fasteners

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Small amounts of iron from parts such as rivets and other fasteners mix into the recycled metal.

From Science Daily • Mar. 10, 2026

The targeted list includes door and window frames, fasteners, and towers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

Hong Kong is famous for its use of the scaffolding, which is erected by tying bamboo poles together with nylon fasteners.

From BBC • Nov. 26, 2025

Boeing removed every fastener on each of the five circumferential joins on all of those airplanes, about 2,000 fasteners for each join, and measured the gap at each hole — a so-called “through-hole” inspection.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 15, 2024

Over the bed of the truck was a protective canvas cover that was closed by grip fasteners.

From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty