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Discover how threaded fasteners are manufactured with different threading processes to provide unique benefits and accommodate different application needs.
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Learn the basics of how to tell the difference between self-tapping and self-drilling screws in our introductory guide.
Discover the types of grease gun tips (or couplers) that make it fast and easy to grease different kinds of zerks in a range of settings. This guide covers it all!
High pressure grease fittings refer to fittings that control and/or relieve pressure in a lubrication application. Learn more about the fitting styles here.
Metric grease fittings are largely designed to comply with DIN standards. Learn how they differ from SAE zerks and how that impacts application functionality.
Huyett’s new manufacturing capabilities means you get better lead times, tighter precision, and more reliable quotes for both large orders and small custom batches.
The new Sidney Regional Headquarters will allow Huyett to provide simple, data-driven solutions to our customers through product and e-commerce development.
Learn how fastener standards are produced by standard organizations like ISO, ASME, ASTM International, and others to regulate different elements of a fastener.
Learn what a blind rivet nut is, how it is used, and how it compares to a blind rivet. Our guide covers everything you need to know about this fastener.
Confused about the difference between bushings and bearings? You’re not alone. Discover what characteristics are most important to know about these fasteners.
There are many different types of metal finishes available for your fasteners. Discover the basics of what they are, what they offer, and how they compare.
Vendor consolidation is an important concept to understand when developing a supplier strategy. Learn what it is, why it works, and how to begin using it.
Discover how shipping costs, labor strikes, labor shortages, and ecommerce are trends that will impact the manufacturing industry in 2023.
As a custom fastener manufacturer, Huyett’s capabilities include drilling, turning, cutting, finishing, marking, and more to support your specialty fastener needs.
Huyett learns of an opportunity to support a nonprofit aviation museum in their efforts to preserve and display WWII airplanes.
Learn the definitions of mechanical properties of metals and how those properties communicate the behavior of your metal.
Discover how rivet nuts work and how to install them using handheld and power tools.
Learn what a clevis pin is, how they are used, and which mating fasteners work best with different clevis pin variations in this introductory overview.
Your Huyett Order Acknowledgement contains all the information you need about your order. Learn how to access it, what it includes, and how to know when your items will ship.
In 2022, supply chain disruptions are challenging companies to create new strategies to keep product and production lines moving. Learn how Huyett took on our top two supply chain challenges and developed responses based on a customer-centric approach.
Spiral retaining rings differ from standard housing rings in a few key ways. Learn about the advantages of spiral rings and how they can benefit your application.
Lean manufacturing helps you streamline your processes by identifying types of waste in a continuous improvement environment. Discover how Huyett uses lean principles to eliminate waste and how you can do the same.
Companies are trending towards continuous performance management to motivate the people who keep your organization top-of-mind for your customers: employees.
A comprehensive overview of how positive locking pins work, the different types, and what features to consider for your application.
Learn how to find the best retaining ring for your application. We explore retaining ring types and how to use retaining rings effectively.
Discover which attributes of nuts and bolts are measured, the differences between metric and imperial fasteners, and how to determine the size you need for your application.
The complete guide to pin fasteners explains how to choose and use different types of fastening pins, including clevis pins, cotter pins, groove pins, and detent pins.
Everything you need to know about nuts and bolts, including how nuts and bolts are made, understanding thread sizes, and the types of nuts and threaded bolts.
Learn about key stock and machine keys, how key stock is made, and key stock types such as undersized key stock, oversized key stock, and bilateral key stock.
Learn how high-quality fasteners, including engineered fasteners, contribute to more durable, cost-efficient, and predictable manufacturing and construction.
Discover the properties, pros, and cons of wire rope and chain. We explore whether wire rope or chain is best for lifting slings and other rigging jobs.
Learn how to reduce equipment maintenance costs with preventative maintenance, high-quality parts, and cost-effective inventory management strategies.
Cold shut links are used to repair and join chains and connect attachments. We explore how to choose and install cold shut chain repair links.
We explore five industrial manufacturing trends that will impact manufacturers and their customers in 2022, including supply chain and workforce challenges.
Crane hand signals are an essential safety element of lifting and rigging applications. Learn what they are, what they look like, and how to use them in our guide.
Learn how pipe plugs work and how to select the right pipe plug for your plumbing projects, including pipe plug size, drive type, and thread type.
Wire forming is used to manufacture clips, pins, springs, and more complex wire forms. We explore custom wire form manufacturing and how wire forming works.
Learn how to use hex lock nuts, lock washers, and bearing lock nuts. We explore what lock nuts and lock washers are and how they prevent the loosening of joints.
Improve manufacturing efficiency with fast component sourcing, custom manufacturing, high-quality parts, reduced rework, and engineered fasteners.
