Tappex Overview Af2
- 1. TAPPEX® Thread Inserts Ltd. Company overview. May 2009 www.tappex.co.uk
- 2. TAPPEX® Company Introduction: 50+ years of manufacturing & service excellence. UK-based manufacturer; privately owned; with both direct sales (UK) and via experienced / independent network of technical distributors across Europe & ROW. Serving OEMS, moulding & assembly operations & 3 rd -party distributors alike. In-house Application Engineers, Materials Testing Laboratory, Prototyping Capability. Tappex ® Threaded Inserts for Plastics, Composites & Metals – machined fasteners from Brasses/Steel & Stainless Steels. Subsidiary companies : Pressavon Ltd & AB C Edgren (Sweden).
- 3. TAPPEX® Product Range: Threaded Inserts for Plastics (Thermoplastics, Thermosets & Composites). Threaded Inserts for Metal Alloys. Tappex ® , bespoke Installation Tooling. Compression Limiters. Grooved Pins. Thread forming screws (PT style) & Rivet Nuts for plastics.
- 4. TAPPEX® Products: Threaded Inserts for Plastics – female & male, M1.6 to M12 All machined from Brass; bespoke variants available. HiMould - In-mould threaded insert in x3 std geometries. Multisert / Microbarb - Multi purpose for post-mould, HOT/COLD & Ultrasonic installation. Trisert - Brass , Self-tapping insert, double-ended, unheaded & flanged.
- 5. TAPPEX® Products: Unheaded & blind ; reduced external diameter Free Running Internal Thread Compatible with Trisert Hole Size in Plastic Accurate Installation Threaded Inserts for Metals – female & male, M2.5 to M10 (larger sizes available to order up to 30mm dia). All machined from Case-hardening steels, Stainless Steels (303 & 316 grades); bespoke variants available. Trisert3 – Self-tapping, patented design. Grooved Pins Single & 2-piece versions Headed & Blind-end versions Steel, Stainless Steel, Aluminium & Brass materials
- 6. Other Inserts Anticreep Spacers for plastics Compression Limiters Rivet Nuts for plastic sheet & composites TAPPEX® - Males i.e. o ther Brass, Male-versions with Multisert,Trisert & HiMould forms, Specials eg. Vandalguard, PT Screws – Thread forming, male for direct installation into plastics
- 7. New Inserts (M3-10) Suresert - Double ended - Heat installation only TAPPEX ® - Setsert - Press fit cold - Double and Single Ended - Limited Availability
- 8. TAPPEX® - INSTALLATION EQUIPMENT FlexiArm - Self Tapping Inserts - Flexibility - Squareness - Single & Double-arm versions Working Area
- 9. TAPPEX® - Installation Tooling Heat Inserter ( Multisert/Microbarbs) Speed Control Install light Adjustable Arbour Press (Multiserts) Controlled Press Fit
- 10. TAPPEX® - Installation Tooling Production Driver Use in conjunction with pneumatic drivers / FlexiArm for batch production Nose Length Spigot Lost Motion Hand Tool Ideal for manual installation of Tappex inserts and in-service work Alignment Bush Hex drive Spigot Ideal for
- 11. ISO 14001 Environmental BS2001-2008 Management Vision sort equipment / trained staff Raw materials control TAPPEX® - Quality May 2009
- 12. TAPPEX® - Manufacturing . 50yrs + of manufacturing excellence In-house m/c shops with both Davenport (x22) & CNC machining centres (x2) Capacity up to 18mm dia / 0.75” x2 shifts x5 days normally Off-line, x2 bespoke solvent-based cleaning m/c’s May 2009
- 13. TAPPEX ® - APPLICATION ENGINEERING
- 14. TAPPEX® - Available Technical Assistance Identification Drawings Hole Designs Advice Testing Performance Data Samples
- 15. QUESTIONS? TAPPEX® - Your fastening solutions provider. www.tappex.co.uk