Fasteners match Colourcoat colours
Fasteners match Colourcoat colours
Keywords SEAC, Fasteners, Polymers
Fabricators using British Steel's Colourcoat prefinished steel can now specify polymer-headed screw and rivet fasteners from the SEAC Polytop range in matched colours. These fasteners are described as providing a single-step fix and finish for assembly and fabrication applications where visual appearance is important.
Polytop fasteners are self-finished, self-coloured and are said to blend unobtrusively with Colourcoat prefinished steels. As a result, they can be used in visible positions where ordinary fasteners would be unacceptable without painting, masking or capping. Because they fix and finish in a single step, they can cut production time and labour costs.
The Polytop fastener range includes polymer-headed rivets, screws and socket-drive screws to suit most industrial assembly needs.
The Polytop rivet was developed specifically for joining prefinished painted and plastic-coated sheet metals. This fastener in available as both standard and multi-grip 4.8mm diameter aluminium rivets in lengths from 10 to 25mm. Standard manual or automated rivet setting tools can be used and the raw material grip range is from 1.5 to 20.3mm.
Compatible with pneumatic wrench fixing, socket-drive Polytop screws have a colourful appearance and claim high mechanical strength. This fastener is fixed with a 12-point bi-hexagon socket that provides a degree of tamper resistance. Standard Polytop screws have a tough acetal polymer head moulded on to steel or stainless steel pozidrive screws. Both types of Polytop screws are supplied in all common screw formats in sizes from 6 to 12 gauge (M4 to M66).
Further details are available from SEAC. Tel: +44 (0)116 273 9501; Fax: +44(0) 116 273 8373.
