| Show This Industry Is Fas Fasten tena ting In 1975 US U.S. industry will use more than billion nuts bolts rivets and ami screws and the metal fastener business will top 27 billion According to the Trans Union Fastener Group which distributes more than kinds of mechanical fasteners Nuts and bolts literally hold this country together and have done so for Cor years Screws and pins held American Ameri can muskets together in the fight for independence they arc are vital in every household appliance ance ante and they are arc crucial in communications on this planet and in space It was the failure of a screw to remain tight that prevented color TV broadcasts from the moon in 1969 It seems the camera failed to function function function tion because a screw was loose looser The first significant screw screw- making by machinery was in Rhode Island in 1834 In 1840 when Micah Rugg and Martin Barnes formed a partnership in Connecticut to establish the nut and bolt branch of the industry their six employees produced a total of carriage bolts a aday aday day I D 1 |
