Dave Wilson, Editor, writes:
We see from your search that you're looking for information on the term "Overcentre Fastener",
and we have a large number of manufacturers' news releases and technical articles here on Engineeringtalk which will be of interest.
Let me be your guide.
Start with
the news release Tool-operated fastener needs a 'deliberate act' from
Protex Fasteners, which we summarised at the time by saying "Protex Fasteners has just launched the model 39-1260, a fastener with tool-operated safety catch, importantly requiring a 'deliberate act' to operate it".
A few weeks before,
we featured the news release Fastener secures covers vertically with a padlock from
Protex Fasteners: "The latest neat and compact padlockable rigid overcentre fastener from Protex weighs only 30g yet has an impressive breaking strength of 1.617kN".
In April 2002, we covered the news from Protex Fasteners
concerning its Mateline Automation
- take a look at Fasteners enable Hayden's to bake in safety
which says: "Protex Fasteners has just provided an ideal solution for Mateline Automation, which was faced with a problem familiar to every company engaged in the manufacture of food production lines".
Take a look also at the news release from Protex Fasteners, Overcentre fastener with robust internal spring,
as well as Draw latch gives strong leverage for heavier uses from Protex Fasteners,
and Wide adjustability from latest bandclamp from Protex Fasteners.
See also:
Hinged extensions overcome projections
(August 2000)
Protex Fasteners Ltd of Redditch, one of the world's few specialist manufacturers of overcentre fasteners (draw latches), has launched a range of hinged extensions
Anchoring different planes for fast disconnection
(August 2000)
How can you fix a vertical surface rigidly to an horizontal one, so that the union can be secured and released very quickly and easily? The solution may well be the Protex Catchbolt