EJOT FDS

The self piercing and

extruding screw for
high-strength sheet joints

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Contents

Your contact:

The product

Operational characteristics

Designs

10

Design recommendations

12

Assembly recommendations

14

Properties in use

16

Application engineering

18

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Imprint
Editor:
EJOT GmbH & Co. KG
Industrial Fasteners Division
D57334 Bad Laasphe
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EJOT GmbH & Co. KG

Industrial Fasteners Division
D57334 Bad Laasphe
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by EJOT GmbH & Co. KG
EJOT, FDS, ALtracs and EJOMAT are registered
trademarks of EJOT GmbH & Co. KG.
TORX, TORX PLUS and AUTOSERT are registered
trademarks of Camcar, Div. of Textron, Rockford IL.
All technical data may be subject to technical
improvements.

Convincing facts about the EJOT FDS joint

l removable and highstrength screw joint, without part

preparations like punching or drilling

The product

l no problems regarding hole overlapping of clearance

and pilot hole

l no material waste while forming the through draught /

no chips during thread forming

l several metric threads are engaged

l safety margine concerning a large distance between

installation and stripping torque

l high shearing strength and pull-out force

l assembly in different sheet surfaces is possible

l high break loose torque and vibration resistance

l repeat assemblies also possible by using standard

maschine screws (ordinary)

l earthing assemblies (e.g. to DIN VDE 0700 or UL)

are practical

l easy to disassemble and recyclable

l low overall joint costs

The product

example in practice: white-good industry

example in practice: automotive industry

Secure screw joints for steel and aluminium sheets

Steel is still the most dominating material for designs within
the sheet metal industry due to its advantageous characteristics in terms of processing and application. But steel
is increasingly in competition to specic lighter materials
i.e. aluminium. Knowing this, the steel industry has developed a number of new steel sheet materials in recent years,
which are showing higher strength by equal good deformation qualities. Besides the common cold-rolled soft steels
DC01-DC06 (according DIN EN 10130) as the typical steel
for deep-drawing, micro alloyed thin sheets with higher
yield strength H240M (ZStE 260) H400M (ZStE 420)
according DIN EN 10268 (SEW093) and Dual-Phase steels
type DP according SEW 097 part 2 are worth mentioning.
Both materials play a signicant roll in the eld of high
strength steel sheet assemblies.
In the automotive industry, not hardenable AlMg and
AlMgMn alloys from the 5000er group and thermic hardenable AlMgSi alloys from the 6000er group, in strength
grade T4 up to T6, are being used mainly - grades T4 / T5
for sheet materials and grade T6 preferably for extrusions.
The maximum exploitation of the respective properties
for those steel and aluminium materials requires often
reconsidering of the common assembly technique, in particular by joining together different materials.
The ow drilling EJOT FDS Screw opens up new possibilities for high strength screw joints, due to the increase of
thread engagement in the formed trough draught.
The female metric thread, formed without chips during
insertion process, is to DIN and therefore enables a standard machine screw being used for repair purposes.
Due to the backlash-free thread engagement of several
metric threads, the screw joint is waterproof and gastight
and withstands also high pull out and shear forces. The
created heat during the through draught forming process
is below the needed temperature for the recrystallization
of assembly materials and therefore harmless. The FDS
assembly is regarded as a heat poor assembly method.
Due to the remaining temperature in the joint after the initial
assembly, shrinking of the through draught onto the screw
thread takes place. High dynamic safety of the screw joint
is achieved with this effect.
Therefore additional safety elements like locking patches
can be eliminated.
Due to the lack of component preparation like drilling or
punching, known tolerance issues and lining up of clearance holes are things of the past. The possibility of one
sided assembly with FDS makes an installation into hollow
proles or extrusions possible without holding-up.

