A made to measure service supported by a free advisory service for users of Rivets, Fasteners and special components for the Motor, Commercial Vehicle, Defence, Marine, Electronics, Furniture and all allied trades.

Size Range
Nominal shank diameters from 2 to 20.00mm Head or Shoulder diameters up to 45 mm   lengths up to 127 mm.lengths up to 127mm.

Heat Treatments & Finishes
To customers requirements. 

EU End of Vehicle Life Directive 2000/53/CE
We actively try to encourage both Automotive and Non-Automotive customers to use coatings which exclude reportable substances which will soonor have become banned (eg. Chrome 6).

It is Bartons view that a directive (or directives) similar to the above will soon come into force which will cover such items as white goods and many other products used in everyday life.

Examples of coatings to be avoided are:

    • Almac (Zinc-Aluminium). Colour - Pale Yellow.
    • Chromium (Hard). Colour - Metallic Silver.
    • Dacromet 500 LC. Colour - Silver Grey (Spec eg. Ford S301, Rover RES 2.ZS.05).
    • Dacromet 320. Colour - Silver Grey.
    • Dacromet & Black. Colour - Black.
    • Dorreltech Top coat for Deltatone. Colour - Silver Grey (Spec eg.Ford S426).
    • Dorreltech Top coat for Zinc Plate. Colour - Cream/Silver.
    • Inverplex (Tin-Zinc). Colour - Pale Yellow.
    • Sermagard. Colour - Silver (Spec eg. Ford S431, GM 6164M).
    • Zinc Mechanical Chromated. Colour - Yellow/Brown (Spec eg. Ford S309M).
    • Zinc Electroplate Clear Chromate (Hexavalant). Colour - Metallic Silver.
    • Zinc Electroplate Chromated Yellow iridescent. Colour - Yellow (Spec eg.Ford S309, Rover RES 22.ZS.01).
    • Zinc Electroplate Olive Drab. Colour - Olive/Brown.
    • Zinc Electroplate Black Chromate. Colour - Black.
    • Zinc Electroplate Leach & Seal. Colour - Metallic Silver.
    • Zinc Nickel Chromated. Colour - Yellow/Brown.
    • Zinc Iron Black. Colour - Black.

Materials
Steel and alloy steel. Aluminium and its alloys. Brass, copper and stainless-steel
(All to national and international standards)

Quantity
Generally, quanities start from around 50,000 and run into the multi-millions
Packing - to customers requirements

Delivery
Delivery time from placement of order can take place within weeks depending on part complexity. Follow on orders can be as short as several days depending on machine and process availability. Buffer stocks can also be arranged.