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Optimas Solution has found its new home becoming a part of Rosti Automotive Company. Both companies will benefit from the merger as Optimas has looked for a partnering company due to its increased production requirements.

The automotive company wishes to focus on its specialized trade without having to decrease its quality of its work; all while increasing production to fulfill current requirements. Rosti is looking to restructure its entire system to be able to integrate the Optimas resources to create one cohesive system.

Rivit SRL was established in 1973 and it became a leading company in Italy and worldwide in the production and distribution of fasteners, tools and machines for sheet metal assembly and deformation. Since then it developed three macro division : industry, construction and resale.

Igus is worldwide manufacturer and distributor of plastic bearings they also have spherical bearings, linear guides and cable carriers. They started back in October 1964 in a double garage in Cologne. They are used to make affordable polymer components and assemblies. They are a worldwide manufacturer of good qualitative ball bearing. They have been improving since they opened. They recently presented a new lubrication free dry line liner axis with fast dry spin high helix threads. These new properties are small light and flat.

This new low profile axis dryline is very low profile and is convenient. This high-speed sensor adjustments sensor that it has can be really implemented with a stepper in a cost-effective manner. So now with this new improvement it is now a lot more suitable for quick handing and positioning and this can be convenient and a good sign for many people.

Fasteners and bearings are very important in most manufacturing industries, especially fasteners due to their compact size and strength. They help secure and assemble parts together, and having customized fasteners can be a great deal for most industries because it allows them to design parts and innovate new structures that can be unique and modern.

Blue Diamond which has experience over 40 years is beginning to customize fasteners by special orders for industries that need them. Typically they are doing small orders of 500 and over for complex and unusual fasteners, they are being manufactured using hot and cold forging techniques which is much lower in price than to actually manufacture them from scratch.

Threaded metal inserts have been made since the early 90s that are used in a multiple range of products and industries. Metal inserts have been used by automotive, aerospace, furniture design, military and medical applications. The first thing to know about metal inserts application is to determine the appropriate size production and the size of the hole that the insert is going into.

Next would be to twist the insert into the drill head which will be used to install the insert into the desired location of the part you are using. The way it works is because of the double thread on the insert where the inside thread is twisted on the drill and the outside thread into the hole that is found on the part that is being used. First you drill forward until insert is all the way inside the hold and is secured by the part, then you drill backwards to release the insert from the drill.

Stanley has introduced a new fastener that is made to be water proof and vibrant resistant by Falmat Inc. It has been purposed be used on waterproof handhelds and can be used on “vibration -proof wearable and portables.”  As stated by the firm,” the industry has adopted the IPx7 rating, which protects against immersion in water for 30 minutes at a depth of 1 meter.”

The newest screw is designed with two different innovative technologies can perform in harsh conditions. A custom thread has been created for an average screw or bolt to be able to give the fastener a “anti-vibration characteristic.”  

Typically, these non-vibrating screws and bolts are used in a greater form to be placed on spaceship aircrafts. Spiralock has removed the need for any other anti-vibration counter measures with having the new screw that,” adds a 30° wedge ramp at the root of the thread and mates with standard 60° male thread fasteners.” The water-resistant attribute is made possible modifying the angel at which the head of the screw bends at an 87° oppose to the standard 90 degree.

Automotive Fasteners are useful in many industries. Such industries are aerospace, petrochemical, waste processing, pharmaceutical and even machine industries. Fasteners are mostly made from iron, aluminum, brass nickel and stainless steel. Many people think it is going to be only used in the automotive fasteners because of its name but as mentioned above it I sued in many other areas.