Captive fasteners are available in three basic groups.
Captive nut sheet metal.
Usually available from stock.
Captive self clinching fasteners are designed to be installed in sheet metal and pc boards.
This allows quick attachment to mating hardware eliminating much of the need for loose fasteners.
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.
M4x0 70 1 5mm min panel thickness round head broach captive nut 8 74mm head diam 6 4mm mounting hole diam 2mm head height passivated stainless steel msc 82142001 electro hardware ekfs2 m4 1 5.
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.
Broaching fasteners used with non ductile materials.
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.
Fastenright supply a large range of sheet metal fasteners which include rivet nuts studs weld studs and threaded fasteners.
Some c cs nuts meet specification features of nasm45938 1.
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.
A number are available in self tapping forms eliminating the need for pre drilling.
Self clinching fasteners used with ductile materials.
The nut is permanently captive and still spins freely in the sheet.
Self clinching fasteners catalog for captive fastener corp manufacturing self clinching fasteners and inserts for plastics and pcb.
And weld nuts for sheet metal.
201 337 1012captive fastener corporation1 c cs nuts provide strong load bearing threads in sheet metal and other thin section assemblies.
These are generally used to attach screws to sheet metal parts too thin to be threaded and they can generally be attached removed and reused with simple hand tools.
One type the cage nut or clip on nut is a conventional nut held captive by a sheet metal carrier that clips onto the part to be connected.
Captive nuts come in two basic styles.
