Wigan: 01942 520260
Glasgow: 01698 826464
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We have a huge product range in stock ready to ship, such as Nuts, Bolts, Washers, Rivets, Woodscrews, Thread Identifiers and lots more.
Also don’t miss out on our impressive Classic Car Kits!
Metric & Imperial – UNF, UNC, BSW, BSF, Steel & Stainless Steel. Take your pick!
Look at this impressive M52 x 150 Grade 8.8 Bolt which has been manufactured in house on a CNC machine creating a single point cut thread.
This part has been produced to a high standard by our sister company Smith Bullough and is now ready to be shipped out to our customer!
We recently exported 1″ x 4″ BSW Setscrews Grade U BS 1083 to a client who was restoring old British made dryer cylinders on paper machines from pre 1970’s.
Grade U is not a popular grade in BSW but because of the amount of heat that the machines produce the client specificed Grade U, which will be safe in temperatures around 200 celcius.
Our sister company Smith Bullough manufactured these to specification in just 3 weeks which included forge, threading and heat treatment.
We can’t believe it’s been almost 20 years since Fred Dibnah came to our factory to film an episode for his ‘Made In Britain’ series giving a grand tour of the wonderful manufacturing that took place many years ago which we still do today! When we were based in Atherton, Fred would visit regularly to purchase fasteners for his steam engine, he was a very charming and charismatic man who had a passion for Engineering.
In the last 20 years we have switched from furnace fired forges to induction heating, back then grade 8.8 (metric) and Gr S/R (imperial) was the limit on manufactured bolts, we can now produce high tensile grades up to 12.9 as well as many different materials such as Stainless Steels, Exotic Alloys, Super Duplex and Non-Ferrous.
Our machinery has also improved significantly allowing us to manufacture to a high specification. We offer CNC manufacturing in house, Cut & Roll Threading, plus Secondary Operations – Turning, Milling, Drilling and Grinding.
TSF Wigan, recently welcomed Kim Needham to our fastener family, in the role of Sales & Business Development Executive. Kim has previously worked in the fastener industry for over 10 years, so brings knowledge and experience to our team.
One of Kim’s main roles will be to help develop and maintain customers, as well as forging new and exciting avenues for the company.
We wish Kim all the best in her new role on this exciting journey.
We recently produced in our factory at Smith Bullough a part for the Offshore Industry. Tensioned risers (TTRs) have been used for deepwater applications in the Gulf of Mexico, offshore West Africa, and offshore Southeast Asia. Dry tree riser systems attached to floating production units such as spars, tension leg platforms (TLPs), and deep‐draft semisubmersibles are continually being considered for future developments, and designs have been developed for ultradeepwater. TTRs are complex dynamic structures, and the design of these riser systems is primarily governed by loading from the environment and the floater motions.
The assemblies are made from 2 riser bars, 2 studbolts and 8 full nuts.
The client wanted Western European Material with full traceability. This is no problem for us with our increased manufacturing capacity and knowledge of traceable materials to the original billets.
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With the new lockdown restrictions being just a few days away we would like to assure our customers we will remain open to the public. Our dedicated sales team are here to help you with your enquiries and our Trade counter will remain open. When collecting please be aware of the government guidelines, staying two metres away from staff and remain within our cordoned zones.
Supporting our Key Workers
With many of our customers still open for business, we recognise the importance of our role in the supply chain, and we are working tirelessly to make sure we continue delivering to you the products and services you need, when you need them.
In recent open letters, the UK Business Secretary, Alok Sharma, has praised supply chain members to the Manufacturing sector – we are one of them. On behalf of the Government, he asked for our ongoing and continuous support in the supply of business-critical products to the NHS and to companies operating in Critical National Infrastructure sectors.
Some of the Key Sectors we are servicing during these difficult times are:-
NHS
Construction
Energy (Oil & Gas, Renewables, Nuclear)
Defence
Transport
Repair & maintenance
Food & drink
We continue with business as usual, therefore, we are in a great position to meet whatever requirements you might have.
As we continue to navigate through these difficult times, we would like to reassure you that, whilst we are open for business, we have adopted numerous measures to keep our employees, suppliers, and customers, safe.
On behalf of the Thomas Smith Fasteners team please take care, stay safe, and thank you for your continued support.
Thomas Smith Fasteners continue to monitor the outbreak of the Covid-19 (Coronavirus). We are following the Government guidelines in order to protect our staff’s health while trying to maintain our outstanding service to you, our customers.
Placing your orders:
1. Call to place an order and arrange payment with our sales team.
+ 44 1942 520 260 (Wigan) or +44 1698 826 464 (Glasgow)
However, some members of staff are now working from home, which could affect our response, we ask for your patience in this matter.
2. Inform our sales team when you require your items allowing us appropriate time to prepare your order.
3. When collecting please be aware of the government guidelines, staying two metres away from staff and remain within our cordoned zones.
4. Our web shop is open 24/7 and monitored, please visit:
www.thomassmithfasteners.com/shop
Items ordered via our web shop will be delivered, subject to carrier guidelines. We kindly ask for your understanding and support in these challenging times.
If you have any enquiries, we can be reached via our email address: sales@thomassmithfasteners.com (Wigan) glwsales@thomassmithfasteners.com (Glasgow)
It may take a little longer than usual to answer your enquiries, again we ask for your patience in this matter.
We thank you for your understanding and support and like to take this opportunity to wish you all good health. Take care of yourself and others.
Only go outside for food, health reasons or work (but only if you cannot work from home)
If you go out, stay 2 metres (6ft) away from other people at all times
Wash your hands as soon as you get home
Do not meet others, even friends or family.
You can spread the virus even if you don’t have symptoms. https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/coronavirus-covid-19-list-of-guidance
