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Powergrip® Fasteners
Powergrip fasteners are ideal for attaching soft materials--such as plastics--to sheet metals.
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- Sizes from M3 to M8 (#4 to 5/16")
- Knurled shoulder
- Reduced distance between last thread and bottom of shoulder
- Serrations and undercut formed under shoulder
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- Eliminates crushing of plastic material
- Provides tight joint
- Resists vibration loosening
- Eliminates need for nut assembly
- Increased strip-out torque
- Positive thread engagement
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Socket Screws
A wide variety of socket screws are available in both inch and metric sizes.
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- Certain styles available with TORX and TORX PLUS Drive Systems
- Class 3A and 2A threads available
- Alloy steel, heat treated
- Socket head cap screws manufactured to 180,000 psi ultimate tensile strength
- Meets ANSI and ASTM standards
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- Off-the-shelf items assist in JIT efforts
- Wide variety of styles for vendor consolidation
- Documentation and traceability assure high quality products
- Stainless steel products for non-magnetic applications are available
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Drilltite® Fasteners
Drilltite Fasteners are self-drilling screws for metals and other materials.
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- Sharp point
- Dual process points; cold-formed and milled
- Variety of point styles
- Variety of thread forms
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- Eliminates drilling and tapping operations
- Facilitates hole alignment
- Provides "new" drill for each hole
- Assures accurately sized holes
- Speeds assembly operations
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AcupointTM Anti-Cross-Threading Feature
Camcar Textron's Acupoint anti-cross-threading feature provides for rapid thread engagement and greatly reduces cross threading on the assembly line.
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- Truncated spherical point quickly locates the hole to help align the fastener
- Point length minimizes application interference
- Economical design since the point is roll formed
- Point length and diameter designed to avoid thread engagement in misaligned conditions
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- Resists cross threading and no-start conditions to reduce assembly problems
- Rapid engagement improves productivity
- Compensates for off-angle and off-center conditions
- Reduces scrap, rework and in-place costs
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STRUX® Clinch Studs
Easy to install, STRUX Clinch Studs offer reliable alternatives to ordinary mechanical clinch studs, weld studs, and swaged bolts.
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- Displacement lobes and retaining grooves
- Sizes from M4 to M16 (#6 to 5/8")
- Sizing ring
- Available as double end studs
- Variety of thread styles, materials
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- Resists rotation and push-out
- Eliminates welding operations
- Offers more aesthetic appearance than welds
- Facilitates assembly of hard-to-reach components
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MetCamTM Fasteners
New MetCam fasteners meet property classes 8.8 and 9.8 standards with-out subsequent heat treat operations.
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- Available in sizes M5 x 0.8 to M12 x 1.75 (#10-32 to 7/16"-20)
- Eliminates heat treatment operations for cleaner, straighter parts
- Wide variety of fastener styles are possible
- 100% higher fatigue endurance limit as compared to heat treated fasteners
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- Reduces susceptibility of fasteners to hydrogenrelated embrittlement
- Reduces potential for damage and mixed parts
- Allows use of dissimilar washer materials
- Provides cost savings on some fastener styles
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MagnasealTM Pipe Plug
Currently under development, Camcar Textron's Magnaseal pipe plug eliminates tapping costs and shows improved sealing over other designs.
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- Thread-forming design forms NPTF-standard threads
- Three unique, annular sealing rings provide 360° of sealing
- Tapered body design
- Can be removed and reinstalled without thread damage
- Available with or without an external head
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- Eliminates time and expense of tapping and risk of cross threading
- Preliminary lab testing shows resistance to spiral leakage
- Can be replaced with an NPTF pipe plug for field serviceability
- Reduces the need for additional sealing compounds
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STRUX® Clinch Nuts
STRUX Clinch Nuts are self-clinching nuts for metal applications.
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- Sizes from M3 to M14 (#6 to 9/16")
- Sizing ring
- Optional PREVALOK locking feature available
- Variety of materials available
- Displacement lobes
- Retaining groove
- Available with tapped or untapped hole
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- Resists rotation and push-out
- Eliminates welding operations
- More aesthetic appearance than welds
- Allows use on non-weldable materials
- Facilitates assembly of hard-to-reach components
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STRUXtite® Nut
The STRUXtite Nut is a two-piece system that combines an unhardened and untapped STRUX Clinch Nut with a Taptite Fastener. The fastener roll forms mating threads in the nut, creating a reliable structural joint.
