EPPsys TSSD

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EJOT’s advanced fastening systems are found in countless industrial and engineering assemblies around the world. Click below for sales and technical support from one of our experienced team. We conduct inspections and observations onsite, in addition to providing help and advice direct from our UK manufacturing centre.

The EJOT® TSSD (thermal adhesive bonding boss) product and corresponding joining process have been developed to join components where one is made of fibre-reinforced plastics. The process is suitable for sandwich elements with honeycomb and foam core structures (where they have different top coats) as well as for CRP (carbon reinforced plastic) and GRP (glass reinforced plastic) materials. It is a joining process which involves a plastic boss (made of thermoplastic) being installed into the plastic component with a certain rotation speed and axial load.

Reinforced lightweight materials such as honeycomb structures have become as important an element of modern engineering as many metals. The reasons for this are obvious given the cross sector demand to build lighter, build stronger. Composite materials offer the material properties of multiple material types in one. This results in construction materials surpassing the strength and structural integrity of more traditional materials at about a fifth of the weight.

EJOT TSSD is suitable for any application where a lightweight composite material is chosen for the purposes of weight reduction without compromising strength, including:

• Automotive
• Aerospace
• Furniture
• Construction

Joining components to lightweight honeycomb material has traditionally been achieved through the deployment of potted inserts, also known as ‘wall panel inserts’ or ‘floating inserts’. These can be used anywhere that a fastener is needed, particularly where blind holes that do not pass all the way through the panel are required or where inserts must be “flush” with the panel skin. EJOT, however, has developed an alternative solution for these super-strong, lightweight materials with TSSD. The result is a product range that has simplified and accelerated the fastening process by eliminating surface preparation, can be used as a screw-in boss or as a direct fastening element, and in many cases eliminates the need for any pre-hole.