Learn the rigging terms you need to know, including rigging equipment and rigging safety terminology. We explain WLL, design factors, proof tests, and more.
Powder coating and paint are widely used finishes for fasteners and other manufacturing components, but which one is right for your metal parts?
Take an introductory look at what swage sleeves are, what different types are available, and how best to use them.
We explore 10 rigging equipment and overhead lifting safety tips to help riggers use rigging hardware safely and comply with overhead lifting guidelines.
Learn how to install threaded grease fittings and drive-type grease fittings. We also explore how to maintain and unblock zerk grease fittings.
Learn how panel clips and trim clips increase efficiency and reduce costs in multiple industries, including automotive, construction, and aerospace.
Eye bolts come in multiple styles, each of which have varying installation methods. Learn how to install different types of eye bolts based on their designs.
Learn about wire rope and how it is used as we explore wire rope hardware, including wire rope clips and wire rope thimbles.
We explore the gunsmithing tools you should have in your gunsmithing toolkit, from a gunsmith screwdriver kit to thread checkers to firearms fasteners.
Learn how to maintain and inspect chains and chain slings. We explore chain storage, maintenance, and OSHA guidelines for chain inspection.
The customer journey has changed considerably over the last 40 years. In fact, online shopping has become so commonplace, there is an unspoken expectation for businesses to have an ecommerce presence. Learn more in today's blog.
Your guns should work every time you need them, but what makes a gun reliable? We explore firearm manufacturing, components, and maintenance.
Great customer service creates a favorable customer experience, eliminating purchase friction and establishing trust with customers. Companies that offer great customer service are more likely to create long lasting relationships with customers, as well as attract new customers. Learn more in today's blog.
Learn what guns are made of, including the parts of a gun, the metals used in gun manufacturing, and the firearms fasteners that hold it all together.
Learn how to incorporate key elements into your industrial fastener distribution supply chain optimization strategy with this helpful introductory guide.
Learn the difference between gun manufacturers and gunsmiths, what gun manufacturers and gunsmiths do, and whether they need a firearms manufacturer license.
The role of a master distributor in fastener supply chains is critical to maintaining efficiency. Learn what these partners do and how they benefit resellers.
Standards provide consumers and companies a baseline of mutual understanding. They also harmonize technical specifications of products and services, which make industries more efficient, improve product quality, and lead to increased customer satisfaction.
LTL, or Less-Than-Truckload, is a freight term used when goods are too large for standard parcel delivery services but too small to take up an entire truckload. In this article, we will cover some common questions about how LTL costs are estimated and some of the factors that influence those costs.
For quick assembly in blind or center‑panel locations, self‑retaining threaded cage nuts are available in a variety of materials and finishes. These fasteners install easily with no special tools, provide tight joints, and facilitate easy automation in high volume assembly. Learn more about these fasteners in today's blog.
Waste can take many forms in the manufacturing process, but, at its core, waste is anything that does not provide value through the eyes of the customer. Waste drives up costs and hinders a company's competitiveness in the market, which is why lean manufacturing can be a game changing approach to battle waste.
The American Jobs Plan, also known as the Infrastructure Bill, focuses on the revitalization and expansion of US infrastructure over the next several years. Today's blog discusses how this plan will affect the fastener industry.
Learn best practices for safe overhead lifting with lifting eye bolts. We cover eye bolt inspection and what to avoid when using eye bolts with slings and rigging.
Super-duty alloy steel slotted toothed spring pins feature staggered teeth spaced to interlock when the pin is compressed. This alignment helps retain the roundness of the pin while minimizing lateral movement in vibratory environments to prevent walkout.
Rigging hardware helps move and secure heavy loads. Our guide introduces key safety points and types of rigging equipment for you to consider in your application.
There is a wide variety of lock nuts manufactured for a variety of purposes. We will focus on the most common styles offered by Huyett in today's blog. This includes lock nuts with nylon inserts, jam nuts, and bearing lock nuts.
Palnuts are a type of engineered fastener, which are alternatives to traditional fasteners such as screws, nuts, and bolts. They include push‑on fasteners, self‑threading nuts, lock‑nuts, On‑Sert® fasteners, and more. This article explores the qualities of the most popular Palnut fastener finishes and how they are achieved.
There is often a need to create space between or limit movement and compression between assembled components. Tubular spacers, arbor spacers, and compression limiters are a reliable solution that satisfy this need. While there are threaded varieties in some of these categories, we will be focusing on those that are unthreaded in today's blog.
Shims are used for taking up excessive tolerances and gaps in assemblies. In machining applications, shims are precision engineered to specific tolerances for use in precise machinery positioning. Learn more about the different types of shims available in today's blog.
