Why are PEM nuts used?
There are many advantages of PEM brand self-clinching fasteners. Remarkably, the fasteners provide strong, permanent attachment in metal as thin as 0.20 mm / 0.008”. Installation involves any parallel acting squeezing force. Additionally, they have high push-out and torque-out performance.
What is a PEM connector?
PEM® brand fasteners utilize self-clinching, broaching, flaring, surface mount, or weld technology to provide strong, reusable, and permanent threads and mounting points in thin sheet metal, P.C. board materials, and other ductile or non-ductile thin material. Read more about self-clinching technology.
What is PEM in sheet metal?
PEM brand fasteners are hardware components that provide threaded attachment points for thin parts like sheet metal brackets and printed circuit boards (PCBs). Holes in thin parts are not ideal to be tapped because there would not be enough threads to ensure a secure joint.
How do you use PEM nuts?
PEM® Brand Fasteners Installation Demo
- Prepare properly sized mounting hole in sheet.
- Place shank of nut into mounting hole, preferably the punch side.
- With punch and anvil surfaces parallel, apply squeezing force until the head of the nut comes into contact with the sheet material.
What is PEM stud?
PEM® heavy duty self-clinching studs are typically used when high torque out and pushout and, if necessary, high tensile/shear strength are required. These studs are easy to install, have a low installed cost, and have consistent performance characteristics.
How do you install a PEM stud?
PEM® self-clinching studs are easily installed by placing them in properly sized holes in sheets and squeezing into place with any standard press: Install permanently in aluminum, steel or stainless steel in sheets as thin as . 020” / 0.51 mm. High torque-out and pushout resistances.
How do you remove PEM nuts?
Re: Boss Nut / PEM Nut Removal (The Easy Way) (Level 1 – Novice Consumer) A vicegrips pliers works well to remove pems too. Just rotate it back and forth and pull it out. They come out fairly easily.
How does a PEM nut work?
HB-4 PennEngineering • www.pemnet.com roadly defined, a self-clinching fastener is any device, usually threaded, that when pressed into ductile metal, displaces the host material around the mounting hole, causing it to cold flow into a specially designed annular recess in the shank or pilot of the fastener.