Capabilities & Services
Chicago Nut & Bolt is a premier provider for all your custom bolt and fastener needs. With over three decades of industry experience, we have the capabilities and resources to produce bolts and fasteners in standard and custom sizes. As an industry-leading ISO 9001:2015 certified supplier, Chicago Nut & Bolt can handle orders for individual quantities up to millions of products at a time. Our additional services include rush work and warehousing to keep customer orders secure until they are needed on the job site.
Learn more about our core fabrication capabilities and value-added services.
Custom Made Bolts
Bolts are widely used across industries to hold together equipment, machinery, and other structures. These vital hardware components are versatile and essential for a wide variety of applications, such as:
- Agricultural equipment
- Construction
- Engine manufacturing
- Mining equipment
- Oil and gas
- Marine
- Military and defense
- Railroad and locomotive
Custom-made bolts offer a tailored fit and far exceed the capabilities of off-the-shelf solutions to perform better in more challenging environments. At Chicago Nut & Bolt, we meticulously craft custom solutions for our clients by first identifying their needs and specifications. Then, we select the best materials and coatings. Once the design is finalized, we use state-of-the-art machining techniques to transform raw materials into quality custom bolts. Fabrication methods include machining, cold heading, and heat treatment.
Our bolt customization options include:
Custom Made Fasteners
Custom-made fasteners secure heavy structures and machinery, ensuring safe operations in industrial settings. Designed to support efficiency and stability, examples of custom fasteners include:
- Screws
- Nuts
- Bolts
- Rivets
- Bushings
At Chicago Nut & Bolt, we offer a comprehensive selection of quality custom fasteners that are tailor-made to meet the demands of diverse and complex applications. We are committed to providing quality products that meet or exceed client expectations through robust quality controls and precise engineering.
With decades of industry experience, we utilize materials for our custom bolts and fastener products that significantly improve longevity, enhance visual appeal, and offer excellent corrosion and vibration resistance. The most common materials used to manufacture custom fasteners include:
We also use various coatings and treatments, such as anodizing, zinc plating, galvanization, and passivation, to enhance our products’ resilience and durability.
Fastener Engineering & Prototyping
Chicago Nut & Bolt offers innovative fastening solutions that match our clients’ financial constraints and precise specifications. Our qualified technical staff has the expertise and knowledge to provide dependable fastener engineering prototyping and design services.
We specialize in creating top-quality fasteners that meet the demands of a variety of applications, using the following techniques:
Our technical teams collaborate with clients to ensure our products adhere to the necessary performance criteria and suit the exact needs of their specific applications. In addition, our fastener engineering experts can identify the most economical way to manufacture a custom bolt or fastener without compromising quality. Our offerings include:
- Performance testing and analysis
- Rapid prototyping and sampling
- Value analysis and engineering
- Fastener selection for every application
Rush Work
At Chicago Nut & Bolt, we understand the urgency of some jobs, which is why we offer rush work for custom nuts, bolts, and screws, in compliance with all relevant specifications. We carry standard fasteners and can customize them to meet precise requirements. Over the years, we have developed a proven reputation for being flexible and attentive to the needs of customers around the world, providing unparalleled fastener supply services.
Our expert team can handle any size order (from one piece to 10 million pieces) either overnight or within hours, with standard delivery in as little as one week. Value-added services include:
- Bin stocking programs
- Blanket orders
- Electronic data interchange (EDI) capable, dock-to-stock warehousing
- Just-in-time (JIT) delivery
- Warehousing
Warehousing Services
Chicago Nut & Bolt offers dependable warehousing services for large-volume orders of standard and custom fasteners, such as clips, screws, nuts, and bolts. Our team has access to a seamless supply of fasteners in our inventory that can help streamline the production flow for various industries, including agriculture, construction, military, and mining.
For blanket orders, we can warehouse a year’s product volume to avoid excess material on the customer’s job site. Any requirement changes throughout the year can be addressed via a material requirements planning (MRP) schedule or an electronically transmitted schedule that is updated weekly.
Our main warehousing capabilities include:
- Bin stocking programs
- Blanket orders
- Electronic data interchange (EDI) capabilities
- Fully integrated dock-to-stock supply
- Just-in-time (JIT) delivery
Secondary services include:
Learn More About Chicago Nut & Bolt's Capabilities and Services
Chicago Nut & Bolt leverages over 30 years of industry expertise to supply high-quality custom bolts and fasteners, offering a broad range of customization capabilities and services.
We cater to low-volume, one-off, high-volume, and long-term production, with blanket order and JIT inventory strategies to meet our clients’ needs. To ensure the utmost quality and customer satisfaction, our state-of-the-art facilities maintain full compliance with the following industry standards and certifications: