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BULLETIN SPOTFAST® FASTENERS SF 910

SF-2 PennEngineering • www.pemnet.com Allows permanent joining in metal to metal and metal to PCB/plastic panels • Alternative to riveting and welding. • No special installation equipment required. • Flush or subflush on both sides. • Minimal space requirements. • No countersinking or other hole treatment required. • Can be installed blind into bottom (panel 2) sheet. • Can be concealed with paints and powder coatings. The PEM® SpotFast® self-clinching fastener creates a permanent, flush joining of two sheets. The RoHScompliant fasteners install smooth with the top sheet, and flush or...

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PennEngineering • www.pemnet.com SF-3 Type SF fastener installed into unequal thickness sheets. Fastener is smooth with top of panel 1. Type SF fastener installed sub-flush with panel 2. Fastener will be flush at minimum sheet thickness. SPOTFAST® FASTENERS Type SFW fastener offers flushmounted, smooth pivot point. (1) Not primary use. Can be used as hinge point if required. Primary Use Type Joining two panels of Joining two panels when Joining a metal panel to a Single point hinging Offers highest corrosion similar or dissimilar metals one is stainless steel PCB or plastic panel...

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SF-6 PennEngineering • www.pemnet.com SPOTFAST® FASTENERS INSTALLATION Step 1. Prepare properly sized mounting hole in both panels. Do not perform any secondary operations such as deburring. If the hole is punched, be sure to install fastener into punched side of hole. Step 2. Place Panel 2 with smaller mounting hole on anvil and align Panel 1 mounting hole with the mounting hole of Panel 2. Place the smaller diameter end of the fastener through the mounting holes as shown in the drawing to the right. (See figure SF-1). Step 3. With the punch and anvil surfaces parallel, apply squeezing...

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PennEngineering • www.pemnet.com SF-7 SPOTFAST® FASTENERS TYPE SF Stainless Steel Type and Thickness Installation Pushout Size Code kN lbs. N lbs. SFP-3 1.0 13.5 3000 620 140 SFP-3 1.2 20 4500 830 186 SFP-3 1.6 22 5000 1500 340 SFP-5 1.0 18 4000 990 222 SFP-5 1.2 27 6000 1158 260 SFP-5 1.6 33 7500 3117 701 TYPE SFP Installation Pushout Type and Thickness Cold-rolled Steel Aluminum Cold-rolled Steel Aluminum Size Code kN lbs. kN lbs. N lbs. N lbs. SF-3 0.8 8 1800 6 1350 360 80 200 45 SF-3 1.0 9 2025 6.5 1475 525 115 250 55 SF-3 1.2 11 2475 7 1575 555 125 310 70 SF-3 1.6 13 2925 7.5 1700 920...

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