MOST people don’t give it much thought, but in reality, a bolted-flange connection is a complex multi- component system that involves flanges, bolts, and gaskets, according to Tom Lokey, bulk ...

In this day and age of working with too few crew members, every tool or system that can save time and increase efficiency deserves to be in your building arsenal. And with GRK Fasteners’ new AugerBolt ...

High tensile bolt connections are used on tower crane joints, including those on mast, jib and slew ring bearings. They are subject to repeated cyclic loading as the crane lifts and lowers, loads and ...

They can complicate analysis because even small assemblies can have bolts, screws, rivets, and weld joints, some with preloads. Still, there are ways to consider fastener reactions, says David Dearth, ...