Self-Clinching Fasteners have Teflon®-based coating.
Press Release Summary:
PEM® self-clinching fasteners are suited for applications where hardware is installed prior to painting. During assembly, threads of mating hardware will remove masking material and paint, allowing clean joining of parts. Coating preserves integrity of fastener threads and will not adversely affect fastener plating. Teflon-based coating's lubricity enables coated fasteners to be used where galling may be of concern.
Original Press Release:
PEM® Fasteners with Special Coating Option Ideal for Painted Assemblies
DANBORO, PA, June 18, 2003 - A Teflon®-based coating option is now available for PEM® self-clinching fasteners for applications where the hardware is installed prior to painting. During assembly, the threads of the mating hardware will remove the masking material and paint, allowing a clean joining of parts.
Use of such specially coated fasteners eliminates the usual need to mask threads manually prior to application of electrodeposited paints or primers. As a result, value-added production benefits and economies can be realized, since masking materials (such as tape, plugs, or plastic caps) and time-consuming masking-related tasks before and after paint operations become unnecessary.
Due to the Teflon-based coating's lubricity, coated fasteners can further prove ideal where galling may be a concern, such as those applications where a stainless-steel nut must mate with a stainless screw.
All types of PEM self-clinching threaded fasteners can be treated with this optional coating (applied by the manufacturer). These types include externally threaded fasteners in all sizes and internally threaded types in sizes #6-32 and above. The coating preserves the integrity of fastener threads and will not adversely affect fastener plating.
Contact Michael J. Rossi, PennEngineering® Fastening Technologies, Box 1000, Danboro, PA 18916. Phone: (800) 237-4736 or (215) 766-8853; Fax: (215) 766-0143. Web site: www.pemnet.com
