New Product Under Development...
Pre-Located Bolts for Assembly
A new product under development at the General Fasteners Company Engineering Center is for overhead assembly of an air bag module. One of our customers required that the bolt be capable of being pushed into the nut member, in this case an unthreaded weld nut, in such a way as to hold the weight of the air bag in place long enough for a second installer to drive the bolt and air bag module.
Our design and engineering staff created a unique polymer mold design in conjunction with a unique point tip to allow for enough load-bearing capability to keep the mold from slipping in the nut and the bolt from slipping off of the mold. The result is a bolt point feature that allows for a push-fit pre-assembly of the bolt to the nut member, improving overhead or horizontal assembly applications and eliminating the need for separate part features to hold assemblies in place prior to bolt installation.
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