Plastic fasteners are screws, bolts and other plastic tools used to join and secure materials together. Plastic fasteners, despite their comparative lower strength, are a popular alternative to traditional metal fasteners in some situations. Common components of children's toys, plastic fasteners are also used to help make appliances and automobiles.
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Elgin Fastener GroupVersailles, IN 812-689-8917 Elgin Fastener Group is comprised of six leading domestic specialty fastener manufacturers offering a complete range of special, semi-standard, and custom fasteners in a wide variety of styles, sizes, materials, and finishes; a metal finishing company; and an engineering and international procurement division. All of the companies are ISO certified. EFG is a portfolio company of Audax Group.
Ford Fasteners, Inc.Hackensack, NJ 800-272-3673 Ford's huge inventory of products includes quality plastic fasteners that are available for immediate delivery nationwide. Celebrating its 42nd year in the business, Ford is committed to continued quality service and would love to deliver you with the solutions you want. Ford's investment in personnel and new machinery assures its commitment to quality, affordability and efficiency.
Hercules FastenersBrook Park, OH 800-332-7320 Whether standard or special, plain or plated, this, that or the other, Hercules helps hold it together! As an ISO-certified supplier of precision manufactured plastic fasteners, among many more products, Hercules has been providing customers like you with the kind of quality solutions they deserve and have come to expect. Call Hercules today and let their quality move you forward.
Contorq ComponentsNew Britain, CT 860-225-3366 Contorq Components is a custom manufacturer of plastic fasteners, T-nuts and Weld Nuts, stamped and cold formed metal parts including chain rollers, ferrules and brake rivets. Secondary capabilities include degreasing, vibratory finishing and deburring. Markets served by Contorq include hardware, chain and automotive industries and they would love to serve you, too!
C&L Rivet Company, Inc.Hatboro, PA 215-672-1113 C&L Rivet Co. has been specializing in rivets & cold-headed parts since 1960. In 2001, C&L acquired P. F., Inc. The combination of these companies provides enhanced versatility, knowledge, quality, competitive pricing, service & distribution of additional products including plastic fasteners unmatched in the industry. The personnel at the combined company have over 500 years of experience.
StalcopThorntown, IN 765-436-7926 Stalcop is a customer driven company whose global vision is to supply a variety of worldwide markets with metal formed components. Their reputation as a dependable manufacturer of custom-engineered plastic fasteners is backed by state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities strategically located in the U.S.A. and Europe. Please call Stalcop today for all your cold forming needs.
Superbolt®, Inc.Carnegie, PA 800-345-2658 All over the world, in every major industry, Superbolt's plastic fasteners have been used for keeping things tight and together in all manners of applications. Superbolt's engineers have tackled the toughest problems and their products have proven themselves again and again. To experience how so many customers have solved their fastening problems, please choose Superbolt.
Crouch Sales Co., Inc.Dallas, TX 866-419-0300 For almost 50 years Crouch Sales has been providing plastic fasteners online across the United States in addition to its local Dallas Counter Sales. Crouch's experienced sales staff will help you find the best solution for your needs at an affordable price and ongoing support each day thereafter. Please contact Crouch Sales today or go to their helpful website for more information.
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Plastic Fasteners
Plastic fasteners offer the benefits of being durable, economical, efficient and aesthetically appealing. They are available in a wide range of colors and sizes. Fasteners constructed from plastic also offer the advantage of being resistant to corrosion, shock and vibration. Plastic fasteners are available in different plastic materials, fastener head types, colors and panel ranges. Though plastic fasteners have gained in popularity in a number of industrial, commercial and consumer products contexts, they remain unsuitable for use in many applications. Aerospace fasteners, for example, are often constructed of titanium because of the tremendous stress that they are expected to endure, particularly in the case of aircraft structural fasteners. Automotive fasteners are also made of metal, usually steel or stainless steel, with the exception of fasteners used to secure upholstery or other non-structural components. Plastic fasteners can be broken down into two main types: threaded industrial fasteners and non-threaded industrial fasteners.
Threaded plastic fasteners, such as nuts, bolts and screws, contain spiral ridges called threads, which aid in the fastener's attachment. Continuous-thread studs, with two nuts applied and threading from end to end, are often used for flange bolting. Tap-end studs, in contrast, have a short thread on one end, used for screwing into a tapped hole, and a longer thread on the other. This longer end, called a nut-end, may have either a chamfered or round point. Double-end studs, another type of threaded plastic fasteners, have equal-length threads on both ends with chamfered points. This type is primarily used for flange bolting or other applications in which torching from both ends is necessary. Non-threaded plastic fasteners, such as rivet plastic fasteners, ring plastic fasteners and pin plastic fasteners, do not contain threads. These plastic fasteners can be quickly assembled and removed from components and do not need extra plastic fastening hardware. Bind plastic fastener rivets, or pop plastic fastener rivets, are inserted into a pre-drilled hole and a rivet gun pulls on a headed-shaft that passes through the rivet. The shaft breaks or "pops," leaving a bulge on the head of the rivet, which holds the two parts together. Dowel pins can be straight, tapered, rolled or grooved and provide perfect alignment, holding parts in absolute relation to one another. Most retaining rings need a groove to seal them into position and are stamped both internally and externally. While some of them may be self-locking, both kinds are used to keep parts from slipping or sliding apart.
