Fasteners, Bolts, Nuts and Screws for Solar and Green Energy Industry

Green-energy is a rapidly growing segment of the energy industry focusing on emerging technologies in the renewable-energy
sector. These new developments focus primarily on wind power, solar power (photovoltaics (PV) and concentrating solar power
technologies), hydroelectric and geothermal power generation. The main driving force for the transition from traditional energy
sources (coal, petrochemical and nuclear) are changes to existing legislative policies to reduce the environmental impact of
our increasing energy demand.

In order to achieve these goals, massive infrastructure investment is needed to manufacture and install these novel green
energy generating systems. A relatively small yet vital component of this requirement includes a variety of different types of
fasteners, screws bolts, nuts and washers. Since many of the systems are designed, engineered and manufactured in Europe
or to European standards, there is tremendous demand for DIN metric fasteners for the manufacture and installation of the units

Common structural fasteners used to mount the systems (eg wind turbines and their components) to their supports include:

• large high strength structural bolts (eg ASTM A325, A490; metric DIN 6914)
• structural nuts (eg ASTM A563, A194, F594; metric DIN 6915)
• structural washers (eg ASTM F436; DIN 6916)

A myriad of screws are also used to fasten the drive train and internal electronics to the appropriate substructures. These include:

• hex head cap screws (DIN 931, DIN 933, DIN 960, DIN 961
  
• nuts (hex nuts DIN 934; nylon insert lock nuts DIN 985)
• socket head cap screws (DIN 912)
• washers (flat and lock; DIN 125, DIN 127)
  
  

Many of these fasteners are exposed to the elements and require either corrosion resistant coatings as a hot dip galvanized
finish or be made of corrosion resistant materials as stainless steel and aluminum. Often times high strength stainless steel bolts
and nuts are required. Aspen Fasteners offers a wide range of A4-80 austenitic, acid proof stainless steel metric bolts and nuts.
These parts have been extensively cold worked to provide an increased tensile strength for mechanically demanding uses while
offering exceptional corrosion resistance.

Fasteners Green Energy

LED lighting offers many options for residential and commercial use. This includes indoor and outdoor custom lighting solutions such as light bars and fixtures, projector and lighting enclosures, lighting control switches and architectural lighting, as well as LED displays for shows, events and theaters. Regardless of whether you manufacture LED lighting solutions or you are a professional contractor/installer in need of specific fasteners for projects, we have you covered.

Our massive product offering of over 500,000 different fasteners in stock provides options for essentially all LED lighting industry operations, including:

• Emergency lighting (i.e. medical or fire)
 
• Research and development prototyping
 
• Installation and maintenance
 
• Manufacturing and production
 
• Tamper-resistant/security installations
 
• Giant screen digital displays

Accomplish More With Aspen Fasteners for LED Lighting

We continue to provide our expertise and our wide range of fasteners, screws, bolts, and nuts to numerous companies and professionals within the LED lighting and LED accessories industry. Our customers have benefitted from using thread forming screws for plastics and metals for their LED lighting enclosures, electronic fasteners for securing circuit boards and a variety of anchors to attach assemblies to drywall and concrete. We also provide tamper-resistant security screws and nuts to hospitals and penal institutions where safely securing LED displays and enclosures against theft and tampering is of paramount importance.