Flexibility and efficiency are essential to the success of an automotive parts manufacturer, as its OEM customers are always adding new products and updating standards.
CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, PA—SCHMIDT Technology, a manufacturer of assembly presses, has opened a technology center in Orange, CA. The center will hold an open house Nov. 2.
Several types of threaded fasteners are installed not with a power tool, but a press. Self-clinching nuts, threaded inserts and similar fasteners are pressed into thin, soft or otherwise fragile materials to provide strong threads for mating hardware.