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Sherex Fastening Solutions Year in Review — 2021

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From all of us at Sherex, we want to wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! A strong second half of 2020 turned into a very fine 2021 for Sherex. While an increase in sales and demand had our machines in Akron, Ohio, and Taiwan humming, it wasn’t without some turbulence. […]

3D Video of How RIV-FLOAT® Works

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We all know the advantages of RIV-FLOAT® and what makes it one of the most unique rivet nuts on the market today. But this new video gives greater insight of how it works. Take a look at the video below. Notice how the how the floating rivet nut installs like any other rivet nut, but […]

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Large Size, High Strength Rivet Nuts

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Rivet nuts have a wide variety of uses. They are used to assemble furniture, automobiles, refrigerators, exercise equipment and everything in between. But what about huge pieces of equipment, like large construction and agriculture equipment? Could a little rivet nut handle the rigors of heavy vibration and rigorous use that construction workers and farmers demand […]

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FLEX-5 Durability and Maintenance Tips!

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It’s always a cool feeling walking around an assembly line or installation station and seeing your parts or tools being put to good use. But it’s even sweeter when you see an old tool of yours still being used by the assemblers and it’s still humming. On a recent trip to a construction, military and […]

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3D Rivet Nut Models on Sherex.com!

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You can now download installed versions of our rivet nuts right on Sherex.com. Sherex Fastening Solutions has over 1,500 3D models of its rivet nuts available for download, including Optisert, and full hexagonal rivet nut lines, FHL and FHK Series. These 3D Models add to the 3D Models of our TEC Series Washers.   With […]

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Installing Rivet Nuts Into Curved Surfaces

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By Frank Genovese Sherex Applications Engineer For installing rivet nuts into flat materials, the solution is usually rather simple when it comes to geometry. It usually just comes down to making sure there’s sufficient clearance for installation and the right hole size to properly fit the rivet nut. Since the material is flat, the only […]

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FLEX-5: Pull to Pressure or Pull to Stroke?

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When installing rivet nuts using a Sherex FLEX-5 hydro-pneumatic tool, you have a decision to make on what kind of tool you want. Do you want a tool that offers a pull to stroke? Or do you want a tool that offers pull to pressure when installing rivet nuts. Sherex has both FLEX-5P (pull to […]

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What are Rivet Nut Studs?

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After reading Why Rivet Nuts?, you may come away with, well that’s good, but what’s a rivet nut stud? Rivet nut studs are simply rivet nuts with an already outward protruding stud installed in the rivet nut. Instead of threading the bolt into the rivet nut, you thread your attachment on to the bolt and […]

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Sherex Warehouse Manager Training for World Record Hockey Game

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It’s like training for a marathon, on ice skates. That’s what our warehouse manager Justen Ehrig will be doing over the next seven months. Justen is a competitor in the 11 Day Power Play, an 11-day long hockey game that takes place in November to benefit local charities and cancer research in the Buffalo-area. This […]

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