Haeger bush inserter with aluminium panel
Our bush and stud inserting machine, a Haeger Serter-bush 618-1H, is not the most noticeable piece of plant within our workshop. It’s quiet, takes up little room and just gets on with the job, that is inserting bushes, studs, stand offs and any other plain pins, captive screws etc. From the smallest clip or bracket to large display panels the Harger bush inserter just does the job. Tooling can be changed easily from one size bush to another within minutes and we have a range of holders to enable us to get into tricky shaped sheet metal housings, channels, chassis etc. The photo here shows us inserting stand offs into an aluminium display panel being supported on stands to maintain a level surface to prevent the outer face from being damaged.
Haeger bush inserter with aluminium panel
The tooling for the Haeger bush inserter is relatively simple, consisting of a upper punch and a supporting under die plate. The range of tools can be used to cover different types of insert, size of insert and the relative difficulty of accessing the insert within the sheet metal component. The machine can provide up to 9 tons on insert force which is enough for most of the inserts that we have to deal with. Any that are large such as M10 stainless steel bushes we can insert in one of our other presses but this is the exception to the rule.
Bushes, studs and captive screws
When we are inserting fixings into sheet metal they normally consist of male and female threads. Here is a typical selection of sheet metal fastenings that we would use on sheet metal projects. You can see anchor rivet bushes with female threads, self clinch stand offs, self clinch studs and self clinch captive screws. From the slight colour differences you can see that some parts are mild steel and zinc plated while other are made from stainless steel, the captive screw colour being stainless steel. You can also get some fastenings in aluminium and some stainless steel parts in a hardened material designed especially to insert into stainless steel sheet.
Sheet metal aluminium component tray with self clinch studs inserted from the other side. The flush head design of these studs allow them to be completed pressed into the sheet thickness without sticking above the surface.
If you have a sheet metal work project that needs bushes or studs and you are now sure what to specify please give us a call on 01489 577786 and we will be happy to help you pick the right part for the job.