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Fully Threaded Radio Episode #157 Recap

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We are always excited to announce Industrial Distribution’s top 50 compilation of businesses competing in the MRO market – distributing everything from fasteners to safety products. The Big 50 List ranks biggest market movers in the industry based on previous year’s global sales. This year’s Big 50 List is based on 2019 sales figures, not […]

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FTM 158: What’s the Point?

Fastener Training Minute 158: What's the Point?

This edition of the Fastener Training Minute with Carmen Vertullo was originally published November 21, 2020 as “if you don’t have the point you’re going to get the point” during episode 158 of Fully Threaded Radio. Hello everyone. This is Carmen Vertullo with your Fastener Training Minute coming to you from the Fastener Training Institute […]

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FTM 157: Thread Stick-Out

This edition of the Fastener Training Minute with Carmen Vertullo was originally published October 18, 2020 as “Thread Stick-Out” during episode 157 of Fully Threaded Radio. Todays Fastener Training Minute comes by way of an email from one of our clients, and that email had to do with a question about “thread stick-out“. Now “Stick-Out” […]

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Episode 155 of FullyThreaded is Live!

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Fully Threaded Radio episode 155 “Out-of-Synchness” was published August 15, 2020. Things don’t seem to fit together they way they once did, but an otherwise ripe market always seems out of whack to the inattentive. So when the circumspect Mr. Andy Cohn, of Duncan Bolt, joins news editor Mike McNulty to discuss the startling FDI results on the Fastener […]

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FTM 155: ASME B1.3 System 22 Thread Gauging

Fastener Training Minute episode 155, Tri-Roll measurement gauge

This edition of the Fastener Training Minute with Carmen Vertullo was originally published August 15, 2020 as “System 22 thread gauging or thread inspection” during episode 155 of Fully Threaded Radio. I got a question or a suggestion recently from one of our good friends, Baron Yarbrough from Spring Bolt & Nut. Baron asked if […]

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Managing through COVID-19 in the Fastener Industry

Richard Manno during Covid 19

The first months of 2020 were great for precision fastener manufacturer Richard Manno based in West Babylon, New York. With the rest of the country, however, executive vice president Jason Wagner and general manager Ilian Dimitrov watched business take a turn as news of a global novel coronavirus outbreak turned into actual confirmed cases in […]

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FTM 130: Dip-Spin Coatings

Fastener Training Minute 130: Dip-Spin Coatings

This edition of the Fastener Training Minute with Carmen Vertullo was originally published July 26, 2018 as “Dip-Spin Coatings” during episode 130 of Fully Threaded Radio. Hello everyone, this is Carmen Vertullo coming to you  from the Carver Facts Center and the Fastener Training Institute. I’ve had several questions recently regarding dip-spin coatings on fasteners, […]

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FTM 128: Fastener Head Markings

Fastener Training Minute 128: Fastener Head Markings

This edition of the Fastener Training Minute with Carmen Vertullo was originally published May 23, 2018 as “Fastener Head Markings” during episode 128 of Fully Threaded Radio. Hi everybody, thanks for listening to the Fastener Training Minute brought you by the Fastener Training Institute. And from the Carver FACT Center (Fastening Applications Consulting and Training) […]

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FTM 117: 3D Printing

Fastener Training Minute 117

This edition of the Fastener Training Minute with Carmen Vertullo was originally published June 15, 2017 as “3D Printing” during episode 117 of Fully Threaded Radio. Hi everybody, this is Carmen Vertullo, and I’m coming to you fresh back from Fastener Tech in Chicago where one of my clients Parker Fasteners, who I’m sure you’re […]

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FTM 116: Hydrogen Embrittlement

Fastener Training Minute 116: 10 things you need to know about Hydrogen Embrittlement

This edition of the Fastener Training Minute with Carmen Vertullo was originally published May 12, 2017 as “10 things you need to know about Hydrogen Embrittlement” during episode 116 of Fully Threaded Radio. Well, Hi everybody, this is Carmen Vertullo with the Fastener Training Minute and the Fastener Training Institute coming to you from the […]

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