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With over three decades of industry experience, Chicago Nut & Bolt is a premier bolt and nut supplier, delivering high-quality standard and custom fastener solutions for a wide variety of industries and applications. Whether you need an individual piece or hundreds of thousands of fasteners at a time, we can fulfill your specific requirements. Our value-added services include rush orders for immediate project completion and warehousing services to store orders until they are needed at the job site.

Read on to learn more about each industry we serve.

Agriculture Equipment

Agriculture Equipment

The agriculture industry relies on heavy-duty fasteners and bolts for farming machinery. In outdoor agriculture environments, equipment is often exposed to the elements and subjected to heavy loads, so fasteners must be reliable and capable of holding critical parts together.

Agricultural equipment fasteners include nuts, bolts, screws, and rivets made from the following types of metals:

  • Aluminum
  • Brass
  • Bronze
  • Carbon steel
  • Copper
  • Inconel
  • Lead
  • Molybdenum
  • Nickel
  • Stainless steel
  • Super alloy
  • Titanium

Chicago Nut & Bolt is a trusted fastener supplier for leading agricultural equipment manufacturers, including J.I. Case, John Deere, and more.

Marine

Marine

As a leading supplier of high-quality fastener products for the marine industry, Chicago Nut & Bolt offers dependable marine fasteners and custom bolts that can withstand saltwater submersion and wet conditions. We provide a comprehensive selection of standard and custom ISO-certified fasteners designed to meet stringent industry and client-specific standards.

Suitable for a diverse range of marine applications, our fasteners include:

Carriage Bolts
Carriage bolts
Flat Washers
Flat washers
Lag Bolts
Lag bolts
Machine Bolts
Machine bolts
Metal Lock Nuts
Metal lock nuts
Socket Head Fasteners
Socket head fasteners

These parts ensure quality docks, rigs, boats, and naval and commercial ships. Our marine industry clients include but are not limited to:

  • United States Navy
  • Allison Transmission
  • Rolls Royce Naval Marine
  • Mitsubishi Naval
Railroad/Locomotive

Railroad/Locomotive

Chicago Nut & Bolt provides reliable fasteners for railroad and locomotive equipment manufacturers doing repair and maintenance work. Over the past three decades, we have provided high-quality fasteners to many small businesses as well as some of the industry’s most recognized names, such as:

  • Chicago Transit Authority (CTA)
  • Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA)
  • New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA)
  • Progress Rail
  • Vossloh
  • Wabtec Corporation (GE Transporation)

Our fasteners can withstand exposure to harsh conditions while allowing transportation systems to operate efficiently.

Mining

Mining

The mining industry relies heavily on high-quality fastening products that are efficient, strong, durable, and able to meet the demands of the following applications:

Compacting and Crushing Equipment
Compacting and crushing equipment
Conveyors
Conveyors
Loaders
Loaders
Material-handling Devices
Material-handling devices
Mining Machinery
Mining machinery
Rail Cars
Rail cars

Our high-performance structural washers, heavy hex cap screws, heavy hex nuts, and threaded rods exhibit superior corrosion and vibration resistance for use in the mining industry. To meet more specialized requirements, we can customize fasteners with the following features:

  • Different strength properties
  • Tight tolerances for extreme environments
  • Unique head dimensions

Chicago Nut & Bolt is ISO 9001:2015 certified and adheres to all relevant internal proprietary guidelines, providing our clients with custom fasteners that meet stringent mining industry regulations.

Construction Equipment

Construction Equipment

Custom fasteners play a vital role in the construction industry, as every heavy equipment manufacturing project requires reliable fasteners to assemble a strong, stable final construction. The fasteners connect and hold parts together to ensure the safety, durability, and high performance of various construction equipment:

  • Backhoes
  • Compactors
  • Loaders
  • Tower cranes

We offer a wide selection of custom screws, washers, nuts, and bolts that meet the demands of major construction industry clients, such as:

Caterpillar
Caterpillar
John Deere
John Deere
Komatsu
Komatsu
Telsmith
Telsmith
Wabtec
Wabtec
Engine Manufacturing

Engine Manufacturing

As a renowned manufacturer of hot-forged, cold-formed, thread-rolled, precision CNC, and other specialty fabricated fasteners, Chicago Nut & Bolt meets the stringent requirements of engine manufacturers. Our custom fastening solutions are constructed using alloys that can maintain stability under extreme heat exposure. Our experienced team works closely with customers to develop custom designs, such as components with large head-to-shank ratios or asymmetrical parts.

With over 30 years of industry expertise, Chicago Nut & Bolt has developed a reputation for keeping engines humming. We comply with our clients’ proprietary standards and deliver ISO-certified products. We can also fulfill custom orders of any size and volume for the following products:

Hex Cap Screws
Hex cap screws
Studs
Studs
Nuts
Nuts
Washers
Washers
Military & Defense

Military & Defense

Military-grade bolts and fasteners must adhere to Mil-Spec requirements, a set of higher standards than those for hardware products used in commercial applications. These fasteners are used for military equipment and machinery frequently exposed to extreme conditions that demand the utmost reliability.

Mil-Spec custom bolts are high-grade fasteners that meet the specific needs of military and defense applications. These specialized bolts have fine or coarse threads and are constructed using various high-performance materials to perform well in challenging environments. Chicago Nut & Bolt supplies custom Mil-Spec fasteners and bolts for industry-leading military and defense equipment organizations, such as:

  • Ashot Ashkelon
  • Lockheed Martin
  • Martin Marietta
  • United States Armed Forces

Learn More From Chicago Nut & Bolt

As a premier bolt and nut supplier, Chicago Nut & Bolt brings over three decades of industry expertise to create precise custom hardware that meets industry and client-specific proprietary standards. Whether you require high-strength engineered fasteners or standard bolts, we have the solutions to meet your exact needs. Our ISO 9001:2015, ASME, ASTM, and SAE-certified facility can fulfill one-off to high-volume, long-term production requirements, as well as just-in-time and blanket order inventory management.

Contact us today or request a quote to get started with your standard or custom fastener solution.

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