Blog

Home
/ Blog

New Products - Stainless Steel Fasteners and Fittings

14 Dec 2016

Distribution Centre Moves to New Location

We have now moved into our new purpose-built Distribution Centre (and Albany branch) at 93 Apollo Drive, Albany.The move was a mammoth effort in logistics with two ten tonne, curtain side trucks runni...

14 Dec 2016

NEW PRODUCT: Self Drilling TTM Screw

Our new Self Drilling Timber to Metal (TTM) screws are designed to attach timber to steel and can self drill through up to 8mm steel. Its star drive head gives greater torque when installing the screw...

15 Apr 2016

How's Your Wire Looking?

Stainless steel wire rope looks great…..well when new or when well maintained. But there is nothing that looks worse than a balustrade full of rusty wire rope. So how do you make sure it keeps lo...

7 Feb 2016

Avoid Future Headaches: Don't Contaminate Your Stainless Steel

The contamination of stainless steel occurs when the stainless comes into contact with an iron object, for example a tool, and as a result the iron particles are ‘smeared’ onto the stainless. When...

5 Oct 2015

Which Type of Stainless Steel Should You Choose?

26 May 2015

Impressive New Tait Communications Headquarters uses Anzor's High Tensiles Stainless Rods

Tait Communications is a global leader in designing, delivering and managing innovative communications solutions.November 2014 saw the completion of Tait’s new global headquarters in Christchurch an...

19 Feb 2015

Why is Stainless Steel Incredible?

16 Feb 2015

Relax, Anzor's Got Its Eye On Quality

Critical to the supply of stainless fasteners is ensuring that the stainless steel material conforms to international standards of stainless alloys. Historically there have been concerns of low nicke...

17 Oct 2013

Use Stainless Steel Fasteners With Treated Timber!

A question often asked of us at Anzor is: are Stainless Fasteners OK with treated timber?Well the research says not only is it OK – but it is preferred! The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Em...

16 Oct 2013

Stainless Steel Self Drilling (Tek) Screws - Hard Enough?

There are two main types of Stainless Steel Self-Drilling Screws – Self Drilling Screws for Timber which often have a Type 17 style cutting flute:And Self Drilling Screw for Metal often called a S...

8 Oct 2013

Barrel Nuts - A Nut Producing a Top Finish!

A Stainless Steel Barrel Nut (also known as one half of a Sex Bolt, post and screw or Chicago Screw) is an internally threaded (machine thread) barrel shaped flange with a screw drive at one end. ...

Stainless Anzor Decking Screw with Self Drilling Cutter

4 Jun 2013

New: Deck Drivers – Stainless Self-Drilling Screws for Hardwood Decking

Our new 316 stainless ‘Deck Drivers’ self-drill into soft and hardwood timber. Pre-drilling is not required, except at the board ends. They have a trim head, so are more discrete, and the 6-Lobe ...

5 Nov 2010

Stainless Steel Hose Clips & Clamps, Strapping, Cable Ties

What is a hose clip?A hose clip is a simple clamp that is made from a strip of 304 stainless steel with a worm drive fitting, or a bolt or nut, on one end and shaped to form a complete circle so the b...

5 Nov 2010

Rivets - Aluminium, Stainless, Monel

How do rivets work?A rivet works by being pushed through a hole of close diameter to the rivet and a special tool holds the central shaft with a ball at one end and pulls it through the inside of the ...

5 Nov 2010

Chemical Anchors, Lubricants, Adhesives, Inhibitors

Anzor Fasteners stocks a range of chemical products to complement our range of stainless steel fasteners and can be separated into four broad categories, Lubricants and Corrosion Inhibitors, Chemical ...

4 Nov 2010

Stainless Steel Washers

The Washer can be split into 2 groups protective and lock. It is a supplementary component of a fastening arrangement made from metal. It normally has a round shape on the outside and a clearance hole...

23 Sep 0024

7 Architectural Hardware Products for Long-Lasting Project Success

When you select architectural hardware and related components for building projects, material quality drives strength, safety, and long-term performance. Careful choices help each structure meet desig...