CONSTRUCTION FIXINGS
Higher Grades in 10.9 and 12.9 can be supplied from M12 to M48 diameters. Imperial fasteners can also be supplied from ½ inch to 2 inch diameters in respective Grades including 12.9. In the UK market, DinStock is recognised for supplying
square square and hexagon foundation bolting, ranging from M12 to M48 diameters and up to 1,500mm lengths. Again the company offers both standard and special lengths to meet customer requirements. It also supplies plate washers from 3mm to 25mm thick and 50mm to 200mm square from stock, with a comprehensive range of void formers, wax cardboard and polystyrene cones, mesh sleeves and square and circular hollow section steel tubing to order. It’s a similar story with Allthread rods - stocked in one, two
and three metre lengths, in Grades 4.8, 8.8, 10.9 and 12.9 as well in B7 and B8 and stainless steel. “If someone wants a piece of M20 x 1,250mm Grade 12.9 Allthread,” says Steven Paskin, “I really don’t know where else than DinStock they could look.” It was a visit to the Fastener Fair in Stuttgart in 2009 that
marked a major change for DinStock. “We recognised that CE marking would be increasingly critical to our market,” explains Steve. “We wanted to put ourselves in the position where we could clearly demonstrate the quality of the product we supplied. This meant being able to fulfil all the quality and testing requirements to apply for the CE mark under the DinStock™ name.” That in turn meant a major programme of investment and
business upgrades all targeted at being able to exhibit at the 2011 Fastener Fair. The company needed to achieve ISO 9001:2008 accreditation to demonstrate conformance of its factory production control. DinStock worked in conjunction with Lloyds Register Quality Assurance for ISO9001 and CE registration, beginning the process in 2010 and achieving accreditation in 2011. A complete information technology upgrade was required to
install a system that completely integrated process and inventory control as well as commercial functions. “That system now gives us complete visibility,” says Steve. “We have all the necessary lot controls and traceability plus the ability to monitor work in progress, both in order to keep the customer accurately updated on the progress on his order and to be able to go back to previous orders to check both the processes and operators that carried it out.” Major investment was crucial if DinStock was to conform to
CE marking requirements and still maintain the high level of flexibility in supplying the non-standard pre-load assemblies for which it was recognised. “The TesT rotational load tester was a very big investment for us,” says Steve, “but it really was essential so that we could complete the necessary tests under EN 14399 and still supply exactly the assembly required by the customer - with the assurance of the DinStock CE mark. It meant we could take a blank, make a bolt to exact dimensional specifications, add the nut and whatever combination of through hardened or direct tension indicating washers the customer required and carry out the rotational test in order to CE mark the complete assembly.” The TesT machine was also modified to allow DinStock to carry out static tensile tests using a hydraulic unit to apply the tensile pressure on the assembly. Both Robert and Steve recall wryly the realisation that the
2011 Stuttgart fair was scheduled earlier in the year than in previous years. “With about six months to go until the exhibition,
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we both realised we were not going to have until April to get things in order, but would need to have everything ready for February instead.” DinStock made it and for the first time ever, participated in a major fastener exhibition. “For a company that has never employed a sales person but built its business on word of mouth reputation,” recalls Steve, “it was quite an experience.” Above all, though, it proved to an eminently successful venture. “Prior to 2011 DinStock had little regular export business although since 1996 it has supplied customers around the globe. Since 2011, our exports are steadily growing and account for more than 15 percent of our total sales, which in themselves have grown by around 20 percent year on year.”
“ We pride ourselves on being efficient and reliable when it comes to delivery times. Our reputation has been built on our “promise” to deliver on-time, every time with quality that is assured, proven and tested.”
Investments and upgrades apart there is no question Steven
Paskin and managing director Robert Pearson believe that there is an indefatigable “can do” approach that lies at the heart of DinStock’s ability to service its UK and growing European customer base. That means there is no minimum order quantity or value – “we’ll make one bolt if that’s what is required,” says Steve. “Although we are not engineered parts manufacturers we will also respond if someone has a small batch requirement for parts, generally modified bolts or blanks that we can produce on the CNC machinery.” The next phase of investment is set to further enhance
DinStock’s quality reputation and capabilities by investing in expanding and developing rolled thread capabilities. “Currently, nearly everything we produce is cut thread, with most of the higher grade bolts processed on the CNC machinery. Over the next two years we are looking to further develop the consistency and strength of the threads by introducing greater capacity in rolling technology.” You’ll no doubt hear more about that at the DinStock stand in Stuttgart next year.
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