Characterized by their durability, hardness, price, and ability to withstand shock without deforming, tool steels are used to cut, press, extrude, or stamp other metals. After being worked, they may be hardened to increase wear resistance and strength. Grades are specified by the American Iron and Steel Institutde (AISI), the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), or the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM). Learn more about the tool steels available in today's blog.
A woodruff key is a half‑moon shaped machine key that prevents gears, hubs, or other components from moving independently of a rotating shaft or spindle. Read today's blog to learn more.
The world of engineered fasteners delves into complex components that offer efficient engineering solutions. Learn more about them in our ultimate guide!
Machine keys play a vital role in many mechanical systems. These simple pieces of metal connect shafts to rotating components to transmit torque while ensuring that the components cannot move relative to each other. Machine keys are installed in a keyed joint and are typically designed to fail before other components often saving more expensive and hard-to-replace components from damage.
When two parts are designed to be pieced together, there may be play or looseness between them or they may be tight to the point they are nearly bonded. This degree of tightness or looseness is referred to as "fit." The fit between a shaft, machine key, and the mating component can be critical to the operation and safety of the assembly. Learn more in today's blog.
Spring pins, commonly known as slotted pins, rolled pins, or tension pins, are hollow, cylindrical tube‑style press fit fasteners with chamfered ends. They are crafted from alloy steel, carbon steel, and stainless steel featuring spring like elastic properties. Spring pins are used as locking devices, positioning points, anti‑chafing surfaces, shafts, or sleeves for wiring.
The slotted tension (spring) pin is a multi‑purpose, non‑threaded, versatile, and economic fastener. It is a fastener which not only simplifies design, but reduces assembly and production costs. Used in a diverse range of applications, slotted spring pins offer design characteristics that make them easy to install.
Steel alloys combine both metal and non-metal elements and build off a carbon steel base to form other metals. Learn about alloy steel properties and types here.
Mechanical power transmission is just one of several methods engineers use to get power to where it's needed, but it is an essential aspect of most machines, from intricate mechanical watches to the largest machines ever made by human beings.
Shaft collars, or shaft collar clamps, are used to locate, space, and secure components on a shaft by fastening axially or radially to a shaft. They are used as spacers and stroke limiters as well as retaining sprocket hubs, bearings, and shaft protectors. Learn more in today's blog.
Taper pins are commonly used in low torque, precision positioning and locking applications. They can be found in printing presses, gear hubs, and other mechanical assemblies. Learn more in today's blog.
Taper pins are arguably one of the simplest pin designs available, and along with dowel pins, are the oldest. Learn more in today's blog.
Radial retaining rings are installed on the outside of a shaft in machined grooves on shafts. Learn more in today's blog.
There are ten common types of pipe thread standards used for grease fittings. SAE‑LT, NPTF, PTF, UNF, UNEF, ISO Metric, BSF, BSPP, BSPT, and German Thread are the most popular. Learn more in today's blog.
Different grease guns offer different benefits and customization options. Learn what to consider - including which accessories to use - when picking your grease gun.
Spring washers are a popular fixture used in assemblies to reduce vibration, take up end play from wear or excessive tolerances, and keep mechanically fastened joints together.
Many mechanical properties of steel are determined from tests that show relationships between stresses and strains. Today's blog will detail the measurement and testing of the mechanical properties of steel.
Huyett offers a wide range of MIL-SPEC key stock and machine keys with full compliance certs: CofC, Material Cert, Shear Test Results, and Heat Treat Cert (where applicable). You can shop the whole selection of MIL-SPEC products at Huyett.com at your convenience. Today's blog will detail plating and coating specifications for military grade products.
Steel is used for a multitude of different applications. Measuring its hardness is critical in determining its suitability for a given function.
Preserving the straightness of raw steel and protecting it from the elements requires that extreme care and caution be taken in the procurement, production of, and shipment of raw steel and finished parts. Learn more in today's blog.
Corrosion is the gradual degradation or destruction of materials. The process of steel corrosion occurs in stages and in many different types. These will be outlined in today's blog.
Unique to Huyett is the breadth of its manufacturing operations. Today, we will explain the grinding process.
Unique to Huyett is the breadth of its manufacturing operations. Today, we will explain the turning process.
Learn more about bright steels and their uses in today's blog.
Learn more about common grades of tool steels and their hardness, yield strengths, and melting points.
Learn more about common grades of stainless steels and their uses.
Carbon steel and steel alloys have a few key similarities, but their structural components are unique. Learn the basic difference between these common materials.
Unique to Huyett is the breadth of its manufacturing operations. Today, we will explain the tumbling process.
Unique to Huyett is the breadth of its manufacturing operations. Today, we will explain the milling process.
Hose clamps are crucial fasteners in hose applications. Learn about the different types of hose clamps, their features, and how they secure liquid connection points.
