When designing a new product, thousands of seemingly minute engineering decisions turn into the final product. One of the most important decisions is choosing the fastener materials. While it may not sound like a big decision to a layman, it can have a profound downstream effect on the build quality,
Threaded inserts are essential in any industry where strong connections are needed, enhancing durability, design flexibility, and load-bearing capacity. Now, the need for the threaded insert is unquestioned. The hard part is deciding the material for the insert. Why? It’s because there are pros and cons for every common threaded
How custom components can help enhance durability in automotive assemblies while helping achieve bigger goals like emission standards for automakers In 2024, the CAFE standards for passenger cars stand at 54.5 MPG and are set to increase at 2% year over year for model year 2027 through 2031. Those kinds
See how the use of exotic materials, plastics and high-stress parts made threaded inserts a vital partner in the Appliance Industry As we move further into the 2020s, every household appliance seems to get more and more complicated. However, one thing remains the same: the need for seemingly simple,
Here at CFI, we’ve been working with components of all kinds for over three decades, including threaded inserts. Typically, inserts are made from brass, due to the material’s versatility thanks to its position in the material science Goldilocks zone of relative strength, cost, corrosion resistance, machinability, thermal conductivity, and lack
In our previous blog, we covered the basics of threaded inserts and more specifically, brass inserts. However, we only touched upon their use in injection molding applications. As we said in our previous blog, injection molding goes hand-in-hand with brass inserts because inserts offer a strengthened connection between plastics and
At CFI, we typically engineer custom screws, nuts and bolts for any application, however, our expertise doesn’t end there. Today we will be going over a component called brass inserts. We’ll answer basic questions like what they are, what they do, why they’re often made of brass. In addition, we’ll
As a direct supplier to automotive OEMs, CFI and its engineers have a lot of experience with automotive components. While many components have a variety of uses, threaded inserts, in particular, are widely utilized throughout the average car. In this blog, we’ll cover the most common types of inserts and
Threaded inserts are utilized to strengthen and add threads to all kinds of materials, from plastics, to composites, to woods. But, how are they utilized in the automotive sector? Inserts have found their way into cars, trucks and SUVs for a wide range of uses, from interior components, to the
Exploring the Rising Need for Threaded Inserts Amid the Increasing Adoption of Aluminum in Modern Manufacturing In 2019, according to the International Aluminum Institute, the automotive industry made up 18% of the world’s total aluminum consumption annually. That number is expected to more than double to as much as 335
