BMW has filed a patent for a new fastener design that underscores the automaker’s long-standing willingness to chart its own ...

BMW patented screw heads shaped like its emblem design. New screws may restrict access to common fasteners. The ...

While Mercedes aims to make cars easier to repair, BMW has patented roundel-shaped screw heads that push owners to ...

Drones aren’t anything new—multi-rotor aircraft are becoming a bigger part of people’s lives every day. From the latest batch of up-and-coming urban air mobility companies to hobby applications, ...

Extrusion technology company Entek (Lebanon, OR) recently introduced a software program that allows customers to quickly and easily design screw and barrel layouts for its co-rotating twin-screw ...

Planetary roller screws provide significant benefits over other screw-type actuators in terms of performance, load capacity, duty cycle, and lifetime. Traditionally, however, those benefits have come ...

HOW DOES THE CHOICE OF A BALLSCREW OR LEAD SCREW AFFECT PRODUCTIVITY IN A MOTION-CENTRIC AUTOMATION ENVIRONMENT? Woody • THK: Ballscrew technology allows balls to roll between the screw shaft and the ...

The Merrexx III screw design?available in sizes from 1 to 10 inches with L/D ratios up to 44:1?reportedly allows barrier-type screws to function as they were originally intended to but never could to ...

Leonardo's aerial screws actually can work when built with modern materials, University of Maryland engineers find with a drone called Crimson Spin. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 ...

Ed Steward, a noted screw designer and co-founder of extruder-maker American Kuhne Inc. in Ashaway, died on April 9 from a heart attack. He was 61. Known for his gentle demeanor and sense of humor, ...