A trestle hinge is a folding hinge used to connect two parts of a frame so they can open, support weight, and fold away when not in use. It is commonly used on trestle tables, paste boards, folding workbenches, display boards, temporary supports, and workshop frames. The main purpose of a trestle hinge is simple: […]
Choosing the right shoot bolt sounds simple, but it can make a big difference to how well a gate, stillage, lid, panel or access door works. A shoot bolt is a small part, but it often does an important job. It keeps a gate closed, holds a panel in place, stops a lid from lifting, […]
Indexing plungers are small mechanical parts, but they do an important job. They help locate, hold, release, and reposition moving parts in machinery, frames, gates, fixtures, tables, panels, stillages, and industrial equipment. In simple words, an indexing plunger is a spring-loaded pin that drops into a hole, slot, or locating point to hold something in […]
Weld-on butt hinges are a specialist hinge type used in steel fabrication, metal doors, gates, access panels, hatches, toolboxes, cabinets, trailers, machine guards, and industrial frames. Their purpose is simple: to create a strong pivot point between a fixed frame and a moving part. Their performance, however, depends on much more than just size. A […]
Angle brackets are simple metal parts, but they do a very important job. They help join, support, strengthen and align two sections that meet at an angle. In most cases, this angle is 90 degrees, which is why angle brackets are also called right angle brackets, L brackets, corner brackets or corner brace brackets. You […]
A Type G plunger shoot bolt is a small but very useful metal locking part. It is mainly used to hold gates, doors, panels, stillages, cages, and fabricated metal parts firmly in position. Even though it may look like a simple component, it plays an important role in safety, movement control, and day-to-day operation. In […]
When a fixing point is not in line with the surface you need to attach to, a normal flat plate or angle bracket may not solve the problem. This is where Z brackets are useful. Their stepped shape allows two surfaces to be connected even when they sit at different levels, depths, or positions. A […]
U-shaped brackets are simple metal fixing parts, but they are used in many important jobs. You may see them in gates, frames, pallet collars, pipe supports, shelving, machinery, construction projects, and many other metalwork applications. Their shape looks like the letter “U”, with two side walls and a base. This shape makes them strong, easy […]
When you are buying hardware for a gate, door, shutter, trailer, steel frame, or industrial product, you may see two similar names: shoot bolts and tower bolts. At first, they may look like the same thing. Both are sliding bolts. Both are used to keep something closed. Both can be fitted to doors and gates. […]
When choosing hardware for a gate, access panel, machine cover or fabricated frame, two common options are a spring bolt and a rotary latch. Both are designed to secure something in place, but they work in very different ways. A spring bolt uses a sliding bolt or pin. The bolt moves into a keeper, hole […]
