AFT Fasteners carries a large line-up of Threaded Rod, also known as “All-Thread Rod”. ASTM standards can easily be met by AFT Fasteners for petroleum applications, construction, fabrication, electrical and consumer product manufacturing. Standard and non-standard sizes, course or fine threads and most industry desired platings and coatings are readily available from global solutions providers - AFT Fasteners.

     Threaded rod is a widely used and very versatile product. It is generally used in several industries, including chemical, electrical, construction, agricultural, maintenance and even home use. All-thread rod eliminates the need for such on site resources as threading equipment, dies, and most importantly time. It is produced with threads rolled under high pressure to give greater strength and can be used with standard nuts and washers. Generally the rod can be cut with a metal cutting hack saw or a power band saw, and with clean saw cuts the nut will move easily over the threads. Rougher cutting devices may require chamfering to bevel the ends for ease of threading washers and nuts. AFT Fasteners provides threaded rod in standard 36" lengths, as well as specialty length which are cut to request.
     Grades of all-thread rod vary, and the most common grades include: ASTM A193 - B7 Alloy, Low Carbon Steel, Zinc Plated, Hot Dipped Galvanized, 18-8 Stainless Steel and 316 Stainless Steel. The most common is ASTM A193 B7 Studs and Rods. This grade has a tensile strength of 125,000 psi and is a heat treated alloy. It is generally used in applications where strength or high strength to weight ratio is required. This grade is a favorite for petroleum and oil field industries, and B7 is widely used in commercial plant applications and new construction projects for pipe and machinery installation and maintenance. The stainless steel grades of threaded rod are used when excellent corrosion resistance and strength are required. Used primarily in chemical, food, mechanical, agricultural and medical applications. With an in-house plating and coating facility, Xylan and other popular threaded rod coatings are very affordable!

     AFT Fasteners is a fastener manufacturing, importing, distribution, plating and industrial services company “All-in-One”, offering turn-key cost effective solutions to our customers. AFT also supplies high-quality standard, non-standard and specialty fasteners and hardware products. AFT serves customers with sales and distribution centers throughout the United States, and this allows them to provide expedited all-thread rod and other heavy duty fasteners. Please contact AFT's professional sales staff or call (877) 844-8595 for information on how AFT Fasteners can provide you with high quality B7 stud and threaded rod.

     Stainless steel fasteners, stainless steel bolts, stainless steel screws, stainless steel nuts, stainless steel cap screws....The list is just too long to mention. Even the St. Louis's Gateway Arch is covered in stainless steel. What is the reason that this lustrous metal has become a staple of American and worldwide manufacturing?? It's obvious from the name: STAINLESS STEEL.

     Stainless steel differs from carbon steel by the amount of chromium present. Unprotected carbon steel rusts readily when exposed to air and moisture. Stainless steels contain sufficient chromium to form a passive film of chromium oxide, which prevents further surface corrosion and blocks corrosion from spreading into the metal's internal structure. Instead of making you READ about the miracle properties and applications of stainless steel, we at AFT Fasteners have decided to share a great little video about the production of stainless steel and its manufacturing process. Relax and enjoy!!

     Now that we all have a good grasp on how stainless steel is created, we can get down to REAL WORLD applications. AFT Fasteners has been in business for decades - providing stainless steel hardware of all types and sizes. AFT specializes in offering a variety of 18-8, 304 and 316 stainless steels for numerous industries. Everything from aerospace, construction, auto and marine manufacturing and the list goes on and on and on.

     AFT Fasteners offers not just stainless steel but SOLUTIONS to your manufacturing projects and processes - inventory, machining, kitting and global sourcing for everything from crates to mill shipments. Contact our knowledgeable and friendly sales staff at 469-865-2800 for a quote on a solution for your stainless steel needs.

- The AFT Team

The 2012 year has seen several new partnerships between AFT Fasteners and industry leading vendors, and this upward momentum is also being boosted by the addition of several increased product lines. AFT Fasteners has expanded its sources and offerings of brass fittings, brass valves, metal stops and other brass fastener products. This expansion in brass fitting products will provide an even larger assortment of fasteners for AFT's commercial plumbing, HVAC, Oil Field and Hydraulic customers.

