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Table of Contents
Introduction..........................................................................1
Capabilities..........................................................................2
Special Materials, Finishes and Processes.........................2
Quality Cold Formed Components...................................3-4
Ball Studs and Ball Stud Housings......................................4
CamCar Brand
TORX PLUS® Drive System...........................................5
Anti-Cross-Threading Features.......................................5
Taptite® Fasteners..........................................................6
Crimptite Fasteners.........................................................6
Drilltite Fasteners............................................................6
STRUX Clinch Products..................................................7
Socket Screw Products...................................................7
Mag-Form Thread-Forming Fasteners............................8
Magnaseal Pipe Plugs....................................................8
Crest Cup Spring Washer Assembly...............................8
CamTainer Fastening Systems.......................................9
FlorTORX II Floor Screws...............................................9
Drilltite Wall Liner Fasteners...........................................9
Delta PT Fasteners.......................................................10
PT Fasteners.................................................................10
Duro-PT Fasteners........................................................10
Plastite Fasteners..........................................................11
PlasTorx Fasteners........................................................11
Rivtex Fastening System...............................................11
Worldwide Experience in Assembly Solutions
In our challenging global economy, effective support
from suppliers is more vital than ever. Acument™ Global
Technologies is poised to be your fully-integrated partner in
every stage of the product cycle

Global Supply
Acument™ Global Technologies is the global leader in
providing fastening solutions to manufacturers around the
world.

Broad Manufacturing Capabilities

Acument™ Global Technologies has among the broadest
range of manufacturing capabilities available from the
fastening industry. From threaded fasteners to cold-formed
components and engineered assemblies, we are the global
leader in fastener manufacturing technology.

Focused on Your Needs

Acument™ Global Technologies works closely with major
manufacturers to provide fastening and assembly solutions
for new product designs. The integration of sales and
application engineering meets the increasing need for
specific solutions.

Engineered Solutions
Acument™ Global Technologies application engineers
have the know-how and equipment to uncover the optimal
solution for your application. Design assistance and
thorough testing allow you to choose the optimal fastening
technology for your unique requirements.

Engineering Services
Acument™ Global Technologies offers a full range of
services to speed your design-to-market process without
compromising quality and reliability.
• Design and applications assistance
• Metallurgical laboratory
• Product teardowns
• Product samples and prototypes
• Fastener engineering and testing laboratory
• Fastening technical education

Supply Chain Solutions

Global vendor-managed inventory programs, global
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 Capabilities
Acument™ Global Technologies offers an extensive array of cold formed, threaded fasteners to meet the needs of today’s
demanding applications

Miniature Fasteners
Many thread styles are available in sizes as small as M0.5 (#0000). These miniature
fasteners (sizes M0.5 to M2.5) provide the same cold formed quality and precision as their
larger counterparts. Sems fasteners in many of these sizes are also available.

Sems Fasteners
Many fasteners are available as assemblies with captivated washers, collars, specialized
stampings or other components.
• Eliminates hand assembly of washers and other components
• Increases productivity
• Assures proper washer to fastener match
• Simplifies purchasing and inventory control
• Eliminates lost, dropped or forgotten components

Engineered assemblies, which combine metal, plastic and other components into one
subassembly, are also available.

Special Materials, Finishes & Processes

Camtronic® Galling-Resistant Material

Features
• High-strength material
• Corrosion resistance equal to stainless steel
• Can be used with MICROtech® cleaning process to meet Class 100 Clean Room
requirements

Benefits
• Overcomes galling and seizing which can occur when fastening into stainless steel or
aluminum
• Reduces contamination and rework to improve productivity and reduce costs

MICROtech® Finish
Features
• Electrochemical cleaning process
• Meets Class 100 Clean Room specifications
• Special bagging available

Benefits
• Removes surface imperfections that can damage high-tech applications
• Lowers drive torque for easier installation
• Eliminates in-house cleaning operations
• Highly polished appearance


Fastening Solutions
 Quality Cold Formed Components
Through state-of-the-art technology, unsurpassed expertise and strict attention to detail, our cold forming capabilities offer
solutions that reduce costs, enhance quality and improve productivity

Features
• Unique and diverse shapes, including parts with multiple
diameters, extrusions, blind hold and through holes
• Large head-to-shank ratios possible
• Eccentric or asymmetrical bodies possible
• Parts can be formed to net or near-net shape, which requires
fewer secondary operations to achieve the final shape