Stages of the FDS assembly

1. Warming up the sheet metal by end load and high speedl

Operational characteristics

2. Penetration into the material

3. Forming of the through draught
4. Chipless forming of female machine thread
5. Engagement of full threads
6. Tightening with the pre-set torque

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

Temperature pictures of a FDS joint

1. Heating
2. Penetrating

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

3. Through draught forming

4. Thread forming
5. Engangement of full threads
6. Tightening

Fastening parameter
Material:
0,8 mm steel plate
DC 04 (without pilot hole)
Screw:

EJOT FDS M 3,5

Driver speed:

2300 rpm

Due to the multipurpose application structure of sheet

assemblies, several types of the EJOT FDS fastener have
been developed.
The type Standard is usually prefered for full automatic
assembly without pilot hole.
For simple manual assembly a pilot hole in combination
with the type PKS is useful.
For manual assembly without a pilot hole, the type BS is
recommended. Only in this case please consider the swarf
(chips) during the drilling process.

Designs

Concerning the types PKS and BS the process of prepunching respectively drilling facilitates the penetration into the
sheet metal. The necessary end load for the assembly can
be reduced by about 50 %. As the diameter of the pilot
hole or of the drill point is smaller than the core diameter
of the screw, a through draught is formed of the remaining
sheet metal as well.
The bottom diagram on page 11 shows corresponding
diameters for prepunched holes.

End load as a function of the screw point type and

prepunching at constant assembly times

Fz [N]

sheet metal thickness [mm]

Designs
Type

Standard

PKS

BS

Screw material

case hardened mild steel

Surfaces

Chrom VIfree surfaces:

zinc clear / blue passivated
zinc clear / blue passivated + EJOSEAL (240h resistance to Zn-corrosion)
ZnFe or ZnNi, transparent passivated (with or without black top coats)
zinc flake coatings (with or without black top coats)
ZnNi / black passivated

case hardened mild steel,

stainless steel

case hardened mild steel

Different plating upon request!

Application

fastening
without prepunching

fastening
with prepunching

fastening
without prepunching

Installation material

steel
aluminium
magnesium

steel
aluminium
magnesium
stainless steel

steel
aluminium
magnesium

Characteristics

fastening without
prepunching

pilot hole diameter about

half the nominal screw
diameter

fixing into unpunched

sheet metals

tolerance-free assembly,
because of no misalignment
with clearence hole

due to the bigger clearance

hole compare to the smaller
pilot hole, some tolerances
can be compensated (S. 11)

tolerance-free assembly,
because of no misalignment
with clearence hole

suited espacially
for automated assembly

preferable for
manual assembly

suited for automated and

manual assembly

extremly high joint strength

low end load

low end load

onesided assembly

onesided assembly

onesided assembly

ideal screw for safe assembly

and dynamic loads

despite the pilot hole there is

high process safety and joint
strength

high joint strength

0,3 2,0 mm
0,3 3,5 mm
1,0 - 3,5 mm

0,4 2,0 mm
0,4 3,0 mm
1,0 - 3,5 mm
0,4 1,5 mm

the through draught is about the through draught is about

3 times as high as the original twice as high as the original
sheet metal thickness
sheet metal thickness

0,4 2,0 mm
0,4 3,0 mm
1,0 - 3,5 mm

the through draught is about

twice as high as the original
sheet metal thickness

Designs

Nominal-
External thread-

d1

In case of manual assembly with

TORX it is recommended to use
a TORXALIGN bit, e.g. STICK FIT
bits by TORX PLUS drives.

M3
3,0

M 3,5
3,5

M4
4,0

M5
5,0

M6
6,0

WN 2141

Head-
Head height
Washer thickness
H-crosspenetration
recess
depth
Z-crosspenetration
recess
depth
Cross size H/Z

D
K
s
min.
t
max.
min.
t
max.

7,50
2,40
0,80
1,07
1,70
1,08
1,54
1

8,50
2,50
0,90
1,33
1,96
1,40
1,86
2

10,00
3,20
1,10
1,98
2,61
2,01
2,47
2

12,00
4,00
1,30
2,24
2,90
2,27
2,73
3

14,00
4,60
1,50
2,84
3,50
2,91
3,37
3

WN 2142

Head-
Head height
H-crosspenetration
recess
depth
Z-crosspenetration
recess
depth
Cross size H/Z

D
K
min.
t
max.
min.
t
max.

