Swagefast gives you interesting facts about fasteners

What you should know about fasteners

It is very simple to ignore any information regarding issues that are not practical in a persons daily life. It is not everyday when one gets to use fasteners or fix anything to a level of criticality. There are standard fasteners which are used to hold together typical everyday objects and there are also critical fasteners which are used in situations where lives need to be considered or might be endangered should there be any faults in the process of fastening. Examples below

Railway

Railways have heavy trains driving on them on a day to day basis, trains carry a large number of people and should anything happen for the fasteners to loosen whilst a train with passengers drive by, a lot of lives would be at stake. Swagefast’s rail fastening systems, including a range of standard and custom fasteners, nuts and bolts are designed with proper clamp, vibration resistance and fatigue life in mind to ensure reduced maintenance and greater track integrity in rail infrastructure applications.

Applications

• Rolling Stock, Track Joints, Track Turnouts, Insulated Joints, Locomotives, Masts & Bridges

Mining

Also in the mining industry, imagine if a cage conveyancer could snap and fall with people inside, that would result in lives lost and damage in the cage.It is better to be safe than sorry, use critical fasteners for critical situations and protect lives. In the manufacture of equipment for surface and underground mining applications and coal preparation plants, the Swagebolt installation system provides a high strength, vibration resistant fastening solution that reduces downtime and improves safety standards by removing sheet gap and maintaining tension over time.

Applications

Transmission

• Ore & Bin Loaders, Screens & Crushers, Conveyors & Filters,Tube & Ball Mill, Flotation & Precipitators, Feed Aprons & Drag Lines, Track & Opencast Mining, Charging Buckets & Ore Hoppers

Shafts

• Headgears, Skip & Cage Conveyances, Buntin & Divider Sets, Steel Guides, Station Steel & Air Columns, Sinking Stages & Shaft Lining

• Underground

 Services, Track, Turnouts, Ore Chutes, Box Fronts, Scrapers, Hoppers, Continuous Mines, Feeder Breakers, Long walls & Arches, Trackless Mining, Raise Bores & Equipment

Same applies for engineering, construction, solar, energy, petrochemical and transport industries, there is a lot at stake where quality and type of fasteners are compromised in critical circumstances. do the right thing and get some critical fasteners that are vibration resistant, High shear strength, High tensile strength, Uniform clamping force, Fast and easy installation, Visual inspection, Lower installed fastener costs, Improved fabrication quality, Reduced rework and scrap charges, Minimal inspection costs, Lower installer training costs