MONEY
FASTENER
engineers worked with JET PRESS to
design a bespoke Cable Management
Fastener that allows cables to be added
as the system is constructed. Swivel Clip
Systems and other similar components can
be pre-assembled, reducing assembly time
and on-site labour costs.
4. Maintaining the bottom line
Whatever you design will have to be
maintained. Specifying the right fastener
will save maintenance costs. Larger
machines are often protected with heavy
guards. Mounting these on linear slides
makes moving the guards easier.
Smaller maintenance panels are often
screwed in place. A screw takes time to
unscrew. It can get lost. It might even be
dropped into the machine. A bolt retainer
will stop the screw from getting lost, but a
Bi-Fix Quarter Turn Fastener gives instant
access and security.
5. Getting it out in the open
Time taken to get at key items like pumps
and compressors in vehicles is also costly.
Saving can be made here by mounting kit
like this on Heavy Duty Accuride Slides.
Combining an Accuride 9301 Heavy Duty
Drawer Slide with a 9308 with a lever
creates a mounting that locks in and out.
6. Nobody wants a burst
pipe
Edge Fixing Clips are popular with
designers for securing cables, pipes
and hoses. They’re easy to use and cost
effective. But problems can arise when
there is movement or vibration and the edge
of the clip chafes against the cable, pipe
or hose it retains. A flared clip reduces
chaffing as the edge of the clip is angled
away from the pipe.
7. Cut your inventory costs
Manufactures have to stock parts so
production isn’t interrupted. But the more
inventory lines they carry the more cash
is tied up in fasteners. And it takes time to
manage a complex inventory.
Some fasteners can be used for multiple
applications. For instance, Multifit Edge
Clips from JET PRESS fit a range of panel
thicknesses.
8. Make a big problem into a
small one
The furniture designer for a fast food
chain specified Fastmount fasteners
instead of glue to assemble chairs.
Assembly time was cut from 45 minutes to
15 as were costs.
Then, when part of a chair is damaged
or worn, instead returning the whole chair,
restaurant staff order the damaged part,
unclip the old one and attach the new one.
9. More furniture savings
If furniture is delivered with legs or feet
that have to be screwed in, there is a risk
the customer may make a mistake when
screwing in the T-Nut. When the customer
then sits on the sofa the T-Nut is forced out
of the frame and the sofa has to be returned
or replaced – a big expense.
Designers at one company replaced
T-Nuts with Rivet T-Nuts from Sigma
inserted using a Rivet T-Nut Machine,
supplied and maintained by JET PRESS.
Rivet T-Nuts have a lead in that makes it
easier for the customer to get it right. It’s
almost impossible to force the Rivet T-Nut
out. Savings on returns easily pay for the
investment.
10. Don’t replace it fix it
Do you go camping? Have a caravan with
an awning? Or have a jacket or boots with a
zip? Zips breaking is bad news. Especially if
it’s the first day of your holiday or the jacket
is your favourite.
In most cases it’s not the zip that breaks,
it’s the zip pull. ZlideOn Zip Repair kits allow
you to replace the pull and fix the zip. This
allows you to carry on with your holiday or
give that jacket a new lease of life.
JET PRESS
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