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Fastening solutions for marine composites require high strength and design flexibility. For bigHead, the leading bonding fastener solution provider, its marine industry applications follow many of the same characteristic requirements as other industries where composite materials are being increasingly used for structures, components and panels. bigHeads offer efficiency and cost savings in manufactured parts and assemblies, as well as the…

Glass fibre reinforced concrete (GRC) is widely used in the construction industry, providing a comparatively lightweight, strong and durable material that can be formed into attractive panels, cladding and rainscreens for building façades, tunnel wall coverings and other architectural structures. GRC panels can be as thin as 13 mm and yet can weigh up to a ton or more. Consequently…

Siemens required assistance from bigHead Bonding Fasteners to design a panel fastener for a composite maintenance hatch that would be replacing a steel panel with traditional bolt fixings for locking and unlocking. The steel panel had  required two persons to perform the operation – one inside and one outside the nacelle. Clearly ease of access and its related safely were…