6,00
2,40
1,70
2,00
1,68
1,93
1

7,00
2,70
1,74
2,24
1,65
2,11
2

8,00
3,10
2,04
2,54
1,90
2,36
2

10,00
3,80
2,77
3,27
2,64
3,10
2

12,00
4,60
3,03
3,53
3,02
3,48
3

WN 2143

Head-
Cyl. head height
Radius
H-crosspenetration
recess
depth
Z-crosspenetration
recess
depth
Cross size H/Z

D
cmax
R max
min.
t
max.
min.
t
max.

5,60
0,55
0,80
1,50
1,80
1,48
1,73
1

6,50
0,55
0,95
1,40
1,90
1,34
1,80
2

7,50
0,65
1,00
1,90
2,40
1,60
2,06
2

9,20
0,75
1,30
2,10
2,60
2,05
2,51
2

11,00
0,85
1,60
2,80
3,30
2,46
2,92
3

WN 2147

Washer-
Head height
Washer thickness
Width across ats

D
K
s
SW

7,50
3,00
0,60
5,00

8,30
3,40
0,80
5,50

9,00
3,80
0,80
5,50

11,00
4,30
1,00
7,00

13,00
5,00
1,20
8,00

All cross recess and TORX drives are also available as combi drives.

EJOT FDS

Z-cross recess

H-cross recess

WN
2147

WN
2143

WN
2142

WN
2141

Designs

WN 2151

Nominal-
External thread-

d1

Head-
Head height
Washer thickness

D
K
s

Penetration depth
WN 2152

Head-
Head height

Amax.
min.
t
max.
D
K

Penetration depth
WN 2153

Head-
Cyl. Head height
Radius

Amax.
min.
t
max.
D
f
cmax
R max

Penetration depth

Amax.
min.
t
max.

All WN-specifications
according to types:

Standard

PKS

BS

Example of ordering:
Description of EJOT FDS screw 4 mm and length 20 mm
a) type Standard with Zcross recess according to WN 2141:
b) type PKS with TORX recess according to WN 2152:
c) type BS with hexagonal heat according toWN 2147:

EJOT FDS

ambit

WN
2153

WN
2152

WN
2151

EJOT FDS screw M4 x 20 WN2141Z

EJOT FDS screw M4 x 20 PKS WN2152
EJOT FDS screw M4 x 20 BS WN2147

M3
3,0

M 3,5
3,5

M4
4,0

M5
5,0

M6
6,0

7,50
2,40
0,70
T10
2,80
1,00
1,30

8,50
2,60
0,80
T15
3,35
1,20
1,50

10,00
3,30
1,00
T20
3,95
1,40
1,80

12,00
3,60
1,20
T25
4,50
1,60
2,00

14,00
4,20
1,40
T30
5,60
2,00
2,40

6,00
2,40
T10
2,80
1,00
1,30

7,00
2,70
T15
3,35
1,20
1,50

8,00
3,10
T20
3,95
1,40
1,80

10,00
3,80
T25
4,50
1,60
2,00

12,00
4,60
T30
5,60
2,00
2,40

5,60
0,75
0,55
0,80
T10
2,80
1,00
1,30

6,50
0,90
0,55
0,95
T15
3,35
1,20
1,50

7,50
1,00
0,65
1,00
T20
3,95
1,40
1,80

9,20
1,25
0,75
1,30
T25
4,50
1,60
2,00

11,00
1,00
0,85
1,60
T30
5,60
2,00
2,40

Special variations / Examples

Special variations are available.

Please contact the EJOT application engineers to realize your multifunctinal design.
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In many applications the EJOT FDS can be used with

existing products.
The following notes are for the design of existing and
new products.
The usable thread length b of EJOT FDS screws is
depending on the parts thickness S1 and the metal sheet
thickness S2.
It is given by:

Design recommendations

b = S1 + 3 x S2 without prepunching (type Standard)

b = S1 + 2 x S2 with prepunching (type PKS and BS)

S1

The corresponding nominal screw length L can be taken

from the accompanying table below.

