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Preferable Failure Mode - when the screw is over- High Axial Pull-Out Loads - similar to that
tightened, in standard lengths of engagement, the achieved using machine screws and bolts
screw will fracture within the screw threads Various Metals & Hole Types - works in punched,
Eases Assembly - low end load to initiate thread drilled, cored and extruded holes
forming, less operator fatigue No Secondary Clean-Up - forms threads in nut
Low Thread Forming Torque - increased out of members contaminated with paint, primer or weld
round point threads splatter
Speeds up Assembly - no assembly line cross- Support - provided by REMINC/CONTI and fasten-
threading er supplier personnel worldwide
Superior Vibration Resistance - eliminates need for Availability - procurement available around the
add-on locking devices world
High Prevailing Torque - provided by the Quality - official fasteners manufactured to strict
TRILOBULAR® shape standards
Deep Thread Engagements - generates strong
mating threads with uninterrupted grain flow
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TAPTITE® PRO™ Fasteners
TAPTITE® PRO™ “CA”™ screws & bolts TAPTITE® PRO™ “SP”™ screws & bolts
Rapid Hole Finding, Floating Nut Members &
For Use in Aluminum & Zinc Die Castings
Difficult to Access Applications
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TAPTITE® PRO™ Fasteners - Cost Savings
TAPTITE® PRO™ Fasteners Reduce the Cost of Assembly
When installing a simple screw, most of the assembly cost is composed of preparing the hole, tapping,
cleaning, applying locking compound, driving the screw, operator cost, etc. All of these elements make up
what we term the “Big 85™”. The actual fastener makes up only 15% of assembly costs.
A fastener, which reduces the “Big 85™”, will lower assembly costs far more effectively than buying a
cheaper fastener.
The TAPTITE® thread rolling screw family has been reducing the “Big 85™” in automotive, white goods, lawn
equipment and electronics for decades. From a history of use beginning with the 1964 Ford Mustang to the
latest cell phone, one major idea has been constant with TAPTITE® products - “In-Place Cost Savings”.
TAPTITE® PRO™ screws eliminate the costs of tapping, washers and locking compounds or even the use of a
nut. To find out how TAPTITE® PRO™ thread rolling screws can save on your assembly costs, contact our
application engineers or any of our highly-qualified licensed manufacturers listed on www.taptite.com.
Additional Costs
M4 Clinching Nut
Drill Pilot Hole
Nut
Lock Washer
Washer Assembly
COST
REDUCTION
TAPTITE® PRO™
Fastener
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TAPTITE® PRO™ Fasteners - Cost Savings
SAVINGS 61%
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TAPTITE® PRO™ Fasteners - 54 Ways
TAPTITE® PRO™ FASTENERS
Here is a partial list of the ways
TAPTITE® PRO™ screws save on tapping costs.
To see a full list of the 54 Ways TAPTITE® PRO™ screws lower the “In-Place Cost of Fastening”
go to http://www.taptite.com/pdfs/documents/54WaysTTPROCONTI-reminc.pdf
See how many ways TAPTITE® PRO™ screws can reduce “The Big 85™” on your assemblies.
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Typical TAPTITE® Product Applications
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TAPTITE® PRO™ Fasteners
For M5 & #12 or Smaller For M6 & 1/4” or Larger
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TAPTITE® PRO™ “SP”™ Fasteners
The TAPTITE® PRO™ “SP”™ fastener is well suited for use in blind holes
in “white metal” applications. The TAPTITE® PRO™ fastener has a shorter
than standard point (2-2½ threads). TAPTITE® PRO™ fasteners, maximize
full thread engagement in shallow blind holes in die castings, which is of-
ten critical in shallow depth holes. This feature along with the
TAPTITE® PRO™ Parabolic Profile™ thread form allows the end user to
eliminate excess assembly costs, and expensive secondary operations
while still maintaining strength, torque-tension relationships and the pref-
erable failure mode of an equivalent machine screw - see page 14 for hole
sizing information.
TAPTITE® PRO™ “SP”™ fasteners are used in “white metals” and therefore
are supplied with CORFLEX®-ʽN’ heat treatment to minimize the potential
of stress corrosion - see page 19 for more details.
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TAPTITE® PRO™ “CA” Fasteners
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TAPTITE® PRO™ Fasteners - Pilot Holes
NOTES: All data tables in this brochure are for guidance purposes only.
Because thread percentage values are based on a linear relationship, the percentages are less accurate for engagements less than 70%.