Benefits
• Improved strength and reliability through work hardening
and an uninterrupted grain flow
• Improved surface finish over screw-machined components
• Reduced scrap rates
• High production rates
• Multi-piece components can be manufactured as a single
component
• Increased strength and lowered costs over screw
machined components

Available Materials
Low carbon steel: 1005, 1008, 1010, 1018, 1022
Medium carbon steel: 1030, 1035, 1038, 1040, 1045, 1050
Alloy steel: 1541, 4037, 4130, 4140, 4340, 8620, 8640, 8740
Tool steel: 52100, M2
Copper: CDA102, ETP110
Brass: CDA220, CDA230, CDA260, CDA270
Bronze: Silicon, Commercial
Aluminum: 2017, 2024, 6061, 5056
Stainless steel: 302HQ, 316L, 321, 405, 410, 420, 431,
430F, 17-4PH, A286, Camtronic®
Titanium:
Other materials may be available. Please contact your
Acument™ Global Technologies representative for details.

Available Heat Treat

Several types of heat treatment are available to meet desired
hardness, strength and ductility characteristics, including:
• Through hardening
• Case hardening
• Annealing
• Selective hardening/selective induction
• Carbonnitriding

Platings
Acument Global Technologies has a wid array of platings
available to meet your specific requirements for corrosion
resistance, lubricity and appearance.

Fastening Solutions
 Quality Cold Formed Components
Size Ranges
Diameters: 1.27mm to 41mm (.020” to 1.6”)
Lengths: 355mm (14”) under head with diameters up to 22mm (.875”)

Actual sizes are dependant on the complexity and material of the component. Please contact an Acument Global
Technologies applications engineer for assistance.

Secondary Operations
• roll forming • assembly
• roll threading • milling
• grinding • broaching
• reheading • slotting
• burnishing • finishing
• drilling • trimming
• tapping • flattening
• turning/shaving • slotting/sawing
• knurling

Ball Studs & Ball Stud Housings

Cold formed ball studs and ball stud housings provide the precision, strength and reliability you assembly requires.

Features
• Cold formed to near-net shape
• CNC machining and other secondary operations are
used to meet tight tolerance requirements and improve
performance
• Ball studs up to 2¾” in diameter upset with 1⅝” body
• Ball stud housings can include wide flange, blind holes,
through holes, threads and more as required
• On-site metallurgical analysis available
• Hardened to customer requirements

Benefits
• Uninterrupted grain flow maximizes strength
• Improved surface finish reduces friction in rotation
• Improved torque and wear characteristics
• Improved fatigue life
• Compatible with metallic and non-metallic bearing
designs


Fastening Solutions
 TORX PLUS® Drive System
This patented drive system has been proven to outperform and outlast every other drive system available today.

Features
• 0º drive angle
• Elliptical geometric configuration maximizes drive bit engagement
• Large cross-sectional area at lobes
• Vertical sidewalls

Benefits
• Provides an average 100% improvement in drive bit life
• Can reduce assembly downtime by reducing the number of bit changes and rework larger
elliptically-based
cross-sectional
• Optimizes torque transfer area at lobes geometry

• Virtually eliminates camout

• Reduces end load and worker fatigue 0° drive
angle
• Reduces annual drive bit costs

AUTOSERT® Feature
Designed to allow high rpm engagement in automated and other assembly situations
broad contact
surface

Features Variations
• Compound angle drive ramps • Tamper resistant
• Self-centering action • Dual -drive system fasteners
• External TORX PLUS® Drive
Benefits • Stem Fasteners/Double-end studs
• Eases starting, even in off-angle conditions • External Drive with Low-Profile head
• Speeds tool engagement
• Reduces assembly time

Anti-Cross-Threading Features
Acupoint® and MAThread® fasteners allow rapid thread engagement on the assembly line

Benefits
• Compensates for off-angle and off-center conditions
• Resists cross-threading and no-start conditions
• Reduces scrap, rework and in-place costs

Acupoint® Fasteners
Features
• Truncated spherical point
• Point length and diameter designed to avoid thread engagement in misaligned conditions
• Compact design reduces overall length of fastener
• Economical design, since point is roll-formed
truncated spherical point

MAThread® Fasteners
Features
• Rounded point
• Different point styles available to meet the needs of specific applications
rounded point

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 Taptite® Fasteners
Taptite® fasteners roll-form threads as they are seated.

relief areas
Features
• Trilobular thread form
• Tight dimensional tolerance controls thread forming lobes

• Consistent thread profile

• Sizes from M1.6 to M16 (#000 to 5/8”)

Benefits
• Eliminates tapping costs
• Generates strong mating threads
• Resists vibration loosening
• Minimal radial stress reduces boss failure

Crimptite® Fasteners
With its engineered head design, Crimptite® fasteners are virtually immune to strip-out.

