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Is Your Business Ready For Fastening Process Monitoring And Control?

In the era of Industry 4.0, manufacturing processes are undergoing a dramatic transformation. The integration of the Internet of Things ...

Enabling Innovative Safety Solutions in EV Manufacturing

Electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing is on a sharp upward trajectory and will only grow further in the near future. According ...

How Stanley^® Engineered Fastening Helps Drive Electric Vehicle Production and Manufacturing

The State of Electric Vehicle Production

On average, executives say they expect EVs will make up half the auto market in ...

How to Improve Stud Welding Efficiency with an Automated Production Line

Automated production lines are widely used in the Automotive and Industrial markets and provide several advantages for manufacturers. As companies ...

Transforming Automotive Manufacturing with No-Hole Fastening Systems

Automotive manufacturers have to get their fastening systems right to enable efficient production at scale and minimize costs. The fastening ...

The Impact of IoT Industrial Solutions for EV Manufacturing

The ongoing transition to electric vehicles (EVs) is accelerating. Vehicle manufacturers worldwide, both legacy OEMs and new EV startups, ...

Toolbox Talk: Housekeeping

Never has this phrase been so true as when it comes to housekeeping at work. The negative impressions and implications ...

From ICE to EV: How EV Manufacturing is Changing the Game

The electric vehicle (EV) transition is underway. While it is early days for the automotive industry, with the percentage of ...

How Electric Vehicle Light-weighting is Changing the Automotive Industry

The pursuit of light-weighting has been an ongoing concern in the automobile industry for several decades. The need to improve ...

How Battery Powered Rivet Guns Increase Efficiency and Reduce Fatigue in Ground Transportation

Around the world, demand is increasing for every category of ground transportation. Both the freight and passenger railcar market and ...

How to Choose the Right Fastening Solution for Your Renewable Energy Project in 3 Steps

Currently, global energy initiatives are driving rapid growth in renewables: in the next five years, the CAGR for the solar ...

Exploring 12 Benefits of Engineered Fastening Solutions

Fastening parts together securely and efficiently is a basic concern in industrial manufacturing, infrastructure, and construction operations. But choosing which ...

Podcast: Lightweight Stud Welding Innovations with Dr.-Ing. Christian Reis

GALM, the leading annual automotive lightweight conference, brings leaders from across the industry to discuss new challenges and innovations with ...

What's Pull-to-Stroke and Pull-to-Force in Blind Riveting? Dual Features Explained

You’ve probably heard the terms “pull-to-stroke” and “pull-to-force” used to describe features of some blind rivet tools. If you’re not ...

Cordless Freedom for Blind Rivet Nut Applications

Modern manufacturing professionals are demanding a cordless blind rivet nut tool that delivers rapid, high-volume placement capabilities from a highly ...

Six Feet of Distance is Driving Transformation of the Assembly Process and Manufacturing Industry

It’s a shame that it sometimes takes an issue to learn a lesson. In America, the coronavirus pandemic has exposed ...

Best Practices for Tool and Equipment Preventive Maintenance

The Why of Preventive Maintenance.

Reducing or eliminating the risk of unplanned downtime, manufacturing interruptions, and missing repair stock is an ...

Is My Company Ready for Automation? What to Consider First

If your company is considering tool automation to improve quality and productivity, it is important to carefully consider which automation ...

6 Things to Consider Before Automating Your Blind Riveting or Threaded Application

Investing in automating a tool equipment solution can be an intimidating process but has a number of benefits. There ...

Tool Cleaning to Reduce Health and Safety Issues

The global manufacturing slump due to the COVID-19 pandemic is showing signs of easing. As manufacturing and production work resumes ...

Innovating Creative New Designs That Solve Problems: A Profile of Maria Fedele

I am a Product Line Support Engineer at STANLEY Engineered Fastening, a division of Stanley Black & Decker. My main ...

Taking Every Opportunity to Prove You Can Do It: A Profile of Sherry Lee

I’m from a small farming community in Michigan, and if you look at my background, I should have become a ...

A Truly Level Playing Field: A Profile of Ziyan Xu

Throughout my work in engineering, from my time in the classroom to my internship at STANLEY® Engineered Fastening, a division ...

How to Accelerate Custom Fastener Development with Rapid Prototyping

With a typical lead-time of up to 18 weeks for the development and production of a new or bespoke fastener, ...

Smart Technology Drives Performance and Reporting in New Cordless Rivet Tool

The high-performance BR12PP-8 Smart Rivet Tool from STANLEY^® Assembly Technologies, the global leader in precision fastening, allows manufacturers to reduce ...

Achieving Big Solar O&M Savings by Focusing on the Smallest Part

Fasteners are a key but often overlooked aspect of racking system installation and maintenance. NEXTracker, one of STANLEY^® Engineered Fastening’s ...

Prevent Bolt Self-Loosening: Keep Torque in its Place

Loose bolts can be an irritating nuisance, but they can also lead to serious and even catastrophic results.

For example, in ...

Costs Drop but Challenges Increase for Solar and Wind Industries

Long-term projections predict substantial growth in alternative energy sourcing, especially solar. There are even projections that solar could comprise up ...

STANLEY^® Engineered Fastening Announces Launch of New Brand Structure

STANLEY^® Engineered Fastening, a division of Stanley Black & Decker, is a global leader in precision fastening and assembly solutions. ...

Auto Manufacturers are Heavily Invested in Lightweighting

The current U.S. administration has plans to roll back increased vehicle standards and mileage rules set in place by the ...

60-Volt Cordless Nutrunner Optimizes High-Torque Fastening Applications

STANLEY^® Assembly Technologies, a brand of STANLEY^® Engineered Fastening, is extending its B-Series cordless tool line to include the B44L ...

STANLEY^® Engineered Fastening Opens a Production Facility in Elyria, OH

STANLEY^® Engineered Fastening has opened a production facility in Elyria, Ohio. STANLEY^® Engineered Fastening executives and local government officials celebrated ...

Problem-Solving Was Ted Nelson's First Love

Eighty years ago, many rural homes weren’t electrified, nor did they have indoor plumbing. Glenn Miller and Billie Holiday were ...

From the Warehouse to the Tool Crib: A Profile of Dee Gerleman

When I was hired to work at the STANLEY^® Engineered Fastening manufacturing facility in Decorah, Iowa, I told myself I ...

Decorah Facility Champions Corporate Global Sustainability Initiative

STANLEY^® Engineered Fastening and its parent company Stanley Black & Decker have pledged their corporate offices, distribution centers, and manufacturing ...