Many captive fasteners use thread locking, press-fitting, or broaching to accomplish their anchor-hold within the larger assembly housing. However, some captive fasteners meld with the material into ...

The class “Overview of Non-Threaded Fasteners” summarizes the most common types of non-threaded fasteners including pins, keys, retaining rings, and rivets and how they are used to join parts. Pins ...

Nuts and bolts are the most common threaded fasteners. A threaded stud is a fastener which is threaded at both ends with an unthreaded shank in between. Failure of a threaded fastener generally occurs ...