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- Sizing ring
- Matched nut and bolt combination
- Displacement lobes
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- Optimal thread engagement and proper material relaxation
- Resists loosening due to vibration
- Eliminates tapping and welding operations
- Precise fit
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RNI® Inserts
Townsend Rivet Nut Inserts provide captive threads for a variety of blind hole applications.
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- Lightweight, free-standing, air-powered setting tool
- Countersunk, flat head, hex body, ribbed body, and closed-end styles available
- Variety of thread sizes
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- Access to blind side not necessary
- Total design freedom
- Fast and easy to install
- Can be used in thin materials
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Versa-Nut® Inserts
Designed for special applications, the Versa-Nut Insert fastener is available in a variety of grip ranges.
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- Wide grip range
- Cold-formed knife slots in the fastener's shank
- Handles curved surfaces
- Excellent for applications involving plastic, fiberglass, pressed wood, steel, aluminum and more
- During installation, four clamping tines form to seat against the blind side mating surface
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- Large blind-side bearing surface
- Increases pull-out strength
- Access to blind side not necessary
- Fast and easy to install
- Can be used in thin materials
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Sems Fasteners
Sems threaded fasteners are assemblies that combine fasteners with washers, collars, specialized stampings, or other components.
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- Wide variety of component and fastener styles available
- Single component assembly
- Components are captivated onto the fastener
- Sizes from M1 to M12 (#00 to 5/8")
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- Eliminates hand assembly of washers
- Increases production; ensures product integrity
- Assures proper fastener and washer match
- Simplifies purchasing and inventory control
- Eliminates lost, dropped, or forgotten washers
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Rivets--Solid and Shoulder
Solid Rivets and Shoulder Rivets are permanent fasteners for all types of metals.
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- Shoulder rivet diameters from 1/8" to 5/8"
- Large rivet diameters from 1/2" to 3/4"
- Small rivet diameters from 1/8" to 7/16"
- Joins dissimilar materials of varied hardness and thickness
- Round, square, "D" shape, and hex tenon body styles
- Multiple shoulder styles; can be used as spacers
- Cold-formed by single or multi-blow headers
- Wide variety of standard and special head styles
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- Precision rivets with excellent shear and compressive strengths
- Rapid installation for automated assembly operations
- Low cost
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Swell Neck Rivets
As one-piece, permanent fasteners, BSN Rivets offer high strength and low cost.
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- No need for annealing prior to installation
- Hydraulic rivet setter inserts rivet easily, quickly, and quietly
- Simple design
- Diameters from 1/4" to 3/4"
- Rivets completely fill holes
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- No margin for shear movement or tear out
- A connection stronger than the workpiece material
- Driving time three times faster than conventional rivets
- Reduces noise pollution
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Miniature Fasteners
Screws are made in sizes as small as M0.6 or #000.
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- Lengths down to 3 pitch
- Diameters as small as M0.6 or #000
- Thread formers for metals and plastics are available
- Wide variety of shapes, styles and materials
- Miniature sems available
- Cold formed
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- Reduces costs over screw machined fasteners
- Allow product downsizing
- Reduces assembly costs and problems
- High-quality manufacturing processes
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Taptite® Fasteners Technical Data
Taptite fasteners roll-form threads as they are driven.
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- SPC provides a controlled process
- Sizes from M1.6 to M16 (000-90 to 5/8-11")
- Consistent thread profile
- Tight dimensional tolerance
- Tri-lobular thread form
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- Eliminates tapping costs
- Resists vibration loosening to IFI-124 and 524 standards
- Lower, more consistent drive torque
- Excellent drive-to-fail ratio
- Generates strong mating threads
- Eliminates cross-threading
- High prevailing torque
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MAG-FORMTM Fasteners
Patented MAG-FORM fasteners are specially designed for use in low ductile materials, such as magnesium.
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- Utilizes compressive action to form threads
- Enlarged flank angle
- Wide-spaced thread form
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- Doesn't overstress workpiece
- Minimizes debris generation
- Formed threads in workpiece remain intact
- Multiple insertions and removals are possible
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Crimptite® Fasteners
Crimptite self-tapping fasteners are ideal for thin sheet metals.
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- Available with smooth or serrated bearing surface
- Shank threaded into undercut area beyond bearing surface
- Undercut washer head
- Sizes from M3 to M8 (#4 to 5/16")
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- Reduces strip-out
- Resists vibration loosening
- Allows use of thinner sheet metals for reduced costs
- Higher seating torques
- Excellent for grounding screw applications
- Achieves high clamp loads
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