Faced with a sea of titanium alloy fasteners, engineers and procurement specialists often hit a wall: When does a bolt beat ...

Tried and tested, lock nuts have found their way into generators, air conditioning systems, and pretty much any equipment that vibrates. A look at the Nyloc fastener inventory sho ...

If you have a metal lathe just looking for some work, why not make your own lock nuts? That’s what [my mechanics insight] did when faced with a peculiar lock nut that needed replacing in a car. We can ...

Did you ever notice that highly stressed fasteners like rod, main, and head bolts don't use any locking devices? These critical fasteners stay tight by being stretched-they work like clamps. If a ...

We’ll admit most of us are more comfortable with solder and software than mechanical things. However, between robots, 3D printers, and various other mechanical devices, we sometimes have to dig into ...

A 2020 Corvette C8 had its wheels stolen in Detroit last week, but that might not have happened if the model had some technology from Ford. While locking lug nuts are nothing new, Ford has teamed up ...