S2

Example
S1 = 4,50 mm, S2 = 0,75 mm:

without prepunching
b = (4,50 + 3 x 0,75) mm = 6,75 mm
with prepunching
b = (4,50 + 2 x 0,75) mm = 6,00 mm

For an FDS M5 Standard (unpuched) the accompanying

table provides a usable thread length of b = 6,90 mm
according to a nominal length of L = 18 mm.
For assembly with prepunching therefore a
FDS M5 x 14 PKS with usable thread length of
b = 6,20 mm according to a nominal length of L = 14 mm.
Manufacturing range
EJOT FDS
screw

M3
Standard

PKS

M3,5
BS

Standard

PKS

Length L [mm]

Standard

PKS

M5
BS

Standard

PKS

M6
BS

Standard

PKS

BS

Usable thread length b [mm]

9 + 0,4

2,40

4,70

10 + 0,8

3,40

5,70

2,40

4,90

4,60

12 + 0,8

5,40

7,70

4,40

6,90

6,60

3,10

5,70

5,40

14 + 0,8

7,40

9,70

6,40

8,90

8,60

5,10

7,70

7,40

2,90

6,20

6,10

16 + 0,8

9,40

11,70

8,40

10,90

10,60

7,10

9,70

9,40

4,90

8,20

8,10

2,90

6,60

5,90

18 + 0,8

11,40

13,90

10,40

12,90

12,60

9,10

11,70

11,40

6,90

10,20

10,10

4,90

8,60

7,90

20 + 0,8

13,40

15,70

12,40

14,90

14,60

11,10

13,70

13,40

8,90

12,20

12,10

6,90

10,60

9,90

25 + 0,8

17,40

19,90

19,60

16,10

18,70

18,40

13,90

17,20

17,10

11,90

15,60

14,90

30 + 0,8

22,40

24,90

24,60

21,10

23,70

23,40

18,90

22,20

22,10

16,90

20,60

19,90

35 + 1,0

26,10

28,70

28,40

23,90

27,20

27,10

21,90

25,60

24,90

40 + 1,0

31,10

33,70

33,40

28,90

32,20

32,10

26,90

30,60

29,90

45 + 1,0

33,90

37,20

37,10

31,90

35,60

34,90

50 + 10

38,90

42,20

42,10

36,90

40,60

39,90

55 + 1,0

43,90

47,20

47,10

41,90

45,60

44,90

60 + 1,0

46,90

50,60

49,90

70 + 1,0

56,90

60,60

59,90

Special lengths upon request.

= minimal length for WN2143 und 2153

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M4
BS

Recommended clearance hole dD [mm]

By owdrilling, a small portion of the formed part is owing
opposite to the fastening direction and creating a bulge
that has to be accommodated by the upper parts clearance-hole. Therefore we recommend the following hole
diameter.

Design recommendations

dD
dW

FDS

M3

M3,5

M4

M5

M6

S1

dD

3,6 4,0

4,3 4,8

5,1 5,7

6,7 7,4

8,2 9,1

S2

Clearance hole dD for clamped material

dW : bulge diameter
dD : clearance hole

Recommendation hole diameter d V [mm] for

type PKS
The optimum hole diameter depends on the respective
requirement and is stipulated in an application specic way.

sheet thickness S2 in mm

FDS

M3

M3,5

M4

M5

M6

0,5

1,0 1,5

1,2 1,7

1,5 2,0

1,8 2,5

S1

0,63

1,2 1,6

1,4 1,8

1,5 2,2

1,8 2,5

2,0 3,0

S2

0,75

1,4 1,8

1,5 2,0

1,5 2,5

2,0 2,8

2,0 3,2

0,88

1,6 2,0

1,6 2,2

1,8 2,5

2,0 3,0

2,5 3,5

1,00

1,8 2,4

2,0 2,8

2,5 3,5

2,5 3,8

1,25

2,2 - 2,6

2,2 2,8

2,8 3,8

3,0 4,5

1,50

2,6 - 3,2

3,2 - 3,8

3,6 - 4,8

1,75

3,4 - 4,0

3,8 - 5,0

2,00

3,7 - 4,2

3,8 - 5,0

Pilot hole dV for the installation part (type PKS)

