that helps guide screws into deck boards at an angle, keeping the screws hidden but allowing for ...

U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Connecticut (Dec. 16)
Targeted News Service; 12/16/2008; 1128 words; ...near one corner of an active semiconductor region...opposite corner of the active semiconductor region...Develops Captive Structural Fastener ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec...a captive structural fastener. The patent has been assigned to Pilgrim Screw Corp., Providence...