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Spirol on the web
Spirol has recently launched a new website which will cover the whole group of Spirol companies. The multi-lingual site is designed for
customers in Spirol’s global fastening markets and includes a dedicated UK section with details of Spirol Industries, the Corby based UK
subsidiary.
Spirol is a manufacturer of a diverse line of engineered fasteners, including coiled and slotted spring pins, solid pins, spacers, and other tubular
products, as well as threaded inserts, milled brass nuts, shims, pin and insert installation equipment and vibratory parts feeders.
The website provides technical product information and an intuitive application engineering section where customers can input details of their
required application direct to Spirol for evaluation and recommendations. Company news and events are also featured.
Orders for special
fastener set to
Wera extends
pass £1million
Kraftform Fluid
RotaBolt has recently received major orders for a
special fastener that was originally developed in 2006.
The success of its high-tech version of the Indicating
Rod Bolt has led to the new fastener being specified on line
pressure vessels and heat exchangers for projects in
Nigeria and Peru - and with more work “in the pipeline”
from Algeria and Nigeria, current orders are likely to
The Wuppertal tool specialist Wera Werk
exceed £1million.
Hermann Werner GmbH & Co. KG has
The unique high performance version of the Indicating
extended the Wera Kraftform Fluid line by
Rod Bolt was successfully developed after RotaBolt® adding an innovation for the electrical sector.
was approached by a major EPC contractor and its
In the form of “High Tech Kontaktor” Wera
preferred vessel manufacturer, who had been
now offers a demand-geared solution for
experiencing difficulties with heat exchangers on
protection or restoration of the electrical
previously commissioned LNG trains on a major plant in
conductivity of contacts on electrical
Africa.
A standard Indicating Rod Bolt uses direct length
components. Wera says that thanks to its
measurement to gauge the delivery of load and these
special formula, the Wera “High Tech
fasteners had been specified on the project, but were
Kontaktor” eliminates gummy contact greases,
failing to provide the control that was necessary to
as well as oxide and sulphide layers, quickly
assure fully sealed flange joints under test conditions. and reliably. Leakage current is stopped
RotaBolt says that its new version of the fastener
dependably and contact resistance eliminated.
gives a much more accurate measurement of bolt
Use of the new ‘fluid screw tool’ is
tension, from the length extension, to guarantee the
recommended particularly wherever
uniform delivery and maintenance of load. The company
environmental influences cause contact
has applied its technology to produce bolts which are
individually load test calibrated and fitted with a special
separation and lead to insulating oxidation or
indicator to measure extension. Every bolt’s extension
gumming of contact greases.
measurement is certified.
The new “High Tech Kontaktor” has the
“These orders are a testament to our skills and highly active property of displacing water
expertise in assuring bolted joint integrity” commented and moisture. At the same time, with its
Rod Corbett, managing director of RotaBolt, “what
special formula, it provides contacts with
started out as a challenge for one of our clients has
long-lasting protection against moisture and
been turned into a major success story through the
corrosion.
application of our knowledge.”
To ensure that the fluid can always be
used with the optimal spray technique, the
“High Tech Kontaktor” not only has an aerosol
spray head for spraying over an extensive
area, but also two demand-geared spray
tubes – a short one for targeted spraying as
well as a 10cm long spray tube for
application spaces that are difficult to
access.
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