WCA January 2022

Products

Boker’s adds 369 washer sizes to growing selection During 2021, Boker’s, Inc added tooling for 369 new non-standard flat washer sizes to its range. With the addition of the new sizes, Boker’s offers an expansive line of more than 32,000 non-standard washer, spacer and shim sizes that are available to customers worldwide with no tooling charges. 0.08" to 12", with a wide range of inside diameters, to help design engineers, production managers and procurement in sourcing washers for emerging and established markets. The company can also accommodate flexible production quantities, offering short, medium and long runs.

In addition to flat washers, other shapes and styles are available in metallic and non-metallic materials. Metallic materials include low-carbon steel sheet, various spring steels, stainless steel, aluminium, brass, copper and nickel silver. Non-metallic materials include ABS, acetal, polyester, nylon, MD nylon, polycarbonate, fibre, polyethylene and various NEMA grade phenolics. Boker’s, Inc www.bokers.com models of Spirol’s engineered fasteners directly from shop.spirol.com. Drawings and models will be available for each product line as they are offered. Spirol will continue to add more product lines, languages and currencies to shop. spirol.com over the next year. Spirol https://shop.spirol.com

The new tool additions further expand Boker’s made-to-order offering for an increasingly wide range of applications and industries. Custom manufacturing with stock tooling is available for customers and OEMs in industries from aerospace and aviation, to electronic measurement and testing, renewable energy, medical, and outdoor recreation, to deliver precision for their applications. For instances where there is not a tool that meets the exact specifications needed, Boker’s in-house tooling department can quickly produce one as required.

Boker’s has added 369 new sizes to its portfolio

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Boker’s non-standard precision washers are manufactured in more than 2,000 commonly specified or difficult-to- find material options. The range of sizes includes outside diameters from

The right tool to remove mangled, corroded screws The new Screw Biter™ impact extraction screwdrivers from Crescent have been designed to provide a dedicated tool for extracting damaged, corroded or frozen screws. and uses that force to turn the screw 12 degrees. Screw Biter is available in Phillips #2 and ¼" slotted styles. Spirol products now available online in Canada Spirol’s coiled spring pins, slotted spring pins, disc springs and threaded inserts for plastics are now available in Canada on the combination e-commerce and CAD solutions platform shop.spirol.com. shop.spirol.com enables customers to safely and conveniently purchase stand- ard products in small quantities using a credit card or PayPal account. Bulk quan- tities are available at a discounted rate. A material certification or a certification of compliance may be added to each order. The website debuted in 2018 with the flagship coiled spring pin product, and has since expanded with other languages and the ability to purchase in different currencies, including the Canadian dollar. In addition purchasing products, visitors can download 2D drawings and 3D

“This is another one of those categories, another one of those user problems that has seen little to no innovation in decades,” said senior product manager Jarrett Wolf. “We took on the challenge, and the result is something truly innovative. Finally, there’s a screwdriver that can actually remove screws that exist in the real world – that are beat up, worn down or frozen. With Screw Biter, you can quickly break screws loose and move on to the next one.” Ordinary screwdrivers do not allow for the torque needed to break frozen screws free. The Screw Biter’s design features a spring-loaded handle; once the screwdriver is aligned with the stubborn screw, a hammer strike to the steel end- cap activates the internal mechanism

Crescent’s includes adjustable wrenches, hand tools and sets, Crescent Wiss ® snips, scissors, shears, knives and trade tools, Crescent Lufkin ® measuring tapes, rules, wheels and chalk reels, Crescent Nicholson ® files and saws, Crescent HK Porter ® heavy-duty cutting products, Crescent Jobox ® on- site, flammable liquid and truck storage products, and Crescent Apex ® power tool accessories. Crescent Tools www.crescenttool.com product line

❍ The Screw Biter impact extraction screwdriver turns blunt force into torque to remove worn screws

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January 2022