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In the fastening industry, it can sometimes be difficult to find a solution that stands alone above the rest of the competition. But Securex® Wheel Nuts have become the first choice of virtually all hub, drum, and wheel original equipment manufacturers in the United States.

How was Securex® able to achieve this? By offering a fastening solution with 3 to 5 times more clamping force than you’d find in conventional ball-seat fasteners. This helps ensure an extended wheel life, reduces maintenance, and also improves the overall safety.

Each nut body of the Securex® Wheel Fastener is forged with through-hardened carbon steel, and each free spinning washer is also comprised of through-hardened and tempered chrome-moly steel. Why? Because this particular design feature generates a bearing-type action that allows for a greater amount of torque to be transmitted into clamping force.

In addition to that advantage, this bearing action also delivers a more exact torque-to-clamp force relationship. In turn, that then opens the door for the entire fastening system to be used at the optimum end of the load range.

There are a few other features to mention here. Each fastener is complete with a heat lot traceability code, along with the name forged into the washer. This is done to ensure the integrity of the product. To reduce friction and increase protection against corrosion, it has also been coated with PTFE.

This solution also meets the stringent requirements of SAE J1965 for torque tension requirements.

For more information on the Securex® Wheel Fastener and how it could be applied to your hub, drum, and wheel manufacturing process, contact Bossard at ProvenProductivity@bossard.com.

Material-compatible threads are needed everywhere in day-to-day life. Knowing which screws for thermoplastics and other materials will work best is half the battle. For thermoplastics, accept no substitute for the ecosyn®-plast. With excellent load-bearing capacity, outstanding process capability and high levels of binding safety, ecosyn®-plast is the perfect solution when it come to thermoplastic binding.

Built to Bind

Working with plastics in the area of binding technology requires specific conditions in assembly – thus the need for ecosyn®-plast. The engineers at Bossard possess a significant amount of practical experience in thermoplastic screwing, cultivated from years of work. Utilizing this knowledge, engineers were able to create a screw that works safely and easily with thermoplastic elements.

Where ecosyn®-plast differs is in comparison to conventional tapping screws. Instead of a 60 degree pointed thread angle, ecosyn®-plast screws have a 30 degree pointed thread angle. Not to mention a smaller core diameter with the same nominal diameter and a large thread pitch.

Advantages 

These specific characteristics are what separate ecosyn®-plast from your average tapping screw, allowing for advantages you wouldn’t find elsewhere. This includes an improved thread load bearing depth, improved material flow, and a smaller radical force, which in turn means a higher load capacity.

ecosyn®-plast screws also have less of a burst effect in single-screw tubes, adding to the list of decisive advantages. There is more material present between thread blanks, ensuring a larger shear cylinder. ecosyn®-plast screws also offer the benefit of improved assembly and binding safety, in large part because of a lower driving torque and higher stripping torque.

When working with thermoplastic elements, the advantages of using ecosyn®-plast screws are clear. For more information about the thread geometry of ecosyn®-plast screws or for more construction or assembly notes, contact Bossard at ProvenProductivity@bossard.com.

With Bulge Control Technology (BCT®*) rivet nuts from Bossard, search no more for the solution to your blind rivet nut application. Four cross holes on the shank control where the materials begin to collapse, with the controlled bulge keeping the nut in place.

Bulge Control Technology is versatile enough to cover a variety of different applications:
• Brittle materials
• Composite sandwich panels
• Solid material like wood or plywood
• Irregular holes
• Clamping to reduce vibration
• Multiple material thicknesses
• Restrictions in lateral space
• High strength with or without restricted space

There are also four different types of Bulge Control Technology, and the key is to understand each of them before deciding which one best suits your particular application.

Controlled
This type of Bulge Control Technology allows for a customized fastening solution based on the specific determination of where the bulge will form.

Micro
Ideal for application where the back side of the material is limited in terms of space, this particular type of Bulge Control Technology suffers no loss in strength compared to your standard rivet nut. With as little as 8 millimeters of space needed, the requirements for this type aren’t very demanding.

High Strength
Bolts with a property class of 12.9 and above are best suited for this type of Bulge Control Technology, especially when using special material and treatment to produce strength. This type is also available in aluminum if your application happens to be lightweight.

Multigrip
For a more flexible solution, this type of Bulge Control Technology is your best bet. Using the same rivet nut for 1 millimeter to 8 millimeters in thickness, the chances of installing the incorrect product are decreased with this type. It can even be used for repairs on material with an unknown thickness.

To learn more about Bulge Control Technology or for help in determining which type is best suited for your application, contact Bossard at ProvenProductivity@bossard.com.

*BCT® is a registered trademark owned by BBA srl Italy

Turning challenges into opportunities is what Bossard strives to achieve. Our products are designed to make your operations more effective and efficient, and blind rivet nuts are no exception.

Blind rivet nuts are single-part hollow-head nuts, and these are installed “blind” from a single side without having to be reworked. For that specific reason, blind rivet nuts represent a more efficient and impressive solution for your application.

On top of that, blind rivet nuts also benefit from a pronounced rivet beading on the rear side, which is what helps ensure a high tear-out strength.

Blind rivet nuts are typically utilized for screw connections, but can also be applied in a combination of riveting and screw fastenings. These types of applications produce a resilient thread, especially on thin components and hollow sections.

