The 3rd generation fastenerA game-changing innovation

The 3rd generation fastenerA game-changing innovation

1st generationStandard nuts and screws

The 3rd generation fastenerA game-changing innovation

A bolt is a two-component threaded fastening system comprising a nut and a screw. It is an easy-to-install dismountable system.Preparation of parts to be fitted together is easy as it only requires the parts to be drilled through with a low accuracy.The assembly is completed in a single step and only requires basic equipment such as pneumatic or electric screwdriver or a wrench…

The cost of fasteners is low as they are common parts made in the billions.

The costs associated with the setting of the bolt may represent up to 10 times the cost of the bolt itself.

The 3rd generation fastenerA game-changing innovation

2 components

1 process step

Total cost product + process

100 = 10 + 90

Equipment

1st generationStandard nuts and screws

The 3rd generation fastenerA game-changing innovation

2nd generationEngineered fasteners

2 components

1 process step

Total cost product + process

100 = 10 + 90

Equipment

1st generationStandard nuts and screws

The 3rd generation fastenerA game-changing innovation

The 2nd generation of fasteners emerged in the 1920s, became more widely used after 1945, and is still here today. It has involved engineered fasteners, such as self-clinching nuts, cage nuts, blind rivet nuts, weld nuts and threaded inserts… helping prepare the metal sheet support by setting a threaded component prior to the assembly by itself, but still using nuts and bolts separately. This attachment phase requires specific setting equipment as well as adjustment and monitoring of the relevant process.

The cost of engineered components is higher than standard bolts but they allow a significant overall time saving in the assembly and an easier repeatability of the process.

The 3rd generation fastenerA game-changing innovation

2 components

2 process steps

Equipment

2nd generationEngineered fasteners

2 components

1 process step

Total cost product + process

80 = 15 + 65

Equipment

1st generationStandard nuts and screws

Total cost product + process

100 = 10 + 90

The 3rd generation fastenerA game-changing innovation

-20%

2 components

2 process steps

Equipment

2nd generationEngineered fasteners

2 components

1 process step

Total cost product + process

80 = 15 + 65

Equipment

1st generationStandard nuts and screws

Total cost product + process

100 = 10 + 90

The 3rd generation fastenerA game-changing innovation

3rd generationBlind rivet bolt

2 components

2 process steps

Equipment

2nd generationEngineered fasteners

2 components

1 process step

Total cost product + process

80 = 15 + 65

Equipment

1st generationStandard nuts and screws

Total cost product + process

100 = 10 + 90

The 3rd generation fastenerA game-changing innovation

LEANKEASY is a single, ready-to-set, factory preassembled component, comprising both a screw and a nut.

Crimping the nut and screwing the screw occur in the same single step and no specific equipment is required.

The 3rd generation fastenerA game-changing innovation

1 component

1 process step

2 components

2 process steps

Equipment

2nd generationEngineered fasteners

2 components

1 process step

Total cost product + process

80 = 15 + 65

Equipment

1st generationStandard nuts and screws

Total cost product + process

100 = 10 + 90

3rd generationBlind rivet bolt

The 3rd generation fastenerA game-changing innovation

Equipment

-35%

1 component

1 process step

2 components

2 process steps

Equipment

2nd generationEngineered fasteners

2 components

1 process step

Total cost product + process

80 = 15 + 65

Equipment

1st generationStandard nuts and screws

Total cost product + process

100 = 10 + 90

3rd generationBlind rivet bolt

Total cost product + process

50 = 25 + 25

The 3rd generation fastenerA game-changing innovation

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