Sep 19, 2014
We made the plunge into dip spin coating our fasteners. We think it will be better for our customers. After a fastener failure that should've never happened and significant experimentation with coatings and processes, BryKote™ is a technique we now use similar to Dip Spin. Brian Hill, our Director of Marketing and Sales took on the project until he was satisfied our customers will like it. What… Read more »
Sep 11, 2014
We had a professional video made last week about our new patent pending “high performance drive” screw, named REVX™. The insertion of the bit into the screw is so tight creating a zero tolerance fit. This eXtreme precision, results in eXtraordinary performance, and eXtra production (now you know where we got the name REVX™). We think it is the best fastener ever made and the perfect revision… Read more »
Sep 02, 2014
Making set-screws is a lost art in America. Set-screw machines are scarce in the states and mostly mass produced overseas. We figured a way to make them on our standard cold heading machines. That was actually easy, threading them was a little harder. Without a head, they don’t fit into conventional threading equipment. The appropriate machine costs over $200K…a little over budget. We found a way… Read more »
Aug 28, 2014
Our customer started out wanting a fairly routine length and diameter screw. Then they stretched it… and then stretched it some more until their request turned into an M3x50 mm long screw. We had to make tooling. There are 7 carbide lined tools in seven separate stations, which must all match. The longer the screw, the harder they are to match. Here is a picture of the stretched screw. It has been… Read more »
Aug 25, 2014
We posted a blog in June showing our security screws and nuts securing a bike share in Madrid. Some of the bikes were compromised shortly after our post. It turns out, our Penta- Nuts® on the front axles were ordered too big for the application, allowing someone to get vice grips around the side. Compromises don’t happen to us often, but when they do, they’re always because a wrong size was ordered… Read more »
Aug 19, 2014
I (Bryce) decided to test Torx®, Square Drive, and Phillips® screws while I was helping my son-in-law repair his deck last week. I wanted to see how they compare with Bryce Fastener’s new REVX™ screw. Phillips® has a serious cam-out problem. If you don’t hold the bit in straight with extra force, it jumps out and rounds its corners. It also falls off the screw driver tip easily, which happened… Read more »
Jul 22, 2014
We’ve all experienced the rush of thinking we’ve gotten a bargain on something only to be disappointed with it in the end. My family and I (Bryce) returned from an all inclusive resort in Mexico two weeks ago and most of us are still feeling the lower G.I. effects. It was a beautiful place with nice accommodations, an abundance of food and a gorgeous looking pool. We thought we got a bargain but… Read more »
Jun 27, 2014
Bryce Fastener ships all over the world, here's Key-Rex® and Penta-Nut™ securing a bike share in Madrid, Spain. Anything valuable offered for public use absolutely needs a high security measure in place. Our fasteners work well in a bike share application, in fact, we have a handful of customers who use them for this type of application. Tornillos Antirrobo Tornillos de Seguridad Read more »
Jun 25, 2014
In South Carolina, Spartanburg County’s sewer district is now requiring all in ground, outside grease traps be secured against unauthorized access. Illegal dumping of hazardous chemicals led to the discovery of PCBs (Polychlorinated Biphenyls) in three Upstate sewer systems. The outside, in ground grease traps used by restaurants were not secured and could easily be accessed by anyone for unauthorized… Read more »
Jun 03, 2014
“Fasteners are great! 12 panels up, 15 to go.” Picture and comment by customer, Tony Tugwell, 5/15/2014 Solar panels are one of the best uses for Bryce Keyed-Lok security fasteners. Ground mounted solar panels are especially susceptible to theft because of their location. In this case, our fasteners are the only thing securing this investment. You might think those few fasteners would not be… Read more »
