Engineers make several common mistakes with assembly applications that involve small screws. For instance, underestimating or overestimating failure torque can cause problems.
ASSEMBLY recently asked the following experts to share some tips on this topic: Mike Abbott, director of technical sales and licensing at Phillips Screw Co.; Dave Archer, president of Archetype Joint LLC and author of ASSEMBLY’s “Fastening Threads” column; Leon Attarian, director of global marketing at PennEngineering; Boris Baeumler, applications engineer at DEPRAG Inc.; Vic Glenn, president of Design Tool Inc.; Neil Maniccia, global product group manager for ASG Precision Fastening, a division of Jergens Inc.; Jarrod Neff, marketing manager at Visumatic Industrial Products Inc.; Greg Pflum, president of Performance Feeders Inc.; andGene Simpson, vice president of quality and engineering at Semblex Corp.