Standoffs stack up advantages

A Penn Engineering product story
Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team Jan 9, 2006

New self-clinching threaded standoffs can be installed close to edges in thin metal sheets and offer a reliable method to stack or space components in an assembly.

Patented PEM Type DSOS self-clinching threaded standoffs can be installed close to edges in thin metal sheets and offer a reliable method to stack or space components in an assembly.

They can serve ideally where space for fastening hardware may be limited and are RoHS compliant.

These stainless standoffs (steel types can be ordered) provide strong and reusable metal threads to provide secure attachment and enable component disassembly when required.

They are available in two lengths and in thread sizes 4-40 and M3.

The standoffs can be installed flush in steel or aluminium sheets as thin as 0.94mm and with minimum centreline-to-edge distances of 3.2mm.

Their installation is quick and easy.

The standoff is inserted through a mounting hole with the correct diameter and into an anvil.

Keeping punch and anvil surfaces parallel, sufficient squeezing force then can be applied until the standoff's head embeds flush in the sheet.

Using a Pemserter press can deliver best results.

On installation, the fastener becomes a permanent part of the metal assembly.

Mating hardware completes final component attachment.

CAD drawings (in most formats) for these threaded standoffs are available free for downloading from the company's website.

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