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bigHead’s latest innovation, Core range, now comes with a Technical Guide that provides information critical to composite applications: Performance data to help you confidently select the right product for the application Design guidelines to ensure the product is correctly designed-in Assembly features to prevent joint failures For more in depth assistance, please get in touch.  bigHead is always ready to…

bigHead® Bonding Fasteners continues its investment in innovation with the appointment of two more engineers.  Central to bigHead’s strategy is the long-term investment in engineering expertise and composites knowledge.  Having received an outstanding report earlier this year from Innovate UK for a KTP with Cranfield University, bigHead has now built a team dedicated to meeting their customer’s most challenging problems. …

DOWNLOAD WHITEPAPER The Perforated Head design is synonymous with bigHead® fasteners. Whilst this makes a bigHead® easily recognisable, we can also provide bigHeads with Plain surface Heads to suit certain applications. When it comes to adhesive bonding of bigHeads with liquid and paste adhesives, there are long-standing questions about which is actually “better” – Perforated or Plain Head? Holes or…

DOWNLOAD WHITEPAPER   Applying anti corrosion coatings, plating or other treatments to bigHead fasteners means that one is no longer working with a steel substrate for the purposes of adhesive bonding. Whilst a selected adhesive may be excellent for bonding steel, it may not be so compatible with different coatings or treatments. Sometimes the coating or treatment itself can also…

bigHead® Bonding Fasteners continues its investment in innovation with the appointment of Dr Lawrence Cook.  Dr Cook joins bigHead from Cranfield University Enhanced Composites and Structures Centre where he was a Research Fellow in Composites Manufacturing.  During his time at Cranfield Dr Cook worked on the design, manufacturing and mechanical testing of composites structures, in particular the joining of polymer…

bigHead® returns to JEC World 2018 this year with design engineers on hand to discuss composite fastening applications.  The emphasis will be on engineering solutions that avoid the typical compromises between form and function, and ways to improve process efficiency. Most recently bigHead has been developing a new way to fasten lightweight automotive panels in just seconds, called Lean Bonding®. …

Just as other major global industries, mass transit continuously strives to improve manufacturing efficiency and reduce running costs. For rail vehicle and passenger coach designers this has meant embracing new materials and production techniques, and one area that continues to thrive is the use of fibre-reinforced polymer composites (FRP) materials to produce structures and parts that are lightweight, have high…

bigHead Bonding Fasteners , the UK manufacturer that conceived and designed the world’s most recognised bonding fastener and Cranfield University have formed a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) focussed on new joining technologies for composite materials. Dr. Lawrence Cook who leads research and development work on matrix-polymers and adhesives at Cranfield, shares his views on the close working partnership with bigHead….

Moulded-in bigHead® fasteners improve functional performance and save production cost. When a leading industrial composite products manufacturer needed to improve the functional performance of their outdoor luminaires which are used on marine platforms and oil rigs, they turned to bigHead Bonding Fasteners for a solution and were rewarded with additional production cost savings. A sheet moulded compound (SMC) housing forms…

The application of lightweighting composite materials for high-powered super cars and competition class cars with their inherent benefits in performance and form is well established. More recently the need to reduce CO2 emissions, improve fuel efficiency and counter the increased weight potential of comfort and added safety features has led many high-end luxury car manufacturers to utilise thinner and lighter…