Fasteners Stocks List
Symbol | Grade | Name | % Change | |
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SPLP | F | Steel Partners Holdings LP LTD PARTNERSHIP UNIT | 0.05 | |
BSLK | F | Bolt Projects Holdings, Inc. | -8.33 |
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Symbol | Grade | Name | Weight | |
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SLX | B | Market Vectors Steel Index ETF Fund | 11.38 | |
PSCM | C | PowerShares S&P SmallCap Materials Portfolio | 10.68 | |
XME | B | SPDR S&P Metals & Mining ETF | 9.96 | |
PYZ | C | PowerShares Dynamic Basic Materials | 6.51 | |
VSDA | B | VictoryShares Dividend Accelerator ETF | 5.74 |
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- Fasteners
A fastener (US English) or fastening (UK English) is a hardware device that mechanically joins or affixes two or more objects together. In general, fasteners are used to create non-permanent joints; that is, joints that can be removed or dismantled without damaging the joining components. Welding is an example of creating permanent joints. Steel fasteners are usually made of stainless steel, carbon steel, or alloy steel.
Other alternative methods of joining materials include: crimping, welding, soldering, brazing, taping, gluing, cement, or the use of other adhesives. Force may also be used, such as with magnets, vacuum (like suction cups), or even friction (like sticky pads). Some types of woodworking joints make use of separate internal reinforcements, such as dowels or biscuits, which in a sense can be considered fasteners within the scope of the joint system, although on their own they are not general purpose fasteners.
Furniture supplied in flat-pack form often uses cam dowels locked by cam locks, also known as conformat fasteners. Fasteners can also be used to close a container such as a bag, a box, or an envelope; or they may involve keeping together the sides of an opening of flexible material, attaching a lid to a container, etc. There are also special-purpose closing devices, e.g. a bread clip.
Items like a rope, string, wire, cable, chain, or plastic wrap may be used to mechanically join objects; but are not generally categorized as fasteners because they have additional common uses. Likewise, hinges and springs may join objects together, but are ordinarily not considered fasteners because their primary purpose is to allow articulation rather than rigid affixment.
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