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News Release from: PennEngineering | Subject: Self-clinching fasteners for stainless application
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 20 February 2002
Self-clinching fasteners for stainless
application
Several types of PEM self-clinching nuts, studs, and standoffs are designed specifically for attachment applications in stainless-steel assemblies.
Several types of PEM self-clinching nuts, studs, and standoffs are designed specifically for attachment applications in stainless-steel assemblies These fasteners can promote thinner, lighter stainless designs, as they can install permanently in sheets as thin as 0.8mm
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 9 Nov 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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Once installed, the fasteners provide reliable and reusable threads with only a mating screw required to complete final component attachment.
They are typically specified in the assembly of medical and foodservice equipment and in other applications where stainless steel is used.
All PEM self-clinching fasteners for stainless applications are machined from a specialty stainless steel, resist corrosion and heat-treated for a Rockwell hardness greater than most 300 Series stainless steels.
Using a Pemserter or other standard press, they install permanently with a squeeze in a punched or drilled round hole in the thin sheet.
The PEM fastener product line for stainless applications includes Type SP self-clinching nuts (thread sizes 4-40 through 1/4-20 and M3 through M6); Type FH4 self-clinching studs (thread sizes 4-40 through 10-32 and M3 through M5 and in a variety of lengths); and Types SO4 through-hole threaded standoffs and BSO4 blind threaded standoffs (thread sizes 4-40 through 10-32 and M3 through M5).
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