This page includes numerous links to assist engineers and purchasing professionals with many fastener questions. Numerous free downloads and free information.  For particular fastener specifications visit the Products section.

Informative Intro to Stainless Steel

Guide to Design Criteria for Bolted and Riveted Joints /2nd Edition /Kulak, Fisher, and Struik
Free Book Download

Naval Materials Materials Performance Glossary

Stainless Steel Composition

Anything you'll ever need to know about screw threads

Engineering and Design Data

Stainless for Architects

Complete College Lectures - Fasteners

Basic Principles In Materials Selection For Mechanical Fastening Of Thermoplastics

What is stainless passivation?

How a Bolt Works
The Nuts and Bolts of Bolting

Mineral Commodity Survey's         by USGS

Temperature resistance & Full Details
302HQ, 304, 316

Threaded Fasteners
Introduction from The School of Mechanical Engineering of Western Australia

Galvanic Corrosion
Chart

Material Safety Data Sheet 304 SS (pdf)
(courtesy Allegheny)

Bolt calculation in Consideration of Flank-angle, Material Character Values and Shear-tension Factors

Fundamentals of Engineering Supplied Reference Handbook       by chapter

Free Download
It's Stainless Steel, it shouldn't rust..."

A Tutorial on the Basics of Bolted Joints

For additional information visit the Technical section.

Metric Technical

Corrosion Problem Solver

Stainless Steel Corrosion