dV : pilot hole diameter
dD : clearance hole

Note for manual assembly

For manual assembly into sheet metal thicker than:
steel > 0,80 mm; Aluminium > 1,25 mm a higher end load
is necessary. As a result we recommend the use of either a
pilot hole or our FDS type BS.
Another possibility is employing the use of a pneumatic end
load initiated drive tool, which allows a manual assembly in
sheet metal thicknesses up to 1,50 mm (steel) and
2,00 mm (aluminium) without installation part preparation.

When fastening into sheet metal steel > 2,0 mm we recommended

the use of the EJOT Spiralform screws or EJOT drill screws, for
aluminium > 3,5 mm the use of the EJOT ALtracs screws.

For more informations about the design and

design or assembly recommendations please
contact:
phone +49 2752 109-123
fax
+49 2752 109-268
e-mail: hotline@ejot.de

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Fastening
During the fastening process the following graph of the
installation torque can be observed over time.

Assembly recommendations

Through draught forming

torque [Nm]

Thread forming
Engagements of full threads
Tightening
The fastening time which is necesarry for EJOT FDS
mainly depends upon the owdrilling process.
Parameters are:
l Screw diameter
l Type of screw point
l driver tool speed
l sheet thickness
l sheet quality / material specication
l end load
l part preparation yes / no
time [s]

Corresponding data for your application purpose will be

established for you.

Driver Tool Selection

For the owdrilling process a certain end load and a high
driver speed are necessary as well as a certain driver
torque for thread forming and tightening. This combination
of high speed and torque requires powerful driver tools,
which have been developed in cooperation with several
tool manufacturers.
Generally all well-known manufacturers of manually and
automatically operating driver tools are offering corresponding devices in their programmes. Driver tools should
basically be used with a speed of 2000 to 5000 rpm.

FA [N]

250

200

The necessary assembly data like driver speed and tightening torque are depending on
150

l
l
l
l
l

100

50
1000

12

1500

2000

2500

3000

3500

4000

n0 [rpm]

sheet:

DC 04 0,75 mm

screw:

EJOT FDS M3,5 x 14, without part preparation

sheet:

DC 04 0,75 mm

screw:

EJOT FDS M3,5 x 14, with 60 punch mark

sheet thickness
material strength
surface treatment
material of the clamped part
requirements of the screw joint.

For manual assembly pneumatic screw drivers with adjustable shut-off clutch are most common.
For fully automated assembly both pneumatic and electric spindels (brushless DC or AC motor) are suitable.
To check the inuence of these parameters, often an
assembly test is recommended, which could be carried out
in the laboratory EJOT APPLITEC.

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In comparison with mechanical joining methods and

spot welding the University at Paderborn (Germany), has
tested the FDS assembly regarding peeling and shearing
strengthness.
Shown are the results of the FDS joining, the mechanical methods of clinch joining and self piercing riveting and
spot welding.
Beside the two diagrams an additional gure shows
the strengthness of an FDS joint with adhesive bonding
(Hybrid).

Properties in use

material arrangement
ZStE 340; t=1,00 mm
ZStE 340; t=1,00 mm

peeling strength

clinch joining

self piercing riveting

spot
welding

100

no. of samples
7

80

audit procedure
peeling strength test

80

60

40

20

60

40

20

0
Typ A*

Typ B*

STHN*

STVN*

WPS*

FDS

Fm [kN]

1,21

1,35

1,56

0,68

2,27

2,98

W0,3Fmax [J]

5,86

7,35

8,58

1,29

26,94

33,92

100

Hybrid

W0,3*Fm [J]

