by user | Feb 9, 2023 | Blogs
WHAT ARE VALVES AND HOW DO THEY WORK? Valves are, at their most basic, devices that work to control, regulate, or direct the flow of something in a system or process. They often have a number of features that help define how they should be used. But there are...
by user | Jan 20, 2023 | Blogs
Fasteners are an important part of how many things we use every day are made. If you’ve done any do-it-yourself projects, you’ve probably used fasteners. At All Points Fasteners, we are passionate about the role that good fasteners can play for both...
by user | Jan 17, 2023 | Blogs
A screw is a type of fastener that is meant to be put into a material or object, like wood or metal, to hold two or more pieces together. There are many different kinds of screws, each with its own design and purpose. Screws are the only fastener that can be used for...
by user | Jan 9, 2023 | Blogs
Butterfly valves belong to the quarter-turn rotational motion valves family and are used primarily to stop, regulate, or start the flow. The term “butterfly” in a butterfly valve is a disk connected to a rod. When this rod rotates the disk by 90° the butterfly valve...
by user | Jan 5, 2023 | Blogs
When working with sheet metal, the word “gauge” is often used. For example, if you don’t know how the gauge system works, it might not be clear what 18 gauge steel means. As a resource, this blog has a sheet metal gauge chart and a description of the...
by user | Dec 14, 2022 | Blogs
What is Copper-Nickel Alloy? Cu-Ni alloys are mixtures of nickel and copper, the base metal having the highest individual concentration, with or without additional elements. When other elements are present, nickel has the second-highest individual content of any...
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