New Flat Die Thread Rolling Technology

Reprint from China Fastener World Magazine, Vol. 189

One of the delights of being an independent consultant is the wide assortment of people I meet and projects I get to review. Over the last ten years the two problems that I am most commonly approached about include skills development and thread rolling. In fact, I have written many articles in the last ten years and the one that I most frequently have inquiries about years later is related to problems in thread rolling. This is truly a step in the fastener manufacturing process that is ripe for innovation.

Thread Rolling Machines

Reprint from China Fastener World Magazine, Vol. 189

I started my career in the fastener industry between my third and fourth year of university. Although it’s been thirty- four years now, I can remember almost like yesterday the first time I got to walk around a fastener manufacturing plant. Of course we started in the heading department and seeing headers paying off wire and spitting out parts was very exciting, but it was the rolling operation that really left a lasting impression on me.