A brief tour of a bolt factory
June 12, 2009 by Paul Dvorak
Filed under Fastening-Joining for Wind Power
AA Anchor Bolt Inc. bends anchor bolts, U-bolts, j-bolts, eyebolts, crane rail books bolts and more.
All raw materials used to manufacturer products at AA Anchor Bolt Inc, Northville, Mich., is melted and manufactured in the U.S. by certified steel mills. The company inventories over 600,000 lb of material which allows for quick turnarounds. Threading capabilities range from ¼ to 5 in. The company manufacturers rolled and cut threaded products as well as threaded rod in different grades. The company also saws, shears, chamfers, and threads rebar. It has 18 Landis cut threaders, single and double spindled, along with 12 flat-die thread roller and seven cylindrical-thread rollers. Bending capacity ranges from ¼ to 3 in.
Windpower Engineering Editor Paul Dvorak is an experienced mechanical engineer. Paul has seven years of hands on mechanical engineering experience and 23 years of technical writing. Paul is constantly in correspondence with wind turbine manufacturers and wind power researchers. Thanks to this correspondence, he is able to write about wind engineering topics before any other editor in the wind space.
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