Three-point hitches provide linkage between the power take off, hydraulics, and hauling capabilities of agricultural equipment. Learn more about these products in today's blog.
Grooved pins are solid press fit fasteners that are quickly gaining in popularity. They feature three parallel grooves and are commonly used as locking devices, pivots, levers, or locating elements.
Hitch pin clips, often referred to as bridge pins, are the mating part to many types of pins, and should be carefully considered and designed into the application.
Huyett is unique in the breadth of its manufacturing operations and product offerings. We proudly manufacture or source a wide-range of hard-to-find products from around the globe to make it easy for you to get what you need. Learn more about our manufacturing processes here.
Dowel pins are a cylindrical solid pin with a chamfered end for easy insertion. Dowel pins are commonly used to retain parts in a fixed position or to preserve alignment.
The Fastener Advisory Board discusses how the US government's Payment Protection Program was able to be leveraged by their members to provide a small amount of stability during these very unstable times.
When measuring steel strength, there are several types of stress and fatigue to consider. It's an important factor when choosing the correct part for your need. Learn more about measuring steel strength here.
Scorecards and KPI’s have been transformational at Huyett. As the old saying goes, “A watched number always gets better”. What are you looking at?
The Supply Chain Research Expo was held on January 29th at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston, MA. In this blog, I reflect on some of the projects taken on by the doctoral candidates.
Having the tools to negotiate with procurement vendors for better prices is vital to reducing your supply chain costs. Learn more about vendor negotiations here.
Reduce your manufacturing and supply chain costs by identifying inefficiencies with a cost-spend analysis. Learn processes and strategies for improvement here.
Key stock can be made from many types of materials. This guide will help with selection of materials and finishes.
Stainless & carbon steel fasteners are very widely used. Learn more about the differences between the two and which one you should choose for your application.
Fasteners are fascinating: small parts that hold big components of equipment together that no one ever gives a second glance or thought. Except when they get loose or lost and need replacing. Except when you need to make sure your production line doesn’t come to a halt because a cotter pin is out of stock.
Huyett proudly announces the addition of a new Technology Center in Sidney, NE. The Tech Center supports Huyett’s commitment to continued improvements to B2B commerce in the industrial space, improving customer service through data driven decisions, enhanced inventory and pricing management, developing product strategy through purposeful merchandising, and driving organizational results thru statistical analysis.
Huyett, an ISO 9001:2015 certified manufacturer, master distributor, and importer of non-threaded fasteners, grease fittings, and engineered fasteners, has received Section 232 Tariff Exclusions.
Over the course of the last few months, Huyett has developed a 40-foot by 80-foot Community Garden in what was once a wheat field directly south of Huyett’s headquarters in Minneapolis, KS. Though it required more work than what was originally anticipated, we're finding that we're not only raising crops, but also the collective spirit of our employees.
Discover the characteristics of four company cultures and the importance of fostering compassion in this summary of an executive experience of cultural shifts.
Steel and aluminum are significant cost inputs to the manufacturing of industrial fasteners, and so over the past couple of days I have researched carefully the background and facts in and around a proposal by the Trump Administration to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum. What follows here is a factual accounting so that fastener industry executives can manage against reality.
Professional organizations are invaluable to the fastener industry. Learn how Huyett’s RSMs use these events to help enhance our partnerships with distributors.
In our 110-year history we have seen many changes. Guy Huyett, our founder and a known entrepreneur, once purchased the cargo of a ship grounded off the coast of New Jersey. The cargo, because of exposure to salty air, was rusty nails.
Learn all about the MAK-A-KEY precision brand keystock in this guide. Discover what it is, how to use it, and what makes it a reliable option for your application.
In late 2015 we launched a concept to elevate the intelligence of our team relative to the academic principles of quality systems. Coined the "Stairway to Excellence" program.
Huyett now offers the most complete and popular key stock of any manufacturer in the world with the addition of the MAK-A-KEY™ brand from ITW Shakeproof Industrial Products.
Huyett catalogs are a learning experience, chock-full of illustrations, technical drawings, applications information, and engineering support. Although many are moving away from producing industrial catalogs, we intend to continue to support this cherished, but perhaps analog means, of servicing what we sell.
The National Industrial Fastener and Mill Expo is the largest industrial fastener show in North America. “NIFS-West” is the acronym for the prior name “National Industrial Fastener Show-West.” “West” referred to the fact that the first fastener shows were in Columbus, Ohio.
Jim Collins’ book Good to Great is often referenced by many, and among the more popular snippets of advice is “Get the right people on the bus.” ITW Shakeproof Group™ is a supplier and marketing partner to Huyett, who we are happy to have on our bus.
Gain customer recognition as subject matter experts with solutions-based selling.
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