Faltec Europe employed TR Fastenings to deliver a competitive fastener supply and tooling solution. The company required a bespoke fastening for a new programme it had recently secured with a key global OEM.
Fasteners and fixings are very often forgotten about in the build chain and are either a last-minute consideration or left to the contractor’s discretion. However, when fasteners are correctly specified from the outset, there are huge benefits down the line.
Two-component (2C) epoxy resins are suitable for structural bonding and protective potting. For many industrial applications, the time-lapse before reaching initial strength has been deemed a major disadvantage – until now.
More than 380 teams from 36 countries compete in Formula Student, Europe’s most established educational engineering competition which uses motorsport to inspire students.
Many engineering organisations face major challenges when designing and delivering new products. When design issues are discovered during physical prototyping, the time and money required to fix these issues can be a major investment. Modern tools are helping companies perform more of this prototyping in a virtual space, where design issues can be discovered and fixed before a physical prototype is required.