Your standard blind rivet nuts are designed to connect two parts independent of the materials. Bigger components connected free from distortion and without surface damage can also be durable.

Our wide selection of blind rivet nuts represent a range of different rivet types, combinations of materials, head shapes and diameters. No matter your application, we have the appropriate blind rivet nut to fulfill your needs. Our belief is that in order to position our products as solutions, the solution must fit the problem.

Blind rivet nuts are also simple to use. Our blind rivet nuts can be processed with all blind riveting tools – manual or fully automatic – that you would normally use.

With efficient working times, ease of use, various material combinations and a wide range of applications, blind rivet nuts are clearly one of the most effective solutions available. To learn more about the innovative line of blind rivet nuts that Bossard has to offer, contact Bossard at ProvenProductivity@bossard.com.

Last year Bossard proudly partnered with Stress Indicators, Inc., an engineering and manufacturing company that specializes in producing unique visual indicating devices.

One of the products manufactured by Stress Indicators, Inc. are SmartBolts. SmartBolts are fasteners with a visual indication system, and the benefits of such a product are enormous.

Necessitated by the inability to measure tension in an application, torque has been relied upon to determine the proper preload when installing a fastener.

This is where SmartBolts come in. Benefitting from a unique visual indication system embedded into the head of the fastener that measures tension rather than torque, SmartBolt products eliminate the need to assume certain factors in the bolted joint’s environment.

With SmartBolts, guess work when determining joint preload with torque is no longer part of the equation. By measuring tension with the use of SmartBolts products, not only are you achieving an accurate and secure joint, but you are also able to do so while expending a minimal amount of time, in addition to saving on maintenance costs and increasing safety in the work area.

Fastener and nut size, lubrication and the presence of rust are all factors that can have an influence when using torque to measure joint security. SmartBolts offers an alternative to this by directly indicating tension, offering a solution that is independent of those previously mentioned factors. With SmartBolts, a solid connection is more than assured.

Using torque specifications for fasteners can be limiting because it accounts for one coefficient of friction. This leaves no ability for adjustments for changes in friction. Direct Tension Indicating (DTI) SmartBolts eliminate possible nut factor variations, including but not limited to changes in lubrication, surface finish or the mere presence of a foreign material.

To learn more about the innovative line of SmartBolts products that Bossard has to offer, contact Bossard at ProvenProductivity@bossard.com.

Providing effective solutions to your fastening challenges is our bread and butter at Bossard. Our innovative solutions come standard, ensuring almost certain success no matter what your challenge might be.

One of Bossard’s crowning achievements is the ecosyn®-drill self-drilling screw. These screws are designed for optimum use with aluminum and galvanized steel with a hardness of HV 125 (420 N/mm2). Manufactured from case-hardened steel, these ecosyn®-drill self-drilling screws use their drill bit point to produce their own hole in which the threads dig in for a tight bond.

The biggest advantage of using ecosyn®-drill self-drilling screws is that no drilling or thread-cutting tools are required. These screws can be fastened quickly and efficiently without the use of a plot hole, resulting in substantial savings of up to 50 percent compared to drilling and tapping a hole.

The drill point is a special form which eliminates the common problem of drifting around the surface of the component before drilling commences. There is no need to center punch the drilling point with these self-drilling screws.

There are several application areas that are best suited to the ecosyn®-drill screws:
• Sheet metal construction
• Heating and ventilation ducts
• Household machines
• Vehicle body construction
• Window frames and blinds
• Façade construction
• Green-house frames

To lower costs and boost your savings, there is no better alternative on the market. To learn more about the ecosyn®-drill self-drilling screws or inquire about other innovative fastening solutions, contact Bossard at ProvenProductivity@bossard.com.

Innovation is a part of Bossard’s DNA, and our development of high-quality fastening solutions is excellent proof of that. With the goal of turning challenges into opportunities, Bossard has made a name for itself by offering effective and efficient products that fulfill customer’s needs.

The ecosyn®-fix screw is but one fastening innovation that Bossard has to offer.

This machine screw, complete with an integrated conical washer, was designed to replace the need for multiple fastening elements – flat washer and split lock washer combinations – and instead provide a single solution. Specifically, the ecosyn®-fix screw was created for holding printed circuit boards in small and major appliances, along with sheet metal applications to vehicle construction, household appliances and electronic equipment.

When properly tightened, the ecosyn-fix is vibration resistant due to the spring action of the conical shaped head. The large washer face excels at reducing damage to the surface of components by spreading out the clamp-force.  “Spreading out the clamp-force” is what makes ecosyn-fix an ideal candidate for softer materials.

The contact surface under the head also provides a large area to increase friction and inherently prevents vibrational loosening.

In addition to cost-savings from replacing the standard screw/spring washer/flat washer assembly, the ecosyn®-fix screw also presents cost-saving opportunities in inventory management. Fewer fasteners to stock and assemble improve overall assembly time in production. The ecosyn®-fix screw is also well suited for bowel feeding in automated assembly tools.

Bossard takes steps to ensure the quality of such fastening solutions, so that customers can take comfort in using products that are safe, effective and economical. The ecosoyn®-fix screw is but one of the brilliant ecosyn® products available from Bossard. For more information about the benefits of ecosyn®-fix screws or to discuss other fastening products and solutions, contact Bossard at ProvenProductivity@bossard.com.