BACK TO NUTS AND BOLTS: Getting Reliability Right on Today's and Tomorrow's Manufactured Products

摘要

With advanced products requiring ever lighter, stronger, higher speed, higher RPM, and higher temperature designs, getting the nuts, bolts, taps, and fasteners right is key to reliability, profitability, and customer satisfaction. Times have changed, and the way OEMs deal with the nuts, bolts, taps, fasteners, and ultimately, the reliability of their products, is changing too. Today, buyers can't access most nuts and bolts because they're typically sealed within complex electronic systems. Products are so complicated that consumers simply expect them to work, and won't accept those that don't. With today's hectic schedules, there's no patience for forced maintenance or downtime.