     Brass has been the metal of choice for many industrial components when corrosion resistance, manufacturing malleability and lifetime durability are of great importance. Brass fittings, heavy fittings, barbs, valves, cocks, ferrules, stops and nipples are used in everything from HVAC, air compression systems, heavy machinery, oil field plumbing and hydraulic routing systems. AFT Fasteners has worked to become a great source for all different styles and sizes of brass fittings.

     AFT Fasteners is a fastener manufacturing, importing, distribution, plating and industrial services company “All-in-One”, offering turn-key cost effective solutions to our customers. AFT also supplies high-quality standard, non-standard and specialty fasteners and hardware products. AFT serves customers with sales and distribution centers throughout the United States, and this allows them to provide expedited brass fittings and valves all over the United States. Please contact AFT's professional sales staff or call (877) 844-8595 for information on how AFT Fasteners can provide your business with the highest quality Brass Fittings and products.

- The AFT Team

The 2012 AmCon Design and Manufacturing Expos are now underway. AFT Fasteners will be exhibiting at this year's Houston, Texas AmCon Expo June 6-7 at the Reliant Energy Center. AmCon shows are well known for bringing “job shops” and contract manufacturers together with regional OEM buyers, designers and engineers for finding solutions to their most difficult design and production goals.

Reliant Energy Center, Hall E - Houston, Texas

AmCon has been producing quality manufacturing trade shows since 1987, and AFT Fasteners will be at Reliant Center June 6-7 to meet with some of Houston's top manufacturing engineers and product developers. AmCon trade shows and expos are the perfect opportunity for designers and engineers to locate sources for forming, fabrication, machining, engineering, prototyping, finishing, assembly and electronic manufacturing. AFT Fasteners and Industrial Solutions will be featuring industry name brand products such as Kipp Adjustable Handles & Components, Power Fasteners and Martin Steel Hand Tools, to name a few. AFT looks forward to discussing these and other great products and services at Booth 301, Hall E in the Reliant Center.

AFT Fasteners and Martin Tools, a subsidiary of Martin Sprocket and Gear, have forged a customer driven relationship and are set to deliver American made industrial steel hand tools. Martin Sprocket and Tools produces the highest quality forged steel tools in the world. These tools are sought after internationally and are produced right here in North America and will now be distributed by the trusted team of AFT Fasteners and Industrial Products.

Click to download the Martin Hand Tools Catalog

For over 50 years Martin Sprocket and Gear, Inc. has produced some of the top quality sprockets, gears and hand tools in the world. They live by the philosophy "American made products to support American industry". Martin Tools also has a wide reaching distribution and support network spanning the entire North American continent. AFT is proud to be established as a distributor of these American forged and quality manufactured tools.

Just as in all manufacturing, the end products are the direct result of the materials that go into making them. Martin Tools uses top grade American forged steel in producing its line of tools. When a customer sees the Martin stamp on a wrench, socket set, or other body & fender tools they know immediately that they are in the presence of top quality American made tools. Martin Tools has over 20 United States manufacturing and sales locations. Together with AFT Fasteners multiple distribution centers, customer service and satisfaction are a local endeavor. Starting this month, AFT will be making available the entire Martin hand tools line up.

The parts manufactured by Martin are fully certified, providing traceability and complete documentation as needed. Quality assurance at Martin is documented and ensures that each forging meets with the highest standards set forth by Martin. Martin provides full heat treat capabilities including batch type, or atmospherically controlled, depending on the desired mechanical and physical properties needed in the forging.

AFT Fasteners is a fastener manufacturing, importing, distribution, plating and industrial services company “All-in-One”, offering turn-key cost effective solutions to our customers. AFT also supplies high-quality standard, non-standard and specialty fasteners and hardware products. AFT serves customers with sales and distribution centers throughout the United States, and this allows them to provide expedited industrial tools, services and parts. Please contact AFT's professional sales staff or call (877) 844-8595 for information on how AFT Fasteners can provide your business with the highest quality industrial hand tools available.

- The AFT Team

Automated Finishing Technologies, known for their high quality metal plating and coating operations, has added a new Dry Film Lube, Xylan® and Wet Paint facility. Located in Arlington Texas, this operation is located near the global shipping hub of Dallas, Texas. AFT globally provides a wide variety of fasteners with the most desired electro-plating, Xylan® and dry film coatings to meet the most stringent industry specifications.

