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2. McMaster-Carr - Wikipedia

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   McMaster-Carr Supply Company is a private American supplier of hardware, tools, raw materials, industrial materials, and maintenance equipment. The company was founded in 1901 and is based in Elmhurst, Illinois, with distribution centers in Robbinsville, New Jersey; Santa Fe Springs, California; Douglasville, Georgia and Aurora, Ohio. [2][3]

3. W. W. Grainger - Wikipedia

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   W. W. Grainger, Inc., is an American Fortune 500 [5] industrial supply company founded in 1927 in Chicago by William W. (Bill) Grainger. He founded the company to provide consumers with access to a consistent supply of motors. [6] The company now serves more than 4.5 million customers worldwide [4] with offerings such as motors, lighting ...

4. Speed nut - Wikipedia

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   The speed nut was invented in 1923 and patented in 1924 by Albert H. Tinnerman, son of George Tinnerman, who founded Tinnerman Steel Range Company. [ 4] The company, established in 1870, originally manufactured sheet metal kitchen ranges. However, after Tinnerman invented the nut to resolve issues with stove shipping, the invention became so ...

5. Rivet nut - Wikipedia

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   Rivet nut. A rivet nut, also known as a blind rivet nut, or rivnut, [1] is a one-piece internally threaded and counterbored tubular rivet that can be anchored entirely from one side. It is a kind of threaded insert. There are two types: one is designed to form a bulge on the back side of the panel as a screw is tightened in its threads.

6. Keps nut - Wikipedia

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   Keps nuts. A Keps nut, (also called a k-lock nut[1] or washer nut), is a nut with an attached, free-spinning washer. It is used to make assembly more convenient. Common washer types are star-type lock washers, conical, and flat washers.

7. Spring steel - Wikipedia

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   Spring steel. Spring steel is a name given to a wide range of steels [1] used in the manufacture of different products, including swords, saw blades, springs and many more. These steels are generally low-alloy manganese, medium-carbon steel or high-carbon steel with a very high yield strength. This allows objects made of spring steel to return ...