Exploring Industrial Supplies

When you are faced with joining two metal surface areas together, you certainly have enough options as to how to join and secure them. There are dozens of fastener options, each with its own means of tightening and holding the metal surfaces together. However, you should give steel cap screws your first look. They should be your first choice in industrial fasteners for all of the following benefits. 

The Steel Cap Top Will Neither Shatter Nor Rust

This type of fastener has a rounded, hollowed-out end. That is the "cap." It requires a special type of wrench or driver to tighten it, but that can be a plus, too. The steel cap means that it will never rust or corrode, a boon to any metal surfaces that will eventually become wet or touch water often. Since you could hammer steel all day and never get it to shatter, these fasteners are also resistant to force and pressure. 

The Fastener Cannot Be Undone Unless Someone Has Exactly the Right Size Wrench/Driver

The hollowed-out end of the cap is constructed such that it fits with a specific wrench or driver. The wrench or driver may be metric or standard units of measurement, and only the exact shape and size of the driver or wrench can tighten and loosen this fastener. That means that once you have installed cap screws to secure the two metal surfaces, they are there until someone figures out exactly which tool to use to loosen them. 

Zero Extra Washers, Nuts, Screws, or Bolts Are Required

If you use a cap screw, nothing else is needed. The cap screw acts as its own washer, its own nut, and its own screw or bolt. It is a solid fastener with an all-in-one function. You will never be fumbling with extra fastener parts because there are not any. The cap screw is it, and it is all you will ever need. 

Buying the Right Cap Screws

You will need to measure the holes for fasteners in the two metal surfaces you are attempting to join. This can be done by using a variety of other fasteners that have already been identified by size and measurement system. The fastener that fits the closest and best without being too big or too tight to fit the holes is the one against which you can measure and order all your cap screws.

Reach out to a company like Jackson Bolt & Screw, Inc. to learn more.