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Threaded Inserts Enable Assembly of Plastic Furniture

John Sprovieri

November 30, 2023

Stainless steel fastener resists corrosive outdoor environment.

SPIROL Launches New Website

August 12, 2022

DANIELSON, CT—SPIROL has launched a new and improved corporate website: www.spirol.com

Five Things: Assembly Fasteners

June 18, 2020

SPIROL has introduced a new series of molded-in inserts for plastic assemblies. The rugged design of the Series 63 through-hole inserts and Series 65 blind-end inserts

Assembling Thermoplastic Composites

Joining thermoplastic composites—either to each other or to other materials—can be challenging.

John Sprovieri

June 7, 2017

Plastics and polymer composites are essential to a wide range of safety and performance parts in cars today. In fact, the use of plastic and polymer composites in light vehicles has increased from less than 20 pounds per vehicle in 1960 to 334 pounds per car in 2015.

How to Install Threaded Inserts

As much as 75 percent of a threaded insert’s performance is a direct result of how well it was installed.

Christopher G. Jeznach

October 1, 2013

When screws or bolts are threaded directly into plastic components, failures can occur due to stripped threads or plastic creep.

Fastening: Assembly With Press-In Fasteners

Jim Camillo

April 28, 2011

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.