TAPPEX® Thread Inserts Ltd.

Company overview.

May 2009www.tappex.co.uk

TAPPEX® Company Introduction:

• 50+ years of manufacturing & service excellence.• UK-based manufacturer; privately owned; with both direct sales (UK) and

via experienced / independent network of technical distributors across Europe & ROW.

• Serving OEMS, moulding & assembly operations & 3rd-party distributors alike.

• In-house Application Engineers, Materials Testing Laboratory, Prototyping Capability.

• Tappex ® Threaded Inserts for Plastics, Composites & Metals – machined fasteners from Brasses/Steel & Stainless Steels.

• Subsidiary companies : Pressavon Ltd & AB C Edgren (Sweden).

TAPPEX® Product Range:

• Threaded Inserts for Plastics (Thermoplastics, Thermosets & Composites).

• Threaded Inserts for Metal Alloys.

• Tappex ® , bespoke Installation Tooling.

• Compression Limiters.

• Grooved Pins.

• Thread forming screws (PT style) & Rivet Nuts for plastics.

TAPPEX® Products:• Threaded Inserts for Plastics – female & male, M1.6 to M12

• All machined from Brass; bespoke variants available.

HiMould - In-mould threaded insert in x3 std geometries.

Multisert / Microbarb - Multi purpose for post-mould, HOT/COLD & Ultrasonic installation.

Trisert - Brass, Self-tapping insert, double-ended, unheaded & flanged.

TAPPEX® Products:

• Threaded Inserts for Metals – female & male, M2.5 to M10 (larger sizes available to order up to 30mm dia).

• All machined from Case-hardening steels, Stainless Steels (303 & 316 grades); bespoke variants available.

Trisert3 – Self-tapping, patented design.

• Unheaded & blind ; reduced external diameter• Free Running Internal Thread• Compatible with Trisert Hole Size in Plastic• Accurate Installation

Grooved Pins• Single & 2-piece versions

• Headed & Blind-end versions

• Steel, Stainless Steel, Aluminium & Brass materials

Other Inserts

• Anticreep Spacers for plastics• Compression Limiters• Rivet Nuts for plastic sheet &

composites

TAPPEX® -

• Males i.e. other Brass, Male-versions with Multisert,Trisert & HiMould forms,• Specials eg. Vandalguard,• PT Screws – Thread forming, male for direct installation into plastics

New Inserts (M3-10)

• Suresert

- Double ended- Heat installation only

TAPPEX® -

• Setsert

- Press fit cold - Double and Single Ended - Limited Availability

TAPPEX® - INSTALLATION EQUIPMENT

• FlexiArm

- Self Tapping Inserts - Flexibility - Squareness - Single & Double-arm versions

Working Area

TAPPEX® - Installation Tooling

• Heat Inserter (Multisert/Microbarbs)

– Speed Control– Install light– Adjustable

• Arbour Press (Multiserts)– Controlled Press Fit

TAPPEX® - Installation Tooling

• Production Driver– Use in conjunction with pneumatic

drivers / FlexiArm for batch production

– Nose Length– Spigot– Lost Motion

• Hand Tool– Ideal for manual installation of

Tappex inserts and in-service work– Alignment Bush– Hex drive– Spigot– Ideal for

• ISO 14001 Environmental• BS2001-2008 Management• Vision sort equipment / trained staff• Raw materials control

TAPPEX® - Quality

May 2009

TAPPEX® - Manufacturing.

• 50yrs + of manufacturing excellence• In-house m/c shops with both Davenport (x22) & CNC

machining centres (x2)• Capacity up to 18mm dia / 0.75”• x2 shifts x5 days normally• Off-line, x2 bespoke solvent-based cleaning m/c’s

May 2009

TAPPEX® - APPLICATION ENGINEERING

TAPPEX® - Available Technical Assistance

• Identification Drawings• Hole Designs• Advice• Testing• Performance Data• Samples

QUESTIONS?

TAPPEX® - Your fastening solutions provider.

www.tappex.co.uk