Cage holds nuts in place
An
Anixter Components product story
Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team
Feb 20, 2007
Cage nuts snap into square holes readily and do not require special tools for assembly, allowing OEMs and panel builders to save valuable time during installation, and associated costs.
Anixter Components (formerly Heyco) has launched a new range of steel Cage Nuts.
This addition to the company's fastener offering is ideal for a wide range of panel building applications.
The Cage Nuts snap into square holes readily and do not require special tools for assembly, allowing OEMs and panel builders to save valuable time during installation, and associated costs.
The Cage Nuts are available to fit in two standard square hole sizes - 9.5mm and 12.8mm - and are reliable to fix screws with thread size M4 to M10 in light and heavy-duty applications.
They combine the versatility of spring steel fasteners with the high strength of a multi-threaded nut suitable for many applications in 19-inch racks, shelving and networking hardware, to heavier equipment such as uninterruptible power supplies.
The Cage Nut is a square nut in a spring steel cage which wraps around the nut.
The cage has two wings that, when compressed, allow the cage to be inserted easily into the square holes in equipment racks.
When released, they hold the nut in position behind the hole.
The nut floats in the cage to offset normal hole misalignment.
"The Cage Nuts are simple and rapid to install", says Andrew Fletcher, Technical Director, Anixter Components.
"OEMs can save time during installation as there is no need to rivet or weld in place".
"We constantly look to source fasteners which enable us to supply designers and customers with ideal products for their needs".
"Whatever the application, I am confident we have a suitable solution".
Not what you're looking for? Search the site.
Contact Anixter Components
Tel +44 1202 865222
Other Anixter Components stories
-
Nuts suit automotive and domestic appliances
Plastic components and cable accessories supplier Heyco has introduced two new types of fasteners to its comprehensive range. -
Anixter announces cable marking range
Anixter Components has added cable markers and accessories to its 2008/2009 catalogue. -
Anixter to exhibit at Southern Manufacturing
Anixter Components will be displaying product ranges on stand B19 at Southern Manufacturing 2009, from 11-12 February in Farnborough. -
Terminals expand interconnect options
Crimp terminals offer a quick and easy way to connect wires to electrical items that have terminals for connections. -
Cables handle domestic and industrial jobs
YY, SY and CY flexible control cables are used as an interconnecting cable for measuring, controlling or regulation in control equipment for assembly and production lines.
Browse by category
-
Capital Equipment (3,533)
- Capital Equipment (1)
- Compressors and Air Treatment (546)
- Electrical hardware (131)
- Electronics Manufacturing, Tools, Instruments (192)
- Machinery and Production Equipment (1,133)
- Manufacturing Machinery and Plant Equipment (478)
- Production line blowers and fans (74)
- Robotics, Handling and Storage (978)
- Consultancy and Services (927)
-
Control and Instrumentation (5,142)
- Cabling, Conduit, Signal Conditioning (818)
- CNC and Motion Controllers (190)
- Control and Instrumentation (3)
- HMIs/Operator Interfaces (297)
- Logic Controllers, Timers and Relays (96)
- Mid-range and Large PLCs (204)
- Plant- and Machine-Wide Communications (1,210)
- Plantwide control (1,354)
- Power Supplies, Uninterruptible Power (577)
- Smaller-Sized PLCs (393)
-
Drives, Motors and Controls (3,451)
- Drives, Motors and Controls (2)
- Industrial Drives/Controls (1,293)
- Industrial Motors (502)
- Linear Drives and Motors (121)
- Precision Motors and Gears (434)
- Stepper and Servo Drives, Motors, Controls (1,097)
-
Electrical and Electronic Equipment Design (4,328)
- Batteries, chargers and circuit protection (588)
- Connectors, Terminals, Busbars, Slip Rings (724)
- Electrical and Electronic Components (653)
- Electrical and Electronic Equipment Design (4)
- Electrical and Electronic Subassemblies (377)
- Enclosures and Equipment Cooling Fans (722)
- Knobs, Handles and Enclosure Hardware (430)
- PCs and Embedded Systems (830)
-
Engineering Design Software (6,388)
- 2D CAD software (203)
- 3D CAD software (1,199)
- CAM, CNC, production management software (583)
- Data, document management software (324)
- Electrical design software (168)
- Engineering Design Software (17)
- FEA and structural analysis software (377)
- File conversion software, data capture (358)
- Fluid, thermal, noise, vibration software (340)
- Materials design and moulding design software (153)
- Maths, charting, statistics, QA software (325)
- PLM and collaboration software (665)
- Process, instrumentation, automation software (269)
- Publishing and documentation software (234)
- Rendering, visualisation, styling software (208)
- Simulation, modelling, validation software (965)
-
Engineering Industry News, Resources (6,199)
- Electronic Resources for Engineers (273)
- Engineering Business News, Views (388)
- Engineering Conferences (438)
- Engineering Education, Resources, Standards (851)
- Engineering Exhibitions, Events (578)
- Engineering Guides, Newsletters (354)
- Engineering Industry Developments, Awards (635)
- Engineering Industry News, Resources (4)
- Engineering Industry Reports, Surveys (597)
- Engineering Recruitment, Employment (219)
- Engineering Seminars (421)
- Engineering Training Courses (458)
- Health and Safety Consultancy, Software (180)
- Health and Safety Events, Training, News (285)
- Health and Safety Legislation (403)
- Health and Safety Strategy, Risk Assessment (115)
- Machine Building (4,633)
-
Materials and Processing (3,041)
- Materials and components (2,272)
- Materials and Processing (5)
- Materials processing and testing (292)
- Rapid Prototyping (472)
-
Monitoring, Measurement and Quality (5,682)
- Data Acquisition Hardware and PC I/O Boards (491)
- Data acquisition Software and Communications (505)
- Data loggers (428)
- Electrical and Electronic Testing, PAT Equipment (645)
- Form/co-ordinate, optical, vision instruments (766)
- Gauges, Indicators and Instruments (449)
- Materials testing equipment (439)
- Monitoring, Measurement and Quality (1)
- Telecomms/network test equipment, software etc (159)
- Testing and Calibration Services and Information (522)
- Testing, analysing and monitoring equipment (1,277)
-
Powertrain Design (3,723)
- Bearings (986)
- Chains and belts (334)
- Gears, brakes, couplings and engines (1,482)
- Hydraulic Components (475)
- Lubricants (441)
- Powertrain Design (4)
-
Sensors (7,324)
- Accelerometers and Vibration Sensors (450)
- Barcode Sensors (103)
- Flowmeters and Flow Sensors (650)
- Gas, Chemical, Radiation, Magnetic Sensors (292)
- Humidity and Environmental Sensors (158)
- Level Sensors and Leak Detectors (539)
- Linear Position Sensors (418)
- Loadcells, Force Sensors, Torque Sensors (733)
- Pressure sensors (644)
- Proximity Sensors (715)
- Rotary Position, Tilt and Angular Sensors (567)
- Sensors (12)
- Temperature sensors (626)
- Vision and Colour Sensors (1,417)
- Small Mechanical Components, Joining, Tools (2,059)
- Valves, Pumps, Process Hardware (3,732)
