Bespoke fastener design solution serves different applications
Gesipa Blind Riveting Systems has provided a dual purpose fastener design for a major supplier to the automotive industry. The company had been approached to fulfil a standard fastening requirement but the riveting specialist ended up delivering a novel solution, which performed a dual role for this OEM application.
The original requirement was for a fastener to assemble an aluminium extrusion for a vehicle. Evidently, another fastener was already being used by the customer to clamp a spacer to this aluminium extrusion. After analysing the customer requirement, a single part replacement solution in the form of its rivet nut stud was suggested.
This solution fulfilled both fastening needs at the same time. "The solution delivered by GESIPA® was a specially designed M6 rivet nut stud manufactured in steel with 5.8mm grip range.
This rivet nut stud was used to clamp the spacer to the extrusion simultaneously assembling the extrusion to the vehicle thus serving the dual purpose and replacing the need of using two distinct fasteners in the same application." explained Stephen Dovernor, account manager, technical sales for Gesipa UK. The solution provided the customer with a single fastener replacing two currently used, at a lower in-place cost. Also, stronger clamp force and higher load bearing capacity of the fastener provided a guaranteed and secure joint. The bespoke rivet nut stud not only provided an easier, neater and quicker installation option to assemble the extrusion to the vehicle itself but was also simultaneously used to clamp the spacer to this aluminium extrusion, thus serving the dual purpose. By reducing total production and installation times by approximately 50%, this solution also resulted into a huge cost saving opportunity for the customer.
