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Hilti’s Fastening on steel technology

Making fastening on steel easier, faster and safer

Challenges associated with traditional methods

Welding

  • Damage to paint work
  • Preparation & rework of coated steel
  • Certified welders & fire watch needed
  • External power source needed
  • Time consuming & Weather dependent
  • Permanent method

Clamping

  • Access from 2 sides needed
  • Limits regarding fastening directions: Allows horizontal fastening only
  • Limited vibration resistance: More maintenance required
  • Clamping scratches surface: Rework of coated steel required

Through-bolting

  • Through-penetration of steel flange: affects steel load capacity
  • Access from 2 sides needed
  • Rework of coated steel required: Longer fastening process
  • Long and tedious process: high waste of drill bits
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Hilti’s Fastening on Steel

Hilti’s Fastening on Steel (FOS) products are designed and engineered solutions to cater to all your secondary and tertiary connections need where the base materials are Steel / Aluminum. Some of the common industrial applications wherein our customers are fast moving to FOS are grating fixings, fastening of channels / junction boxes / equipment fixing etc., fastening on PFP coated steels and electrical connections.

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Can a Hilti stud lift a pickup truck?

Watch as the Hilti crew prepares a pickup truck to be lifted with one X-BT-MR threaded stud. When it comes to strength, there is nothing tiny about the X-BT-MR threaded stud.

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