History of Fasteners

Fastener History

Fastenings bolts nuts washers and screws along with fixings rivets anchors and nails may appear to be day-to-day products. Investigation reveals a lot more behind the insignificant bolt, screw, washer, rivet, nail or dowel. Without fasteners and fixings, all of the products used in daily life would fall apart. 

Fasteners are the most common item used in mechanical machine construction and design, they hold every­thing together; from screws in phones, electronic items and TV to the washing machine and on a larger scale, Power stations, Ships and the majority of vehicle types from the car to truck to monster off-highway vehicles. 

Fixings have a long history that started with the humble nail, the precursor to the rivet. Solid rivets propelled the industrial revolution; ships, canals, bridges, trains and skyscrapers would not have been possible without the solid rivet.

From early history through to the 21st-century fasteners have become common objects used throughout the world, particularly the Bolt and Nut. Modern fasteners are sophisticated products and the route to them becoming mass-produced articles has a long and in-depth history. 

 

HISTORY of the:

 

   Nail    Rivet    Threads    Drives    Fasteners Pre-1800    Fasteners After-1800

 

Hephaestus

 

Hephaestus the ancient Greek god of smiths, craftsmen, artisans, sculptors, metals, metallurgy, fire and volcanoes.

Hephaestus' Roman equivalent was Vulcan taken from the older Minoan god of fire and volcanoes named Velchanos.

 

Greek mythology placed Hephaestus as the son of Zeus and Hera, the King and Queen of the Gods.

 

Metalworking gods made all the weapons of the gods in Olympus. Hephaestus served as the 'Smith' of the gods and was worshipped in the manufacturing and industrial centres of Greece.

 

Hephaestus's symbols are a metal smith's hammer, anvil, and a pair of tongs, these symbols also apply to both the Roman and Minoan gods Vulcan and Velchanos.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

fastener and fixing history