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Fastening:
The Next Generation
French fastener company Clufx ( clufx.com/gb ) has developed what it
calls a "third-generation assembly process fastener," a pre-assembled blind
rivet bolt consisting of a screw and
a nut that combines crimping and
screwing in one step. The company
estimates the Leankeasy fastener
cuts assembly costs by an average
of 35%.
Third generation? Éric Massebeuf,
director of Clufx, explains,
"The frst generation of products
comprised just basic nuts and bolts.
The second generation—which
emerged in the 1920s, became more
widely used after 1945, and is still
here today—has involved engineered
fasteners (self-clinching nuts, cage
nuts, blind rivet nuts, weld nuts,
threaded insert) preparing the
metal sheet support by setting a
threaded component, but still using
nuts and bolts separately. The third
generation has now arrived with the
launch of Leankeasy."
Clufx plans to start selling
Leankeasy fasteners to U.S. auto-
makers and suppliers by 2015.
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JUNE 11–12, 2014
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