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Application guides

Fastener Application Guides

One application-focused guide for every fastener in the catalog. Each guide explains real-world uses, an industry breakdown, how to specify the part for your job, and where it is not the right fit. Pick a category to browse, or jump straight to a product.

Bolts

Hex, flange, shoulder, carriage, lag and eye bolts plus U-bolts, studs and threaded rods, to ISO and DIN standards.

5 application guides

Screws

Socket, countersunk, button, cheese, pan-head, set, self-tapping, self-drilling and wood screws across ISO/DIN standards.

2 application guides

Nuts

Hex, thin, flange, nyloc, all-metal lock, square, cap, wing and lifting eye nuts, plus T-slot nuts, to ISO and DIN.

5 application guides

Washers

Flat, fender, spring-lock and serrated-lock washers per ISO and DIN.

1 application guide

Pins

Dowel, spring (roll), split cotter and taper pins to ISO and DIN standards.

3 application guides

Rivets

Blind (pop) and solid rivets per ISO and DIN.

5 application guides

Anchors & Concrete Fixings

Mechanical and chemical anchors that create a load-bearing threaded fixing in concrete, masonry and hollow board — selected by drilled hole diameter, embedment depth and the thickness of the fixture being held.

2 application guides

Bolts

Screws

Nuts

Washers

Pins

Rivets

Anchors & Concrete Fixings