Joseph Pinchback 
At Wilson-Garner, we pride ourselves on being a global supplier of specialty fasteners manufactured via short-run production — but what does “short-run production” even mean? In this article, we’ll discuss what short-run production is, what benefits it can deliver, and how to find a short-run production manufacturer you can trust. What Is Short-Run Production? Short-run … Read more
Standards are a common set of guidelines and requirements created by manufacturers, OEMs, or governing bodies — and they’re everywhere in the fastener industry. Depending on the standard, these guidelines can apply to just about any aspect of fastener manufacturing, including quality management systems, materials, dimensions, threads, surface coatings, or head markings. There are hundreds of … Read more
As you may know, there are several ways to make fasteners, including cold forming, hot forging, and machining. While each of these processes works well for their intended applications, this article will focus solely on cold forming. We’ll take a closer look at what cold forming is, how it works, and what its advantages and … Read more
Fasteners are pieces of hardware used to mechanically affix two or more objects together — and there are a lot of them. From screws to clips to rivets and beyond, the list of fastener types is astoundingly long. Further yet, each type of fastener also has a multitude of subtypes that each lend themselves toward … Read more
Wilson-Garner Company provides our customers with free online certifications for every lot of product that we ship. Why online? Previously, we would print certifications for every job we shipped and place them in the box with the packing slip. Based on feedback from our customers, we realized that not every customer needed physical copies of … Read more
There are three common steel bolt manufacturing methods: cold forming, hot forging, and machining. In this article, we’ll discuss each of them and point out their varying benefits and drawbacks. Here’s a preview of the information we’ll cover: Cold forming – Bolsters strength and minimizes waste, but has size and shape limitations Hot forging – Reduces … Read more
If you’ve ever spent time looking at different screw and bolt heads, you’ve probably noticed that there are a wide variety of markings that are stamped on them. The markings can be numbers, letters, slashes, dots, or an assortment of other marks. If you’ve ever wondered what those screw and bolt head markings mean, or … Read more
Understanding a Few Common ASTM Inch-Series Bolt Grade Markings While SAE J429 Grades 2, 5, and 8 are probably the most common inch-series fastener specifications that we deal with here at Wilson-Garner, there are plenty of other ones with their own grades and head markings. In this article, we’ll take a look at three standards … Read more
