High strength Magna-Lok® fastener from Alcoa
Alcoa Fastening Systems & Rings has developed the new 12.7mm (½ inch) diameter Huck Magna-Lok structural blind fastener. With extremely high shear (44.4Kn) and tensile (31.1Kn) strengths, plus high resistance to joint failure,…
Alcoa presents spinoff company Arconic
Alcoa unveiled the name, logo and tagline of its future Value-Add company: “Arconic. Innovation, Engineered.” The spinoff company will focus on manufacturing multi-alloys for the aerospace and auto industries. The future Upstream company…
Huck® Magna-Lok® 316 A4 stainless steel from Alcoa
Alcoa Fastening Systems & Rings, Telford Industrial Fasteners Operations, has developed the new Huck® Magna-Lok® 316 A4 stainless steel structural blind fastener, which offers corrosion resistance beyond anything else in the Huck blind…
Alcoa contract with Airbus could be worth up to US$1 billion
U.S.-based Alcoa has signed a contract to supply high-tech, multi-material aerospace fastening systems to Airbus, a deal that it said was valued at approximately $1 billion. A press release said that the contract…
Aero-Lite threaded fasteners from Alcoa
Aerospace fasteners must be secure to prevent pieces from disassembling, strong as to not shear when forces act upon them, yet be lightweight to help reduce aircraft weight and increase efficiency. As a…
