Ball bearings have been around for a long time and have been used in many applications over hundreds of years. (more…)
What Are Ball Bearings Used For?
Bossard Expands Partnership with PennEngineering
Working to strengthen offerings to current and potential clients, Bossard recently expanded a business relationship with PennEngineering.
How Ball Bearings Are Made
Next Generation: Ahead of the Competition
Bossard is continuing to innovate and think up new ways for our customers to succeed. The Bossard Next Generation program is one of those comprehensive services. (more…)
Screw Machine vs. Cold Heading
Cold Heading Materials
When using cold heading, material selection for a cold-formed part is very important. High quality material is purchased per cold heading raw material specifications with strict requirements placed on vendors for material chemistry and surface defects. Initial cost for raw material may be greater, but the added expense up front is worth eliminating quality problems later on.
Basics of the Cold Heading Process
There are two ways to make a bolt or screw out of a piece of round stock. First, there is screw machining, that cuts excess metal away from a piece of bar stock until what remains is the shape you want. These fasteners start out with a bar stock size equal to the largest diameter of the fastener being made. This process produces a fastener with scrap material left over. The second method, cold heading, forces a piece of wire stock into the desired shape without removing any metal. When finished, the fastener will be produced without wasted material.
Benefits and Uses of Two-Piece Wheel Nuts
Lean Manufacturing Principles
One goal at Bossard is to help our customers achieve lean manufacturing. There are many principles that need to be considered when looking to improve manufacturing in order to operate lean. All principles are important and must be understood by everyone involved in the manufacturing process in order to effectively implement lean manufacturing practices. When starting to look at how you can operate lean, there are a few basic principles to examine first. (more…)
Bossard Named Best Performance Supplier
The world around us is all held together by screws, nuts and bolts. Bossard works hard to provide fastening solutions and superior inventory management solutions.
Working hard to provide our customers with a wide range of products and solutions, it is an honor to be recognized for excellence in what we do. Recently, Grundfos named Bossard one of their Best Performance Suppliers for 2013.
