http://www.smithbullough.com/blog Fastener Manufacturing Blog Fri, 28 May 2010 13:14:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_93" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="New Turning Centre"][/caption] The company has recently purchased a computerised turning centre which will alow us to produce high accuracy, close tolerance components with complex profiles in a wide variety of materials and threadforms. http://www.smithbullough.com/blog/?p=90 [caption id="attachment_81" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Thread Rolling Machine"][/caption] Our threading capability has been increased with the addition of Saspi flat die and Seny round die thread rolling machines.  We now have the capability to roll all grades of material up to M60 diameter. http://www.smithbullough.com/blog/?p=75 [caption id="attachment_78" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Denison Tensile Tester"][/caption] We have been very fortunate to acquire from the University of Salford a very well maintained 50 tonne tensile testing machine.  It is in extremely good condition, and incorporates digital readout and graphic print capability.   This machine enhances the capability of our quality ... http://www.smithbullough.com/blog/?p=72 Tim Garton visited the Offshore Europe 2009 Exhibition held in Aberdeen. This international exhibition is a showcase for the Oil and Gas industries and was host to over 1400 exhibitors and 50000 visitors over 4 days. Contact was made with some of our customers in this sector, and some interesting new prospects ... http://www.smithbullough.com/blog/?p=70 Tim Garton & John Hilton are planning an overnight visit to the Fastener Fair in Stuttgart. We are pleased to see from reading the August / September 2009 issue of Fastener Technology International magazine that our aforementioned employees made it to the Fastener Fair in 2007 - as they are in ... http://www.smithbullough.com/blog/?p=64 To ensure that the quality of our bolts is consistently of the highest order, we are making sure that our quality checking equipment is to the latest standard.  In the last month, we have purchased an Elcometer coating thickness gauge with an enhanced digital readout feature.  It is important that ... http://www.smithbullough.com/blog/?p=61 Smith Bullough exhibited at the 2008 Fastener Fair in Coventry. [caption id="attachment_7" align="aligncenter" width="275" caption="Tim Garton and organiser Jerry Ramsdale"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_12" align="aligncenter" width="275" caption="Our stand"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_59" align="aligncenter" width="275" caption="John Hilton with visitors"][/caption] Our stand was well received and we had visits from both existing and potential customers. http://www.smithbullough.com/blog/?p=5