Fastening Points

Aluminium fasteners can be a great way to keep weight down. But these subtle trade-offs changed one automotive team’s fastening decision. Here’s why it’s important to look beyond the fastener.

Engineering challenges are rarely solved in isolation. Collaboration keeps us learning and lets us support innovation in composite fastening. Here are some of our exciting collaborations, from student-built race cars to research into tailored fibre placement preforms!

At bigHead, fastening is a partnership. Oli is one of the first people you’ll speak to if your fastening challenge can’t be solved with a standard fastener. We caught up with Oli to find out what his typical day looks like as a development engineer – and how his work helps transform ideas into confident outcomes.

At bigHead Bonding Fasteners we take the complexity out of finding and delivering the perfect fastening solution. Of course, behind every fastener that finds its way into a car, a boat, or an offshore turbine, there’s a well-oiled process that keeps the production and dispatch operation running seamlessly. Our latest records show that 99% of deliveries meet the customers’ deadlines…

When should fastening be considered in the design process for composite and plastic materials? Should it be factored in during the initial concept phase, or during the detailed design stage? Or perhaps somewhere in between? 

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JEC World 2024 highlighted new benchmarks in the pursuit of sustainability and innovation in materials science and engineering. It is clear that the focus on recyclable and environmentally friendly materials will continue to shape the trajectory of the industry, promising a greener and more sustainable future. 

At bigHead Bonding Fasteners, we recognise the pivotal role that collaboration with our customers and partners plays in crafting the best solution. By actively engaging with industry leaders, such as 3M, known for pioneering adhesive innovations, we strive to enhance our ability to address challenges and deliver robust solutions tailored to our customers’ needs. bigHead fasteners are designed to facilitate…

Composite materials are playing a significant role in the continued push for lightweight design and in the drive to meet net-zero targets. Sustainability for composite material production, processing and waste management is now an urgent area of research and development. This was evident at Advanced Engineering 2023, where much of the exhibition space was dedicated to showcasing composite materials and…

The JEC World exhibition serves as a pivotal and accessible annual platform showing an array of emerging technologies and trends within the composites industry. BigHead, the specialists in fastening composite materials, noted four key trends at JEC 2023.