Available in steel, stainless steel, or aluminum, the PEM line of self-clinching fasteners provide permanent threads in metal sheets as thin as 0.51 mm and are too fragile for tapping. The fasteners ...

Engineers can use self-clinching fasteners on stainless-steel panels and parts, but first they must address some important issues. Engineers routinely turn to self-clinching (SC) fasteners when they ...

These nuts are squeezed into round, punched or drilled holes in sheet metal between a parallel punch and flat anvil. The nut is flush or less on the back side. No special hole preparation or tooling ...