Even though the use of a VF Maxbolt or SCP-4 provides the most accurate indication… Read more.
Load Indicating and Innovative Bolting Technologies
The Latest At Valley Forge
Bolting Basics
Presentations
Our very own Ron Clarke has received the distinguished honor of being recognized by the… Read more.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada At this year’s ASME Pressure Vessels & Piping Conference, in Vancouver… Read more.
Presentation at Maintenance Solutions Seminar Indianapolis, IN Held at the Westin Indianapolis and sponsored by… Read more.
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly! At the great Victoria in London, Barry Thomas… Read more.
Proudly Sponsored by Valley Forge & Bolt. VFB once again sponsored the KOEA annual meeting… Read more.
Product Application
Valley Forge is very proud to announce that our Load Indicating Fasteners have passed Military… Read more.
Our Maxbolt™ crosstalk video demonstrates the interactions which occur between fasteners in a typical flanged… Read more.
Fastener Crosstalk is the phenomenon where as fasteners are tensioned, they affect the load on other… Read more.
VF Technical Article by President, Ron Clarke Assembly Description A bracket retrofitted to a rail-car axle.… Read more.
VFB Interview With Carlos Recart of Protorq – Chile VFB: Tell us what Protorq does. CARLOS: We… Read more.
VFB Interview With Brad Webb of AC Sailing SF “It all started when Bengt Blenduf,… Read more.
Production
Reprint Courtesy of Forging Magazine There is plenty of attention paid to the high-precision designs… Read more.
Valley Forge is very proud to announce that our Load Indicating Fasteners have passed Military… Read more.
Valley Forge Bolt & Manufacturing has added some additional heat treating capacity! The Heat Treating… Read more.
Our newly installed “Heat Treat” department has settled into full production mode. Forecasted production schedules… Read more.
Publications
Written by Valley Forge’s James Brooks Controlled bolting has for many years been associated with… Read more.
Published courtesy of Torq-Comm International Inc. Whichever way you tighten a bolt, be it with… Read more.
Valley Forge is proud to announce that we have partnered with Curtiss-Wright to bring our… Read more.
City of Phoenix’s very own local news channel, PHXTV, is running a television segment, Made… Read more.
Every year manufacturers across the country celebrate Manufacturing Month. On Friday, October 5th, Valley Forge… Read more.
James Brooks joined Valley Forge earlier this year and has moved to Phoenix to head… Read more.
We are happy to announce that James Brooks has joined Valley Forge as Director of… Read more.
The month of October celebrates Manufacturing Month. On Friday, October 6th, we celebrated MFG Day… Read more.
Valley Forge & Bolt’s load indicating fastener could help the wind industry lower its O&M… Read more.
As Published In The January 2016 Issue of Wind Systems | Valley Forge & Bolt Mfg.… Read more.
Reprint Courtesy of Mechanical Engineering Magazine | by Edward Hayman | Three little balls eliminate the need… Read more.
As Published in the April 2015 Issue of Wind Systems | By Rusty Flocken | In… Read more.
Reprint Courtesy of The American Fastener Journal | By Rix Quinn | The year is 1947. The… Read more.
Reprint Courtesy of American Fastener Journal | By Rusty Flocken | The process cycle of fasteners… Read more.
Research & Development
Published courtesy of Torq-Comm International Inc. Whichever way you tighten a bolt, be it with… Read more.
Valley Forge is proud to announce that we have partnered with Curtiss-Wright to bring our… Read more.
Reprint Courtesy of Forging Magazine There is plenty of attention paid to the high-precision designs… Read more.
Valley Forge is very proud to announce that our Load Indicating Fasteners have passed Military… Read more.
Our Maxbolt™ crosstalk video demonstrates the interactions which occur between fasteners in a typical flanged… Read more.
Fastener Crosstalk is the phenomenon where as fasteners are tensioned, they affect the load on other… Read more.
by Rusty Flocken, Mechanical Engineer Valley Forge has recently developed a liner bolt innovation to… Read more.
by Rusty Flocken, Mechanical Engineer For over a decade, Valley Forge has offered Maxbolt™ load… Read more.
Ron Clarke: Anecdotes from the President
Our very own Ron Clarke has received the distinguished honor of being recognized by the… Read more.
