M6 Square bodied nuts from GESIPA®

GESIPA® says "When an automotive customer approached us about their fastening needs and detailed the issues they were facing with the current supplier, we wanted to make sure that fastener supplied by us fulfils all the requirements of the application." The aforementioned customer needed three rivet nuts to mount the rear windscreen motor so as to create a weather resistant and anti-rattle joint. The customer also requested special surface treatment coating and a chamfer on the rivet nut flange for easy side by side placement of three rivet nuts in the same application. GESIPA® designed an M6 square bodied rivet nut with a special chamfer and coating on the flange to go into the application. Stephen Dovernor, Technical Account Manager explained "A square bodied rivet nut is used in applications to allow extra security during the assembly process when compared to a round bodied rivet nut. It provides high torque-to-turn values in applications giving a highly secure joint. Also, when on assembly line there are chances of mistaking a set rivet nut with a weld nut. Thus a square bodied rivet nut helps to distinguish it from a weld nut hence resulting in minimal operational failures." CAD models were initially used to check the working parameters of the nuts and consequently first samples went onto the assembly line after passing all the required tests. "We at GESIPA®, Keighley make sure we always stand out from other suppliers in the industry by providing a high quality product with excellent technical support to our customers. All our products are manufactured to TS16949 and ISO 9001 quality standards" says Diana Scholefield, Managing Director, GESIPA®, Keighley. The success of this project has led to GESIPA® winning the project and also a much stronger collaboration between the customer and GESIPA®