An aerospace fastener for aluminum structures expands as it is installed through a single drill hole, reportedly saving several minutes of installation time for each assembled fastener. The Cherry ...

The Leankeasy blind rivet bolt from Clufix, Cluses, France, crimps the nut as a screw is turned to lock two metal sheets or plastic parts together. This makes installation a one-step process and only ...

If it has to hold sheet metal, Pen Engineering is offering PEM SFN, a ‘spinning flare nut’ that can be made captive in thin metal. If two sheet metal assemblies have to be held together, it can be ...

Another startup from Jammu and Kashmir, SID07 Designs, received a patent for its product - single-step automobile wheel-nut assembly machine and method - in six months only. The department has taken ...