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TAPTITE® PRO™ Fasteners - Steel
Recommended Pilot Hole Sizes for TAPTITE® PRO™ Screws and Bolts in Steel
APPLICATION DUTY CLASS - A general term used here to group material thickness in terms of screw diameters.
For example, the average material thickness listed under “medium-heavy” equals 75% of the screw diameter which equates to 70% thread engagement. See Page 11 for
hole tolerance explanation.
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TAPTITE® PRO™ Fasteners - Light-Gauge Steel
Recommended Extruded Pilot Hole Sizes for TAPTITE® PRO™ Screws and Bolts in Light-Gauge Steel
D
T Extruding holes for fasteners in light-gauge steel nearly doubles
H the length of thread engagement over the original material
thickness. TAPTITE® PRO™ screws and bolts develop almost
twice the failure torque in extruded holes, providing maximum
R = 0.1 x T (.013mm/.005" Min.) joint integrity.
W, Typ. 0.5-0.6 x T
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TAPTITE PRO® “SP”™ Fasteners - Pilot Holes
Recommended Pilot Hole Sizes for Aluminum or Zinc Alloy
Die Castings for TAPTITE® PRO™ “SP”™ Fasteners
ØF Engagement ØH
Hole Diameter as Cast Length
Screw Hole Boss
Size Dia. Top ØA Bottom ØB Dia.
Lf - Full Ld - With
Drilled Thread Point
Max. Min. Max. Min. Min.
Metric Sizes (mm)
M2 x 0.40 1.82 1.90 1.86 1.80 1.76 4.0 5.00 3.32
M2.5 x 0.45 2.29 2.40 2.36 2.27 2.23 5.0 6.13 4.15
M3 x 0.5 2.77 2.90 2.85 2.75 2.70 6.0 7.25 4.98
M3.5 x 0.6 3.23 3.38 3.32 3.20 3.14 7.0 8.50 5.81
M4 x 0.7 3.68 3.85 3.78 3.65 3.58 8.0 9.75 6.64
M5 x 0.8 4.64 4.85 4.77 4.60 4.52 10.0 12.00 8.30
M6 x 1.0 5.54 5.79 5.71 5.49 5.41 12.0 14.50 9.96
M8 x 1.25 7.43 7.75 7.67 7.35 7.27 16.0 19.13 13.28
M10 x 1.5 9.32 9.71 9.63 9.21 9.13 20.0 23.75 16.60
M12 x 1.75 11.20 11.67 11.59 11.07 10.99 24.0 28.38 19.92
Inch Sizes (in)
2 - 56 0.078 0.082 0.080 0.077 0.075 0.172 0.217 0.143
4 - 40 0.101 0.105 0.103 0.099 0.097 0.224 0.287 0.186
6 - 32 0.124 0.130 0.127 0.122 0.119 0.276 0.354 0.229
8 - 32 0.150 0.157 0.154 0.148 0.145 0.328 0.406 0.272
10 - 24 0.171 0.179 0.176 0.169 0.165 0.380 0.485 0.315
10 - 32 0.176 0.184 0.181 0.174 0.171 0.380 0.458 0.315
12 - 24 0.197 0.206 0.203 0.195 0.191 0.432 0.537 0.359
1/4 - 20 0.227 0.237 0.234 0.224 0.221 0.500 0.625 0.415
5/16 - 18 0.287 0.299 0.296 0.283 0.280 0.624 0.764 0.518
3/8 - 16 0.347 0.361 0.358 0.342 0.339 0.750 0.908 0.623
1/2 - 13 0.465 0.484 0.481 0.459 0.456 1.000 1.193 0.830
The above table is based upon the recommended length of engagement of 2x, which allows for maximum
screw strength. Depending upon casting material, screw hardness and screw strength requirements,
different depths of engagement, both deeper and shallower, may be used.
Please visit our website (taptite.com) to use our aluminum hole calculator.
ØH ØH
ØF C'Sink Depth ØA C'Sink Depth
C'Sink Depth
Screw
Drilled Hole Cored Hole TAPTITE® PRO™ “SP” Clearance
Screw Fit
*For Drilled hole tolerances see example on page 11 * For sizes not in table, contact Engineering
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TAPTITE® PRO™ Fasteners - Torque Performance
The thread body lobulation and Parabolic Profile™ thread design of TAPTITE® PRO™ fasteners provide
torque-tension relationships similar to those that are achieved using machine screws.
Tension (kN)
100.0
80.0
40.0
20.0
0.0
0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000
Rotation - Degrees
80.0
40.0
Thread-Forming Tq.
