Looking for metric fasteners?

Looking for metric fasteners?

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

Military 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

Cold-Headed Components in the Fastener World

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?

Why Exotic Metals?

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,...
Making the Best Impression With Metal Stamping

Making the Best Impression With Metal Stamping

Metal stamping and a wide range of fasteners go hand-in-hand for many manufacturing applications because metal stamping is often used to create a variety of shapes and products that, in turn, are fastened together. Metal stampings are used in a variety of industries...
How Prototypes Can Save You Cash

How Prototypes Can Save You Cash

When you think of prototyping, you might think it only applies to complex mechanical products or expensive systems that cost thousands, even millions of dollars. But did you know that prototyping something as small and relatively inexpensive as a fastener component...