Features
• Undercut washer head
• Shank threaded into undercut area to allow full engagement even in this sheet metals
• Smooth or serrated bearing surface
• Available in a variety of thread and point styles
• Sizes from M3 to M8 (#4 to 5/16”)

Benefits
• Virtually eliminates stripout
• Resists vibration loosening
• Allows use of thinner sheet metals
• High torque capability
• Excellent for grounding screw applications undercut
head

Drilltite® Fasteners
These precision-engineered screws drill, tap and fasten all in one efficient and economical operation.

Features
• Dual-processed points (cold formed and milled)
• Variety of thread styles available
• Sizes from M3 to M8 (#4 to 5/16”)
• Low carbon steel or stainless steel

Benefits
• Eliminates drilling and tapping operations
• Provides a stronger drill point
• Allows fast, positive drilling in a variety of materials
• Assures accurately-sized holes
• Speeds assembly operations


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 STRUX® Clinch Products
An easy to install, more reliable alternative to other staked or welded fasteners.

Features
• Displacement lobes
• Retaining ring
• Retaining groove

Benefits displacement
lobes resist
• Resists rotation and push-out rotation

• Facilitates assembly of hard-to-reach components

• Eliminates welding operations
• Can be used on non-weldable materials
• Can be installed using automated equipment

STRUX® Clinch Studs

• Machine threads or others as specified
• Available as double-end studs

STRUX® Clinch Nuts

• Available with tapped or untapped hole
• Prevalock feature available to help prevent engaging bolt from rotating

STRUXtite® Clinch Studs

Unhardened and untapped STRUX® clinch nut for use with a Taptite® fastener. The fastener roll-forms threads in the nut
to create a work-hardened, reliable joint

Socket Screw Products

A wide variety of these high strength fasteners are in-stock, ready to meet your fastening needs.

Features
• Meet ANSI and ASTM standards
• Heat-treated alloy steel
• Inch and metric sizes available
• Hex or TORX PLUS® Drive System
• CAMGRIP® or Nylok® patch available
• Zinc plating available on some styles

Benefits
• Provide reliable performance in a wide range of applications
• Documentation and traceability ensure a high quality product
• Broad product selection allows vendor consolidation
• In-stock to meet your JIT efforts

Styles
• Socket Head Screw Caps • Socket Set Screws
• Socket Head shoulder Screws • Pull-Out Dowel Pins
• Socket Low Head Cap Screws • Drive Bits and Keys
• Flat Countersunk Head Cap Screws • Socket Pressure Plugs (Dryseal & Flush
• Flanged Button Head Cap Screws • Hardened Ground Machined Dowel Pins

Fastening Solutions
 Mag-Form® Thread-forming Fasteners
Mag-Form® fasteners were engineered to minimize debris generation when tapping into conventional magnesium die-
castings and other low-ductile materials.

Features
• Lobular Configuration
• Wide-spaced thread design
• Broad flank angle compresses, rather than roll-forms,
threads into the mating material
wide
spaced
Benefits thread
design
• Minimizes debris generation
• Forms strong threads in low-ductile materials
• Easily removed and reinserted for service in the field

Magnaseal® Pipe Plugs

Magnaseal® thread-forming fasteners eliminate tapping costs and show improved sealing over other plug designs.

Features
• Thread style forms NPTF-standard threads
• Unique, annular sealing rings provide 360° seal
• Tapered body
• Available with or without external head annular rings
provide 360° seal

Benefits
• Eliminates time and expense of tapping and risk of cross-threading
• Resists spiral leakage
• Can be replaced with an NPTF pipe plug for field serviceability
• Reduces the need for additional sealing compounds

Crest Cup® Spring Washer Assembly

Outstanding engineering and versatility make the Crest Cup® spring washer assembly the ideal alternative to helical/flat
washer assemblies and most other commonly-used washers.

