microPEM® – Self-Clinching Fasteners

Enable sheet-to-sheet attachment, replacing costly screw installation in applications where disassembly is not required.

• Simple, press-in installation for secure attachment
• Proven self-clinching technology resists vibrational loosening
• Replaces micro screws, eliminating installation issues including cost of locking patch, cost of threaded insert or tapped hole, cost of driver bits and cost of rework due to cross-threading and driver bit cam-out
• Top sheet can be any material
• Can be installed automatically
• Twists out (unscrew) if removal is necessary. Can be reinstalled one time using a thread locking adhesive.

PEM^® Type MPP, self-clinching microPEM^® pins are ideal for today’s compact electronic assemblies. Simply pressed into a properly sized mounting hole, these micro pins clinch permanently into place. They can be installed into a variety of sheet materials up to HRB 92/HB 195 in hardness and they offer excellent corrosion resistance.

• Satisfy demanding micro positioning and alignment applications
• Head mounts flush into panels as thin as 0,5mm/.02
• Chamfered end makes mating hole alignment easy
• Can be installed into stainless steel sheets
• Can be installed automatically
• Excellent corrosion resistance

Designed for mounting and/or spacing in extremely limited space applications.

• Can be installed into stainless steel sheets
• Have stronger threads than weld standoffs because they are made from heat-treated 400 Series Stainless Steel
• Can be installed automatically

Designed with diagonal knurl to hold a top panel to a bottom panel or chassis by broaching into the bottom panel/chassis. Type TKA pins are suitable for broaching into plastic applications, and Type TK4 pins are suitable for broaching into castings and brittle materials.

• Secure panels to common cast materials such as magnesium and aluminum. Also appropriate for attaching panels to plastics such as ABS and to P.C. Boards.
• Simple, press-in installation. Does not require heat or ultrasonics.
• Alternative to micro screws, eliminating the need to tap or use threaded inserts
• Top sheet can be any material
• Low-profile head
• Eliminates cost of screw, cost of patch to prevent loosening, cost of threaded insert or tapped hole, cost of driver bits and cost of rework due to cross-threading and driver bit cam-out
• Can be installed automatically

These fasteners for compact electronic assemblies attach to P.C. Boards for nut/standoff applications. These fasteners mount on P.C. Boards in the same manner and at the same time as other surface mount components prior to the automated reflow solder process.

• Hex shaped barrel provides optimal size/performance
• Provided on tape and reel
• Reduces board handling
• Can be installed automatically

Enable cost effective sheet-to-sheet attachment by simply pressing into place. Can be removed by simply unscrewing, similar to other threaded fasteners.

• Simple, press-in installation for secure attachment
• Proven self-clinching technology resists vibrational loosening
• Replaces micro screws, eliminating installation issues including: Cost of locking patch, cost of threaded insert or tapped hole, cost of driver bits and cost of rework due to cross-threading and driver bit “cam-out”
• Top sheet can be any material
• Can be installed automatically
• Twists out (unscrew) if removal is necessary. Can be reinstalled one time using a thread locking adhesive.