Fm [kN]

self
piercing
screw

* Hahn, O.; Schulte, A.: Ergebnisse aus P 283 Eignung des Durchsetzfgens und des Stanznietens zum Fgen hherfester Stahlbleche,
Studiengesellschaft Stahlanwendung e.V., 1995

joining methods
clinch joining
typ A: round point 8 mm
(fixed dye)
typ B: round point 8 mm
(dye with sliding pieces)
self piercing riveting
STHN: semitubular rivet 5,3 mm
STVN: solid rivet 4,0 mm
spot welding
WPS: lens 5,2 mm
self piercing screw
FDS M5

Universitt Paderborn, LWF

Prof. O. Hahn, C. Bye

FDS M5 +
adhesive

W0,3*Fm [J]

Fm [kN]

3,63

Fm [kN]

37,87

W0,3Fmax [J]

peeling strength Fm and energy absorption W0,3*Fm of different joining methods in steel (ZStE 340)

material arrangement
ZStE 340; t=1,00 mm
ZStE 340; t=1,00 mm

25

clinch joining

self piercing riveting

spot
welding

250

no. of samples
7

25

200

audit procedure
shearing strength test

20

200

15

150

15

150

10

100

50

0
Typ A*

Typ B*

STHN*

STVN*

WPS*

FDS

Fm [kN]

2,96

3,64

4,29

2,75

7,74

4,23

W0,3Fmax [J]

4,61

6,23

15,41

5,72

22,23

33,69

* Hahn, O.; Schulte, A.: Ergebnisse aus P 283 Eignung des Durchsetzfgens und des Stanznietens zum Fgen hherfester Stahlbleche,
Studiengesellschaft Stahlanwendung e.V., 1995

joining methods
clinch joining
typ A: round point 8 mm
(fixed dye)
typ B: round point 8 mm
(dye with sliding pieces)
self piercing riveting
STHN: semitubular rivet 5,3 mm
STVN: solid rivet 4,0 mm
spot welding
WPS: lens 5,2 mm
self piercing screw
FDS M5
Universitt Paderborn, LWF
Prof. O. Hahn, C. Bye

shearing strength Fm and energy absorption W0,3*Fm of different joining methods in steel (ZStE 340)

14

250

Hybrid

W0,3*Fm [J]

Fm [kN]

20

self
piercing
riveting

W0,3*Fm [J]

shearing strength

Fm [kN]

10

100

50

FDS M5 +
adhesive

18,96

Fm [kN]

163,78

W0,3Fmax [J]

To be able to take full advantage of the high-strength

steelsmaterial properties, it is necessary to choose suitable joining methods.
Spot welded samples, e.g. of dual-phase steel DPK30/50 and soft unalloyed steel DC 04, show a 2 up to 3
times higher fatigue behaviour under cyclic load.
When choosening the joining method of EJOT FDS ,the
fatigue behaviour of component samples of dual-phase
steel is strongly improved by factor 10 again, compared to
the soft unalloyed steel.

Properties in use

Dynamic strength of EJOT FDS joints

H-Scherzugprobe

1,00E+02

DP-K30/50 (t=1,0 mm)

(t=1,0 mm)

10 x screws
FDS SF M6x20
1,00E+01

10 x spot welding
dp = 5 t

R = 0,1
f = 20/30 Hz

Criterion for
break of:
40%
loss of stiffness
or
N= 2E+06
1,00E+00
1,00E+04

1,00E+05

1,00E+06

number of cycles to failure N

A company
of ThyssenKrupp
Steel

ThyssenKrupp Stahl

1,00E+07

Method of analysis
(Perlschnurverfahren)
F= C x N -1/k

TK

load amplitude F [kN]

DC 04

Inuence of joining method and sheet steel grade of fatigue strength

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Example:
EJOT FLLASH
The innovative fastening system not only for tube
and uid lines.
EJOT FLLASH is a combination of a thermoplastic clip
and an integrated EJOT FDS screw. The system for a safe,
chipless and tolerance independent assembly. Expensive
prepunching or stud welding can be omitted.

