Bay Supply Blog - Rivets, Fasteners, and Tools | Mike Eichinger (14)

With their impressive formability, strength, and durability, steel rivets are one of the most common—and long-lasting—fastening materials on the market. According to Assembly magazine, they’re also one of the oldest blind rivets: “The first steel blind rivets were developed for use in the auto industry during the Great Depression.”

There are always situations in manufacturing and construction where welds just can’t do the job. When assembling products for automotive, container manufacture, aerospace, railway, mining, and so on, you need a reliable, fail-proof joint that can withstand stress and vibrations. That’s when it’s time to look at lockbolts.

Inventory management can bog down your productivity, not to mention hurt the bottom line. How often do you run out of fasteners, and how many people take unnecessary time out of their work days to track down additional inventory? These disruptions result in wasted time and wasted resources.

Although fasteners might seem like nothing more than a small piece to a much larger project, they’re actually an incredibly critical part of any machine or structure. These pieces of hardware usually join two or more materials together, either permanently or temporarily, so start by asking yourself some basic questions:

When choosing an industrial power riveter and lockbolt tool, you want a proven, heavy-duty tool that will deliver reliable service for demanding applications such as product assembly, maintenance, metalwork, and truck and rail rivet work. Experts agree that choosing the correct tool is essential for a strong joint.

Bay Supply, a division of Bay Fastening Systems, Inc has become the first U.S. distributor of the new Recoil® tangless helical inserts. This new fastener technology of tangless and threaded inserts has now moved from European and Asian markets to the United States.

Bay Supply, a Division of Bay Fastening Systems, recently announced that it has become a Master Stocking Distributor of the FAR line of fasteners and tools for the Eastern United States.

Bay Supply offers a number of top brands, imports and our own brand of BayFast fasteners in order to serve the economic demands of our distributors.  We have invested many resources in cross-analysis of fastener specifications to establish substitute or alternative brands at various price points. When a distributor identifies a desired fastener on our website and visits the item detail page, below the item specifics are a list of Substitute/Alternative brands offered that meet exact or similar specifications of the item sourced.

BaySupply.com, a Division of Bay Fastening Systems, Inc announced that it will begin to distribute the Craftline Storage Systems line of standard and custom storage solutions. Craftline is a division of Platt & LaBonia Company, LLC, North Haven, Conn.

BaySupply.com, a Division of Bay Fastening Systems, Inc. announced that it will begin to distribute the Champion Cutting Tool Corp. line of products. Including cutting tools and drill presses used in the conjunction of fasteners.