The Importance of Inspection

Feb 26, 2018 | Hardware, Purchasing

As leading distributors of a wide range of fasteners for major industries such as aerospace, defense, appliance manufacturing, electronics assembly and others, we take parts inspection very seriously. In fact, a major part of what we do at Electronic Fasteners is...

Looking for metric fasteners?

Aug 28, 2017 | Hardware

While the United States is one of the last hold-outs for the English system of measurement, metric fasteners are growing in popularity.  In the 1970’s there was an effort to increase the use of the metric system here in the US as Congress passed the Metric...

Military Hardware

Aug 24, 2017 | Hardware

If you’re a manufacturer supplying equipment to the US military you know the importance of using high quality mil-spec components and subsystems in your products. Electronic Fasteners has been a go-to supplier of mil-spec fasteners for a wide range of manufacturing...

Cold-Headed Components in the Fastener World

Jun 21, 2017 | Hardware

Cold-heading, or cold-forming, as it’s also known, is a manufacturing process used to make a variety of products from a wide range of alloys, including steel, stainless steel, copper, aluminum, and brass. The process starts with metal coils or rods that are shaped and...

Why Exotic Metals?

May 16, 2017 | Hardware

There are your “normal” metals and then there are “exotic” metals. What’s the difference and why are certain metals used for some applications while exotic metals are required for others? “Normal” metals (all the exotics are alloys) have processes that are generic,...