Did you know that right now in some laboratory hidden away from sight there are engineers looking at ways to glue the cylinder heads to the block in your next passenger vehicle? It may sound crazy but ...

Bolts are a common piece of hardware in DIY projects around the home and yard. Choosing the best type for your task can ...

The Leankeasy blind rivet bolt from Clufix, Cluses, France, crimps the nut as a screw is turned to lock two metal sheets or plastic parts together. This makes installation a one-step process and only ...

If you need to remove some broken bolts, you don't necessarily need a drill to get the job done. Here is how to handle the ...

A special thread form keeps bolts and nuts tight under vibration by attacking the problem from a different angle. Two conventional methods for securing threaded fasteners against preload loss include ...

Introducing a screw that knows more about your engine than you do. Feel insulted? You shouldn’t. The data bolt can store about 2 kilobytes of information, not a lot in comparison to your iPod, but its ...

Threaded fasteners haven’t changed drastically since they were invented ages ago. But now, General Motors has put RFID tags in the bolts used on engine assembly lines, turning simple hardware into ...

The Chevy Bolt assembly line began putting together customer cars today in Orion Township, Michigan according to the AP. Unfortunately for most of us, the cars will only reach California and Oregon in ...

General Motors has used RFID tags on engine assembly systems for process tracking for many years. Now GM's Gen 5 Small Block engine program is also using RFID-enabled track-and-trace databolts as a ...

General Motors will keep its Orion Assembly plant idle for another month and a half. On Tuesday, GM said it will restart production of its Chevrolet Bolt and Bolt EUV April 4 as it continues to fix ...

The reason high-performance bolts are so much stronger than either the usual Grade 5 or Grade 8 bolts you get at the hardware store is because there's a lot more engineering and technology that goes ...