There are 6 million parts in a Boeing 747, half of them are fasteners. Fasteners are pieces of hardware that mechanically joins or affixes two or more objects together. They come in various different shapes, sizes, materials, and finishes, used in a vast range of applications from basic construction to mission-critical aerospace and aviation manufacturing. One particularly interesting type of fastener, more common that we’d expect, is the plastic fastener.
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