Rivet Nut USA Q&AAnswer
Jul 12, 2024 - 09:17 AM
We do not offer the kits in stainless steel material, we offer the kits only in steel zinc plated material.
However, we are happy to sell a-la-carte any sort of fasteners or tooling that you need. We just have an order minimum to achieve.
The stainless steel version of these Plusnuts are SS25P500. Note: The SS is for stainless steel and the P is for “straight shank plusnut”, which is different from PB, which is “pre-bulbed shank plusnut”. The pre-bulbed are nice as they are already partially upset, the first 10% of the install is cold-headed into the fastener, which allows for disposable tooling to install the fastener. The pre-bulbed plusnuts are typically used in aftermarket automotive applications, like attaching a roof rack to your car. The tool included is typically disposable in nature to minimize the overall cost, so the pre-bulbed plusnuts are needed as they have the special benefit of already having the hardest first 10% of the install “preset” in the body.
If you are willing to make a bit more of an investment into your installation tooling, or are using large volume of fasteners in a production manufacturing environment, we typically recommend to use the straight shank version, and that is the only version that the stainless steel plusnuts are available.
However, we are happy to sell a-la-carte any sort of fasteners or tooling that you need. We just have an order minimum to achieve.
The stainless steel version of these Plusnuts are SS25P500. Note: The SS is for stainless steel and the P is for “straight shank plusnut”, which is different from PB, which is “pre-bulbed shank plusnut”. The pre-bulbed are nice as they are already partially upset, the first 10% of the install is cold-headed into the fastener, which allows for disposable tooling to install the fastener. The pre-bulbed plusnuts are typically used in aftermarket automotive applications, like attaching a roof rack to your car. The tool included is typically disposable in nature to minimize the overall cost, so the pre-bulbed plusnuts are needed as they have the special benefit of already having the hardest first 10% of the install “preset” in the body.
If you are willing to make a bit more of an investment into your installation tooling, or are using large volume of fasteners in a production manufacturing environment, we typically recommend to use the straight shank version, and that is the only version that the stainless steel plusnuts are available.
