Alcoa: AFS: Aerospace

The global leadership of the Alcoa Fastening Systems Aerospace Products team comes from a distinct heritage of experience and familiar brand names that defined the early days of flight and are still on the leading edge.

We manufacture millions of parts per day for thousands of customers worldwide; and for every aerospace application, material, and design challenge imaginable. Our extensive product offering includes a variety of precision self-locking nuts, high-pressure hydraulic fittings, threaded inserts and studs, panel fasteners, latching systems, bolts, and the latest installation systems to save you time and money.

We manufacture in many materials, including aluminum, corrosion-resistant steels, titanium, Inconel, Waspaloy, A 286 and super alloys.

Contact us today to see what we can do for you.

Find Products

FC43® Panel Fastener Flyer NEW!

Bearing Locknut Flyer

Titanium Mark IV™ Fastening
System

Spin-Lok Flyer

Eddie-Bolt 2 brochure

Aerospace Products Brochure

AFS Line Card

AFS Simi Valley Line Card Insert

Published Articles and Technical Papers

High conductivity with low friction
     dry film based coating containing
     carbon nano-tube for aerospace
     fasteners applications*

Recent developments in techniques
     to minimize lightning current arcing
     between fasteners and composite
     structure*

Fasteners

The Effect of Machining–Induced
     Micro Texture on Lightning Current
     Arcing between Fasteners and
     Composite Structure

A New Generation Cordless Electric
Tooling

A Quick Change System for
Portable Fastening Tooling Systems

Evaluation of Alternatives to
     Electrodeposited Cadmium for
     Threaded Fasteners Applications
     (III)

* To be published in the Proceedings of the International Conference on Lightning and Static Electricity (ICOLSE) 2011, 6-8 September 2011, Oxford UK copies of which are available from:

Lightning Testing and Consultancy
Cobham Technical Services
13-15 Nuffield Way
Abingdon OX14 1RL, UK

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Brands

Camloc
Delron
Deutsch
Huck
K-Fast
Kaynar
Linread
Mairoll
Mecaero
Microdot
Northbridge
RAM
Rosan
Screw-Corp
Simmonds
SNEP
Tridair
Valley-Todeco
Voi-Shan

News

Alcoa Fastening Systems Named 2010 Platinum Source Preferred Supplier
December 20, 2011

Alcoa Fastening Systems (AFS) is proud to announce that its Sylmar Operations (Valley-Todeco) was recently honored by Northrop Grumman Corporation with a Platinum Source Preferred Supplier Award. It is the fourth consecutive year this location has received the award for its commitment to produce and deliver 100% conforming parts, on schedule, and with acceptable supporting shipping documentation.
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Alcoa Fastening Systems Launches Aerospace Latch Repair Station
November 10, 2011

Alcoa Fastening Systems (AFS) has recently launched an FAA Repair Station specializing in the repair and overhaul of its RAM® aerospace latch and snubber product lines.
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Alcoa Fastening Systems Extends Territory of its Acument Torx Plus® Drive License

July 25, 2011

Alcoa Fastening Systems (AFS) announces that it has signed an amendment to its current Torx Plus® drive license agreement with Acument® Global Technologies, Inc. (Acument), one of the world’s leading providers of mechanical fastening systems. This amendment extends the territory of the original patent license agreement to allow manufacturing in the United Kingdom, France and Germany.

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