Engineers and manufacturers often put a lot of thought into which type of fastener...
January 3, 2022Which Industries Use Specialty Fasteners?
There’s an abundance of fastener types out there — and when you add speciality...
December 14, 2021Unique Screw Head Types
When most people think of a screw, the most common Phillips head is likely...
December 2, 2021What Are Place Bolts Used For?
Place bolts are just one of the many fasteners available, but they’re important ones....
November 17, 20215 Benefits of Short-Run Production
At Wilson-Garner, we pride ourselves on being a global supplier of specialty fasteners manufactured...
November 5, 2021ISO Standards for Fasteners: Explained
Standards are a common set of guidelines and requirements created by manufacturers, OEMs, or...
October 13, 2021What Is Cold Forming?
As you may know, there are several ways to make fasteners, including cold forming,...
October 5, 2021How Many Types of Fasteners Are There?
Fasteners are pieces of hardware used to mechanically affix two or more objects together...
June 16, 2021Guide to Wilson-Garner Online Certifications
Wilson-Garner Company provides our customers with free online certifications for every lot of product...
April 10, 2021Three Ways to Make Steel Bolts
Cold Forming Vs Hot Forging Vs Machined Steel Bolts and Screws Cold Forming, Hot...
April 10, 2021Bolt & Screw Head Markings and What They Mean
If you’ve ever spent any time looking at the heads of different fasteners, you’ve...
April 10, 2021Bolt & Screw Head Markings and What They Mean – Part 2
In Part 1 of our series on head markings, we talked about manufacturers’ head markings and...
April 10, 2021Bolt & Screw Head Markings and What They Mean – Part 3
Metric Head Markings In Part 3 of our series on head markings, we’re going...
In the fastener world, you’ll often hear terms like proof load, yield strength, and...
April 10, 2021The Basics of External Threads – Threads Part 1
Threads are quite amazing when you stop to think about it. Yeah I know,...
April 10, 2021Metric Threads – Threads Part 3
In Part 1 of our Threads Series, we provided some terminology and explained some of...
April 10, 2021What is Torque-Tension Testing?
Torque-tension testing is an aid to fastener and process engineers in developing installation torque...
April 10, 2021The Difference Between ISO and IATF Certifications
If you poke around a few industrial websites, you’ll begin to notice plenty of...
April 10, 2021Core Hardness and Surface Hardness in Fasteners
The hardness of steel is a measure of the steel’s ability to resist deformation,...
Hardenability of steel is the ability of the steel to achieve a hardness value...
April 10, 2021How Asymmetric Place Bolts Work
Asymmetric Place bolts work based on two design features that complement each other. But...
April 10, 2021The Difference Between a Bolt and a Screw
As with so many things, the answer to “What’s the difference between a bolt...
April 10, 2021Surface Finishes for Steel Fasteners
Surface finishes are often applied to plain steel fasteners to improve corrosion resistance. There...
In Part 1 of our Threads Series, we provided some terminology and explained some of...
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