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Day 1 of the International Fastener Expo 2023
What a great start to IFE2023! Our very own Director of Sales, Mike McLaughlin, is attending the Fastener Fundamentals - The Nuts and Bolts for Fastener Professionals course on Day 1!
This one-day class will bring the basics of fasteners and beyond to industry professionals at International Fastener Expo. It includes the best of Fastener Training Institute’s Fastener Basic Training and Certified Specialist Training™ programs.
About the Instructor: Carmen Vertullo has been teaching Fastener Training Institute programs and many others for over 20 years – and he has taught it all. This class is full of his favorite topics and must-knows for every fastener professional and is interactive with learning exercises, case studies, and valuable take-home resources.
CURRICULUM INCLUDES
- Types and applications of various threaded and non-threaded fasteners
- Fastener standards organizations
- Your fastener technical library
- Basics of fastener materials
- Platings, coatings and corrosion prevention for fasteners
- Best methods for properly tightening fasteners – there’s more to tension than torque
- Dealing with fastener customer complaints – from small screws to structural bolts
- Fastener failure investigation – what you need to know to sleep at night
- Ten things every fastener supplier can do to add value, reduce risk, and increase profits in the fastener supply transa
ction
Tomorrow is the start of the expo, so BTM is excited to be exhibiting in booth 1859 AND the official coffee sponsor of IFE. Be sure to visit the coffee station in the expo hall for some of our famous UBolt Blend Coffee!