By Glenn Snowberger When it was suggested that I pinch hit for Ron as… Read more.
By Ron Clark, President It is hard for me to admit, but alas true, that… Read more.
By Ron Clark, President Prologue Decapitated little fasteners are never a pleasant recollection, so to… Read more.
By Ron Clark, President I don’t know if our editor will print this. But she’s… Read more.
Technical Pieces
Written by Valley Forge’s James Brooks Controlled bolting has for many years been associated with… Read more.
The spring ASTM Committee F16 on Fasteners meeting was held this past week and was… Read more.
Valley Forge is very proud to announce that our Load Indicating Fasteners have passed Military… Read more.
Our Maxbolt™ crosstalk video demonstrates the interactions which occur between fasteners in a typical flanged… Read more.
Fastener Crosstalk is the phenomenon where as fasteners are tensioned, they affect the load on other… Read more.
The spring meeting of ASTM F16 took place the first week of May in San… Read more.
by Rusty Flocken, Mechanical Engineer Valley Forge has recently developed a liner bolt innovation to… Read more.
by Rusty Flocken, Mechanical Engineer For over a decade, Valley Forge has offered Maxbolt™ load… Read more.
By Mircea Iclozan, Senior Hardware Design Engineer Billions (trillions?) of bolted joints hold together the… Read more.
The semiannual meeting of F16 was held the week of November 16th in Tampa, Florida.… Read more.
By Bret Halley, Chief Operating Officer The process of mating a bolt and nut together… Read more.
by Glenn Snowberger ASTM International is an organization that develops and publishes consensus technical standards… Read more.
Tradeshows
Visit us at booth 4638 We are happy to be exhibiting at PowerGen International again… Read more.
Pittsburgh | AISTech 2016, steel’s premier annual technology event for 2016, took place 16–19 May… Read more.
Houston, TX | For decades, Valley Forge has exhibited and attending the Offshore Technology… Read more.
Aberdeen, UK | During April, the 21st International Offshore Crane and Lifting Conference 2016 was… Read more.
Phoenix, AZ | The SME Conference was held in Phoenix this year, much to our… Read more.
San Diego, CA | Jay Palmer and Jeff Blankenship were in San Diego at the Fleet Maintenance… Read more.
Elko, NV | The 30th Anniversary of the Elko Mining Expo was held in beautiful… Read more.
Cleveland, OH | May 2015 marked the 12th anniversary of AISTech 2015, the Association for… Read more.
Houston, TX | VFB has exhibited at OTC since 1998 and watched the conference grow… Read more.
Vancouver, British Columbia, CANADA | Glenn and Michele attended the Institute of Scrap Recycling (ISRI) show… Read more.
Stavanger, Norway | Following on from our first successful appearance in 2014, Bill Denby and… Read more.
Denver, CO The third week in February, The Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration hosted… Read more.
VF Events
City of Phoenix’s very own local news channel, PHXTV, is running a television segment, Made… Read more.
Every year manufacturers across the country celebrate Manufacturing Month. On Friday, October 5th, Valley Forge… Read more.
James Brooks joined Valley Forge earlier this year and has moved to Phoenix to head… Read more.
The month of October celebrates Manufacturing Month. On Friday, October 6th, we celebrated MFG Day… Read more.
Our very own Ron Clarke has received the distinguished honor of being recognized by the… Read more.
Hedgerow Consulting is a British company representing Valley Forge & Bolt in Europe with Barry… Read more.
Phoenix, AZ | Early in March the Industrial Fasteners Institute gathered for their Annual Meeting. This… Read more.
After the holidays screamed by in a tinsel and scrumptious sweets filled manor, everyone here… Read more.
Hilton Head Island, South Carolina | Michele Clarke had the arduous task of representing Valley… Read more.
Yet another quarterly meeting! This time featuring the hand crafted sandwiches of Capriotti’s! We heard… Read more.
Each quarter, Valley Forge gathers together for a meal and to share how everything went… Read more.
Merry Christmas! Christmas is always a busy but joyous time of year. This year, Christmas… Read more.
In November we celebrated 40 years of innovative bolting. What a milestone! We invited everyone… Read more.
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