The ever-increasing use of plastics in the manufacture of household appliances, compact consumer electronics, medical devices, and many other applications presents opportunities for designers to ...

Threaded inserts are great for melting into FDM prints with a soldering iron. The process isn’t so simple for resin prints, since they don’t generally soften with heat. Off course, you can also print ...

Threaded inserts make plastic assemblies strong and reusable. In many ways threaded metal inserts in plastic provide the best of all possible worlds. On the one hand, you have the ease and flexibility ...

E-Z Lok says its solid-wall threaded inserts can repair or reinforce threaded holes in soft metals like aluminum, magnesium and cast iron. External threads are standard size and pitch, enabling ...

This article was updated May 25, 2023. It was originally published Nov. 17, 2009. To put hard, durable threaded holes in plastics, engineers often specify threaded metal inserts that will securely ...

Threaded metal inserts offer a practical solution to improve the durability and reusability of threaded connections in 3D printed parts. E-Z Lok provides a range of press-in and heat-stake inserts ...

One method to install threaded brass inserts into a 3D printed part is to use a soldering iron. But you need to make sure to keep it vertically aligned and slowly press the insert into the plastic. A ...

3D printing allows for rapid prototyping and testing of new designs, but while this ease of creation is great, plastic can pose issues when fastening together parts as 3D plastic printed threads are ...

Nordex has been granted a patent for a wind turbine rotor blade design that features two segments connected by mounting sleeves with internal threads. Connecting bolts secure the segments together, ...