Prevailing On Tq.
20.0
0.0
0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000
Rotation - Degrees
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TAPTITE® PRO™ Fasteners - Torque Performance
Inch Sizes (lb-in)
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TAPTITE® PRO™ Fasteners - Torque Performance
Notes:
1. Failure mode is comparable to that of an equivalent machine screw.
2. Performance was developed using Hex Flange head screws, zinc plated plus wax, driven
at low speed under laboratory conditions into cold rolled steel test plates with plain flat
steel washers under screw head to absorb tightening.
3. Values shown represent the above conditions only and should not be used in lieu of
proper application testing. Having a thicker/thinner nut member, harder/softer materi-
al, different hole, can all contribute to variations in torque performance.
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TAPTITE® PRO™ Fasteners - Vibrational Resistance
TAPTITE® PRO™ fasteners demonstrate excellent resistance to vibrational loosening, as illustrated by the
chart below.
10.0
Embedment as Test Starts
Clamp Load (Tension)
8.0
Average Retained Clamp Load of 54%
TAPTITE® Pro™ Fastener
6.0
4.0
0.0
0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0 70.0 80.0
Time
12.0
10.3 kN
Torque (Nm) or Tension (kN)
10.2 kN
10.0 9.0 Nm
8.0 Nm
8.0
6.0 5.5 kN
4.0
2.0
0.4 kN
0.0
Tq. to Achieve Aim Clamp Load Seating Clamp Load Retained Clamp Load After
Avg (Nm) Avg (kN) Vibration Test - Avg (kN)
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TAPTITE® PRO™ Fasteners - Heat Treatment
TAPTITE® PRO™ screws and bolts are available with three different types of heat
treatment, making the fasteners adaptable to a wider variety of applications.
Case Hardening
Standard heat treatment for TAPTITE® PRO™ screws in sizes M5 (#12) and smaller.
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REMINC/CONTI
Research Engineering & Manufacturing Inc. (REMINC) and Conti Fasteners AG (CONTI) have successfully marketed
TAPTITE® fastener technology internationally since 1961. Their success has been accomplished by licensing and training lead-
ing fastener producers worldwide.
The technical program in the United States is under the direction of REMINC, located in Middletown, Rhode Island
and in other countries under the direction of CONTI, situated in Baar, Switzerland. Although REMINC and CONTI are separate
corporations and operate independently, each is dependent on the other for certain functional activities.
AVAILABILITY
Currently there are over 103 authorized suppliers located in more than 27 countries utilizing the Technical Know-How, Patents,
Trademarks, and Engineering and Marketing services of REMINC/CONTI. These producers delivered a volume in excess of
17,000,000,000 pieces of TRILOBULAR™ fasteners in 2017, comprising a mix of products.
The proprietary products available in the program are marketed and sold, not as fastener items, but rather as
COST REDUCTIONS TO END-USERS OF ASSEMBLED PRODUCTS.
The proprietary fasteners offered to the assemblers are the means to an end, i.e. used to generate cost reductions while at
the same time providing reliably tightened joints.
SERVICES
ORDERING/SUPPLY Capabilities of REMINC/CONTI in support of manufacturers:
When ordering from authorized TRILOBULAR™
fastener producers, be sure in all cases to specify Technical Support
®
the TAPTITE PRO™ brand name, thread size, nom- • New Product Development • Tooling Design/Procurement
inal length, head and point style, strength grade if • Research/Development Reports • Manufacturing Guidance
CORFLEX®-ʽN’ or CORFLEX®-ʽI’ is involved, and any • Technical Manuals • Manufacturing Cost Reduction
other special features required, finish and quantity. • Technical Reports • Metallurgical Analysis
• Engineering Consultation • End-User Application Guidance
DISCLAIMER CLAUSE • Computer Aided Design/Analysis • Technical Training Seminars
The values shown in this brochure are for guidance • Engineering Training
only. They are not meant to be used for design
criteria. Their use and reliance thereon for any purpose Marketing Support
by anyone is entirely voluntary and at the sole risk • Application Definition • Customer Product Brochures
of the user. REMINC/CONTI are not responsible for • Application Reports • Technical Liaison
any loss, claim, or damage resulting from their use. • Performance Documentation • Joint Customer Visits
Consult our application engineers or the application • Sales Seminars • Cooperative Studies
engineering department of one of our many qualified • Audio/Video Materials • Trademark and Patent Use
producers for your specific application data. • Graphics
May 2018