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FASTENERS...

Threaded fasteners: Dangers

of “internet specification”

There is safety in turning to an experienced specialist for fastener specification
ith all the benefits of the internet it from pressure of time coupled with the perception
has become apparent that there are that fasteners are low-end product and that
dangers – who of us has not come sourcing can be done over the internet, relying on
Wacross the life-critical disease “we urgent sample supply in case of doubt.
have self-diagnosed” online, or the false An experienced fastener supplier can provide a
news/conspiracy theory which can reinforce our wider knowledge at the level of advice in new
worst fears? product development, re-engineering and in
At a professional industrial level, Challenge problem-solving where difficulties arise. It is
Europe says it often finds design engineers overlook increasingly difficult to find this level of expertise
the sophistication of threaded fasteners and fall into outside of small specialists such as Challenge
the trap of “internet specification” or “specification Europe.
by CAD system”. A practice which seems to derive www.challenge-europe.co.uk

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