Captive Nuts For Sheet Metal

This allows quick attachment to mating hardware eliminating much of the need for loose fasteners.

Captive nuts for sheet metal.

Steel press fit nuts for sheet metal also known as clinch style captive nuts press these nuts into a drilled or punched hole with an arbor press or similar pressure tool. Captive fasteners provide permanent attachement points in a wide variety of applications. Broaching fasteners used with non ductile materials. The nut is permanently captive and still spins freely in the sheet.

Captive fasteners are available in three basic groups. Self clinching and broaching captive fasteners install into a round hole punched or driled into the seatng material while weld nuts are attached to the surface of steel or stainless steel sheet metal. And weld nuts for sheet metal. Type pr10 retainer is for use in sheets of hrb 70 or less and type n10 nuts are for use in sheets of hrb 80 or less.

They provide a permanently attached threaded fastener which becomes an integral part of the panel or frame and eliminates the challenges associated with loose hardware. Manufacture of fasteners for the sheet metal fabricator. Captive self clinching fasteners are designed to be installed in sheet metal and pc boards. Self clinching fasteners used with ductile materials.

Pem type sfn spinning flare nut is a one piece flanged hex nut that installs by simply pressing it into a properly sized prepunched embossed mounting hole. Also known as clinch style captive nuts press these nuts into a drilled or punched hole with an arbor press or similar pressure tool. The screw head for type ps10 is flush in sheets as thin as 125 3 2mm and remains captive in retainer when disengaged.