Getting the best fastener can often be an afterthought on a major design project, and this can lead to problems. For example, a Fortune 500 manufacturer of medium- and heavy-duty trucks were having ...

Grease application is a necessary component to ensure product friction and less deterioration from surfaces rubbing together. There are a variety of grease additives, including but not limited to anti ...

A new line of stainless steel compression fitting nuts may virtually eliminate the problems of inconsistent remakes or product galling during the assembly of stainless steel tubing systems. A new line ...

Numerous surface treatments are applied to titanium for a variety of reasons. The prevention of galling and the improvement of corrosion, being perhaps, the most important reasons. Galling not only ...

How does one estimate the number of tiny, cryptic “galling” insects without finding and describing every one (a task that could take centuries of taxonomic work)? According to a new paper in ...