In recent years AFT, Automated Finishing Technology, has grown from a small North Texas business to an international importer/exporter of quality standard and non-standard fasteners, mechanical components and manufacturing industry services. One of their most recent acquisitions is a dry film lube and Xylan® coating facility located in Arlington, Texas. Proven business practices and management models have already lifted the local business to the international stage in the electroplating and fastener distribution fields.
AFT has already started enjoying great success with this new facility by quickly establishing a diverse customer base. These customers are receiving excellent coated products to meet their wide diversity of manufacturing needs and specifications. Dry film lubricants start out as high performance, paint-like coatings consisting of fine particles of lubricating pigments blended with a binder and special additives. After application and proper curing, these lubricants bond to the surface of the ware, and form a solid film, which reduces friction, and greatly increases wear life. Many dry film lubricants also contain special rust inhibitors which offer exceptional corrosion protection in harsh environments. Dry film lubricants contain special pigments that reduce friction and wear by preventing surface-to-surface contact between mating parts (i.e., a shaft and its bearings). Performance properties vary depending on the specific lubricating pigment used. Some offer excellent lubrication and corrosion protection, while others operate at high temperatures. Some are formulated for use in extreme environments and can withstand nuclear radiation. A few applications of dry film uses are: parts usage in corrosive atmospheres, protection for stored parts, parts requiring permanent lubrication, parts subject to frequent disassembly, fretting and galling protection and ease of release assistance.
Xylan® and wet paint applications can also be matched to a wide diversity of colors and specifications. Xylan® is the umbrella trademark for most of the Whitford fluoropolymer coatings line. Xylan® is comprised of low friction, wear resistant composites of fluoropolymers and reinforcing binder resins. There is a wide range of Xylan® coatings available in one, two, and three coat conventional and reinforced non-sticks. The fluoropolymers utilized in Xylan® coatings consist of PTFE, PFA, and FEP.
Automated Finishing Technologies has years of experience in fastener and parts electro-plating and metal coatings and specialize in black oxide, copper, e-nickel, silver, zinc, zinc phosphate, cadmium and more. AFT also is related to AFT Fasteners which provides high quality fasteners, components, inventory control, kitting services and fastener manufacturing and modifications. These companies are no strangers to meeting the most stringent manufacturing specifications. For more information regarding metal plating, Xylan® and other coatings – visit www.aftfasteners.com, call 877-844-8595 or feel free to use our "Contact Us" form.

- AFT Team

AFT Industries provides a wide variety of products and supplies for the Petroleum and Oil Field Industries. AFT is excited to announce that we now have offices in Dallas / Fort Worth as well as our new office in Houston, Texas. On the international stage of petroleum refinery and production, Houston stands on top of the industry that literally drives the world. We have expanded our services to an even broader geographical base of clients that drill, refine and transport petroleum based products all over the United States.

Most hardware for this industry requires heavy duty components with larger sizes, higher safety specifications, higher operating tolerances and guaranteed longer life expectancies. Some of the premium petrochemical hardware that AFT Industries provides are:

• Studs and Bolts - petrochemical grades, stainless steel grades, exotic alloys: (nickel, brass, bronze, titanium), all threaded rod, low carbon studs, heavy hex bolts

• Nuts - heavy hex, all materials and grades, industrial electroplatings and specialty coatings

• Flanges - lap joint, welding neck, slip on, socket weld and threaded

• Pipes, Valves and Fittings - brass, steel, forged steel, stainless steel, CPVC, PVC, iron, and fittings for all purposes

• Gaskets - spiral wound, Flexitallic, composite materials/fibers and matching industrial sets

• Washers - all types of finishes and metal materials

• Special Platings & Coatings - Xylan, Teflon, Cadmium, E-Nickel, Zinc, Zinc Nickel, Nickel, Phosphate & more

• Cutting & Safety Equipment - personal wear, coco mats, escape chairs, welding helmets, welding supplies, leak detectors, saws, saw blades, circular safety blades and more.

At AFT Industries the mission statement is simple: Provide our Customers with what they need to Succeed! We strive to accomplish this mission every day in a timely manner that allows your business to be as successful and profitable as possible.

Next time your company needs Petroleum and Oil Field hardware or supplies, do not hesitate to contact us at Info@Aft-Corp.com or call toll free 877-844-8595.

Lance Thorley

AFT Industries