Application engineering

Benets:
l no prepunching or weld stud assembly required
l process-safe and chipless assembly
l free positioning, i.e. independeny of tolerances
l captive- pre-assembly screw
l self-locking and sealing screw joint
l easy to assembly / disassemble
l suitable for automated assemblies
l low overall assembly costs

Types of the basic element (examples)

l simple integration by applying modular basic elements or

application-specic solutions

Section AA

optional
area

Basic element
A

A
positioning

cover

fastening element

EJOT FLLASH

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forming the
extrusion

forming
thread

tightening

In addition to actual automotive projects many other

applications in different industries are possible. Different
types of the EJOT FLLASH can be designed according to
customer demands. The EJOT FLLASH concept allows a
captive integration of the screw.
In addition to the FLLASH product group, EJOT has
developed a fastening system which allows to fasten additional elements, like covers and other components.

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Your system partner

Test rack at APPLITEC

Design Consultation
A major consideration of todays product manufacture is the
basic need to be cost competitive. Signicant in achieving
this objective is the design process. No other part of the cost
structure is inuenced more than by design.
Generally speaking, the development of a product, which
represents about 10% of the overall costs, determines about
70% of the costs for the nal product.
Often the design of the xing is considered to be of low
importance; however, it is the fastener that holds the components together to make the nished product. With this in
mind the design engineer should consider which fastening
method to use during the design conception stage to avoid
expensive design changes late on in the design process or
even when the product goes into production.
To assist our customers in this process EJOT offers
support during the design stage through comprehensive
application engineering services. These services provide
accurate information on product performance and result in
design recommendations that can be used safely on the
production line.
Application Engineering Consequent
By continuously working with our customers and their
application problems, EJOT has amassed a comprehensive
understanding of fastener technique that has lead to a
number signicant of innovations. It is our goal to continually
improve our products to meet the ever increasing demands
of our customers.
In addition to our highly qualied Engineers and
application-engineering advisers, we offer the service of our
application laboratory known as the EJOT APPLITEC. In the
APPLITEC we carry out test procedures on our customers
applications that enables us to thoroughly analyse the
strength and capability of their parts. It is here that new fastening techniques are also developed.
The knowledge EJOT has gained over the years is passed
on to our customers nding the most effective solution
supporting their efforts in establishing rational fastening and
assembly techniques. Detailed test reports, on site technical
advice, acknowledged seminars and technical publications
demonstrate our continued commitment to impart our
knowledge.

Internal seminar

Test report

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Logistic and Data Exchange

It is our aim to keep procurement and warehousing costs as
low as possible by simultaneously offering product availability and quality.
With respect to simplied procuring processes, EJOT
offers a variety of cost reducing procedures and services.
The continued analysis of our customers demands and
advanced logistics procedures are leading to high availability
of our products. Skeleton contracts and delivery schedules
via electronic data interchange facilitate and accelerate the
processing times of our products.

Your system partner

Quality for Automated Assembly

Successful automated assembly means high availability of
the assembly machine. A signicant impact on this can be
expected from the fasteners grade of purity. Historically, the
standard quality in commercial fastener manufacture is not
sufcient for todays high quality requirements since originally it has been designed for mainly manual assembly.
EJOT introduced the EJOMAT Quality to ensure the
most costly effective usage of our customers automated
assembly machines.
The grade of purity offered by EJOMAT quality is 10
times higher than the usual standard quality which means
increased availability of assembly machine and decreased
assembly down time costs.
EJOMAT, quality that pays for itself.

EJOT Sales Organization

In addition to EJOT companies throughout Europe a growing
number of Licensees in North & South America and Asia
ensures that product availability and local support is Global.
Contact details can be found on our Homepage
www.ejot.de.

Modern PPSsystems lead to

high accuracy in supplying and
short through put times

EJOMAT
for fully automated
assembly

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EJOT The Quality Connection

199/2/05.04

EJOT GmbH & Co. KG

Industrial Fasteners Division
Untere Bienhecke
D57334 Bad Laasphe
P.O. Box 1163
D57323 Bad Laasphe
phone +49 2752 1090
fax
+49 2752 109141
email: industrie@ejot.de
Internet: www.ejot.com