Features
• Washer stamped into broad pentagonal shape variety of fasteners
• Manufacturing method forms burr upwards, producing a styles available

truly flat bearing surface, free of sharp edges

• Preassembled to fasteners

broad pentagonal
Benefits shape

• Can eliminate double washer combinations

• Eliminates handling of loose washers and screws
• Adapts easily to automatic assembly equipment
• Maximizes joint integrity truly flat bearing
• Helps prevent embedding, notching and marring in surface

application materials


Fastening Solutions
 Camtainer® Fastening Systems
Camtainer® fastening systems are ideal for truck assemblies, including FRP/GRP applications.

Features
• Low-Profile steel or molded head
• Knurled shoulder
• TORX® nuts

Benefits
• Provides high-torque and excellent structural strength
TORX® nut
• Provides high resistance to vibration loosening
• Tamper resistant

FlorTORX® II Floor Screws

FlorTORX® fasteners form their own mating threads in cross members, easing assembly of truck trailer and other floor-
ing operations.

Features
• TORX® Drive System TORX® drive

• Countersunk head
• Twin-lead thread design
• Forms own threads
twin-lead
thread

Benefits
• Lowers required drive torque
• Speeds assembly
• Increases resistance to strip-out and pull out

Drilltite® Wall Liner Fasteners

Special combination of features eases assembly and increases reliability of interior plyboard applications.

Features
• Wafer head with locking serrations
• Round-body Taptite® threads
locking
• Drilltite® self-drilling point serrations

• Zinc and yellow chromate finish

round-body
Benefits Taptite®
threads
• Self-drilling point an self-tapping threads reduce
assembly steps
• Minimizes loosening from vibration Drilltite®
self-drilling
• Provides 25-30% greater back-out resistance point

• Wafer head sits flush with plywood


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 Delta PT® Fasteners
Delta PT® fasteners are engineered to create optimal material flow during installation, resulting in better clamp loads and
increased joint life in a wide range of plastic materials.

Features
• Flank geometry engineered to provide better material
flow during installation combined with high flank
engagement
• Large fastener cross-section increases shear area and
fastener strength
• Optimized pitch allows high clamp loads with smaller
contact pressure

Benefits
• Minimizes radial stress
• Offers increased fatigue life
• Provides increased torsional and tensile strength

PT® Fasteners
PT® fasteners are engineered to provide increased thread engagement in thermoplastic applications.

Features
• Narrow 30° thread profile
• Optimum thread pitch
• Round body
• Recessed thread root 30° thread
profile

Benefits
• Provides maximum resistance to back-out and pull-out recessed
thread root
• Minimizes boss failure

Duro-PT® Fasteners
Duro PT® thread cutting fasteners are engineered to meet the demanding requirements of thermoset plastics.

Features
• Asymmetrical 30° thread profile, inclined toward load surface
• Optimal thread pitch
• Recessed thread root
• Shank slot 30° thread
profile

Benefits
• Cuts threads in stiffer plastics recessed
thread root
• Minimizes installation torque
• Maximizes assembly performance
shank slot

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 Plastite® Fasteners
Plastite® fasteners combine a unique trilobular body with a narrow thread profile to maximize performance in
thermoplastics.

Features
• Three thread angel/helix angle combinations available to
meet the needs of specific applications
• Trilobular configuration
narrow thread
profile
Benefits
• Reduces possibility of boss failure trilobular

• Increases product reliability body

• Eliminates need for inserts and lock washers

PlasTORX® Fasteners
PlasTORX® metal fasteners can be molded directly into plastic, replacing metal stamping and fastener assemblies.

Features
• Hex-lobular TORX® configuration
• Flange on top of head
• Threaded shank for nut member
• Designed to be molded directly into component or carrier TORX®
strips configuration

flange

Benefits
• Allows multiple fasteners to be installed at one time,
increasing assembly efficiency fastener
molded
• Provides maximum resistance to rotation and pull-out into
material
• Ideal for materials susceptible to cracking

Rivtex® Fastening System

Rivtex® fasteners are an excellent solution for high strength steel sheets and aluminum sheets, where welding is
impossible or impractical.

Features
• Clinch studs, clinch nuts and pierce-clinch nuts available
• Optimal performance in high strength steel sheets and
thin aluminum sheets
• Many automated installation systems available
• Can be installed in-die, unlike welding operations

Benefits
• Provides high resistance to rotation and push-out
• Can replace welding operations and be used with
materials that can not be welded
• Can speed the assembly process

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