Sherex Announces Southeast Sales & Engineering as New Sales Rep
Leave a CommentSherex Fastening Solutions®, a PennEngineering® Company and global leader in engineered fasteners, tooling, and automation, is proud to announce its relationship with Southeast Sales & Engineering as its new sales representative. Southeast Sales & Engineering is a professional manufacturer’s representative specializing in the transportation and industrial markets in the southeastern United States, including Georgia, Florida, […]
Optisert Receives 2023 Fastener Innovation Award!
Leave a CommentSherex Fastening Solutions’ Optisert, the best performing round body rivet nut on the market, was recently awarded as a winner of the 2023 Fastener Innovation Awards by WorldwideFastenerSources.com. The innovative Optisert was chosen as a winner because of its incredible performance against spin-out. Its proprietary combination of an engineered knurled body and underhead wedge design […]
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Sherex Fastening Solutions Year in Review 2023!
Leave a CommentHi all! This year seemed to be the year when the COVID pandemic was clearly in the rearview mirror. We launched the best-performing round body rivet nut, Optisert (which customers love), traveled to see our great customers more than ever, and came up with some great solutions for our customers to solve difficult fastening problems. […]
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Compression Limiting Rivet Nuts
Leave a CommentIn our last blog post, we discussed compression limiters, their usage, and their benefits. However, there is an even simpler solution available: combining a compression limiter with a rivet nut to create a compression limiting rivet nut. A compression limiting rivet nut integrates both a rivet nut and a compression limiter into a single piece […]
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What are Compression Limiters?
Leave a CommentCompression limiters are typically cylindrical components made of steel, stainless steel, brass, or aluminum that prevent overstressing of usually plastic or composite material and fastener clamp load loss during fastener installation. They can be used integrated with a fastener, such as a rivet nut, to provide metal to metal transfer of forces during the joint […]
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Optisert Rivet Nut vs Hex Body Rivet Nut in Automation
Leave a CommentIt’s recommended that if manufacturers and assemblers can create a hex hole, using a hex body rivet nut is the best way to attach a joint together. But what if you’re using a fastener automation system? Is a hex body rivet nut the best rivet nut to use when installing them automatically through an automation […]
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Why We’re Calling Optisert “The Best”
1 CommentIt’s a little brash, but Sherex has the data to back it up: we’re calling Optisert the best round body rivet nut based on performance. Sherex has been working for over five years on a round body rivet nut that can perform comparably vs. a half hex body rivet nut. This rivet nut can do […]
Sherex Fastening Solutions 2022 Year in Review
Leave a CommentWhat a year! It was great getting back to some normalcy. But with getting back to normal and ramping up came with challenges many manufacturers ran into this year: SUPPLY CHAIN. With that said, we feel we navigated supply chain issues better than our competitors and we even made moves that will hopefully mitigate those […]
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A Unique Sherex Application That You’ve Probably Stepped On
Leave a CommentSherex manufactures hundreds of millions of rivet nuts, compression limiters, clinch nuts, wedge locking washers, and other fastening products every year. One thing Sherex doesn’t really dabble with is screws. That is unless the right opportunity comes along. A local company reached out to see if we can help out with a custom screw product […]
The Perfect Workstation for Installing Rivet Nuts
Leave a CommentWhat do you need to be successful at installing rivet nuts? Depends who you ask. For some, it’s just parts and a rivet nut tool. But it really should be more than that. Let’s take a look at what every rivet nut installer should have at his or her rivet nut workstation: Hand Tool Calibration […]
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