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Faster, stronger In-Die Fastening: That's the promise of these nuts and studs, backed up by part producers in the automotive and lawn-and-garden industries
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机译：Faster, stronger In-Die Fastening: That's the promise of these nuts and studs, backed up by part producers in the automotive and lawn-and-garden industries
For many North American metal-formers, the quest to stay ahead of low-cost overseas part suppliers revolves around the ability to cut manufacturing steps and their related costs while still supplying high-quality product. In many cases, that means bringing more work into the tooling, a step that often converges with another must for forward-thinking metalformers: adopting value-added capability. In-die assembly, which adds value while cutting secondary work, is a prime example. The possibility for reduction in secondary work has caught the attention of Mike Reedus, tooling engineer/program manager at the Johnson Controls plant in Cadiz, KY. The company has used Flangeform self-clinching fasteners from BAS Components Inc., Youngstown, OH, for 15 years, primarily in a secondary operation for automotive components. Now, the Tier Two supplier is ramping up production for a new automotive program, and Flangeform nuts will be inserted four at a time into a seating component via an in-die operation.
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