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32 THE DISTRIBUTOR’S LINK NNi TRAINING & CONSULTING www.nnitraining.com MATRIX ENGINEERING www.matrixengrg.com NEW TRAINING OPPORTUNITY: FUNDAMENTALS OF THREADED FASTENER AND JOINT DESIGN Julius Caesar is purported to have once said, “Without training, they lacked knowledge. Without knowledge they lacked confidence. Without confidence, they lacked victory.” Although I could not find the exact attribution of this quote, if it truly came from Caesar it likely was made of an enemy that fell to one of his highly trained Legions. The sentiment is quite clear, however, without the proper training both individuals and organized groups may lack what is necessary to produce a successful outcome. One of the training questions that I most commonly receive these days is regarding proper bolted joint design. It’s for this reason that I’m very excited to announce a brand new training opportunity. On December 6-8 2022 Jon Ness of Matrix Engineering Consultants and Laurence Claus of NNi Training and Consulting Inc. will be conducting the inaugural training session of Fundamentals of Threaded Fastener and Joint Design. This three day training session will combine aspects of Mr. Claus’ Fastening 101 and Mr. Ness’ Bolted Joint Design classes. Although more technical in nature than most currently available fastener training courses, this class will be very relevant to any Application Engineer routinely supporting customer’s design activities or as a referral to interested customer’s design associates. Focus will be on dynamically loaded fastened joints rather than static structural joints. The three day course will provide an in-depth explanation of threaded fastener technology and bolted joint design. When asked about the course, Instructor Claus remarked that he is very excited about this class. He said that currently there is nothing else like this being offered. Although there are classes on bolted joint design, none knit the fastener technology and joint design aspects together like this class. Additionally, he is excited that the Matrix Consulting training center is state-of-the-art and will allow participants the choice to either attend in-person or to participate virtually by a live on-line stream. Mr. Claus has over 35 years in the fastener industry. He spent the first 26 years with a fastener manufacturer becoming an expert in threaded fasteners, especially those in the automotive and aerospace market segments. For the last 10 years he has served the industry as both trainer and consultant as the President of his company NNi Training and Consulting Inc. and as the Industrial Fasteners Institute’s Director of Training and Education. Additionally, Mr. Claus is the current Chairman of the SAE Fastener Committee, Vice Chairman of the ASTM Fastener Committee F16, Subcommittee Chairman of ASME B18.6 of the ASME Fastener Committee B18, and Subcommittee Chairman of ASTM F16.91 of ASTM Fastener Committee F16. For this course Mr. Claus will share his expertise in topics such as the fundamentals of threads, fundamentals of bolts, screws, and nuts, fastener materials, metallurgy, and heat treatment, making sense of the various bolt strength classes, and fastener platings and coatings. TECHNICAL ARTICLE CONTINUED ON PAGE 130