Fastener Training Institute®

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The Fastener Training Institute, a division of the Pacific-West Fastener Association, provides beginning and advanced training on fastener products, standards and specifications. Our core purpose is to enhance fastener use, reliability and safety.

Click here for the 2012 calendar.

Click here for the current list of courses offered along with a brief description.

Click here for information about basic fastener training.

Significant discounts on fastener training registration fees are available to members of the Pacific-West Fastener Association. For membership requirements and information about the association, please go to www.pac-west.org

2012 Fastener Training for Engineers

The Fastener Training Institute® with Bengt Blendulf of EduPro U.S., will again offer a two-day technical training course for engineers and industrial technicians, Fastening Technology & Bolted/Screwed Joint Design. Click here for more information and to register for this event, Wednesday and Thursday, June 6-7, 2012 in Rosemont IL

Fastening Technology & Bolted/Screwed Joint Design was created to give design, manufacturing, and quality engineers along with industrial technicians a thorough grounding in the complexities of mechanical joining with fasteners. This two-day course will provide information on the most current specifications, techniques and guidelines. Click here for details on the 2012 course content.

"Any engineer who designs, tests or assembles bolted joints should take this class at least once (as early as possible) in their career. The instructor knows what he's talking about, has vast experience, engages the class and keeps everyone's attention." Brian Whalen, Naval Research Laboratories

Fastener Training Week

The Fastener Training Institute® and the Industrial Fasteners Institute partnered to present the first Fastener Training Week - Los Angeles in February and based on the extremely positive feedback from attendees, plans are underway to hold this training again in 2013. Check the Calendar of Courses later this year for more details.

Fastener Training Week features learning labs taught by leading industry experts, Joe Greenslade (IFI), Carmen Vertullo CFS (Carver Engineering), and Salim Brahimi (IBECA Technologies), interactive exercises, quizzes to reinforce learning, and plant tours of manufacturing, secondary processes and testing facilities. Upon completion of this training and passing a final exam, attendees will be eligible to receive the Certified Fastener Specialist™ (CFS) designation. Click here for information about the course content and the program schedule.

For the third year in a row this program will be offered again in Cleveland OH, July 23-27, 2012. Click here for more information and to register for Fastener Training Week - Cleveland.

Basic Fastener Handbook

After many years out of print, our Basic Fastener Handbook once again is available. The 24-page guide is fully illustrated and includes an abundance of key information. The Basic Fastener Handbook sells for $14 to members of the Pacific-West Fastener Association and $19 to nonmembers, plus a $3 shipping and handling fee.

Click Here to place an order online at the Pacific-West Fastener Association website.