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PEM hardware insertion, tapping and countersinks

We press self-clinching hardware into your parts — press studs, threaded press nuts, blind press studs and more — and add tapped holes and countersinks, so parts arrive ready to assemble.
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Press studs & blind studs
Studs
Threaded press nuts
Nuts
Tapped holes
Taps
Countersinks
C-sinks
The press stud inserter used to install PEM-style hardware at EMSV Fabrication

Hardware that is part of the part

Self-clinching hardware (often called PEM hardware, after the best-known brand) is pressed into a hole in the sheet and locks into the metal around it — no welding, and nothing loose to lose. We install it on our press stud inserter, usually while the part is still flat and before it is bent.

We also tap threads and cut countersinks. Large sheets and countersinks can also go on our 7′ × 14′ CNC router.

Getting hardware right on your drawing

Send a PDF drawing with the hardware called out, or list it in your order notes, and our team quotes it with the part.

  • Draw the mounting hole in your flat file where each piece of hardware goes, so the laser cuts it.
  • Say which hardware (part number), how many and from which side it goes in — a stud or nut pressed in from the wrong side is the most common mistake.
  • Mark tapped holes with the thread size and countersinks with the angle and diameter.

In our shop

The machines that do the work

Local to St. Louis and the Metro East

Our shop is at 604 S Mulberry St, Millstadt, IL 62260 — about 20 minutes from downtown St. Louis and close to Belleville, Columbia and Waterloo. Pick your parts up at the shop (Mon–Fri · 9am–5pm) or ask us about shipping.

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Get it made

Send us your part

Send a DXF, STEP or STL file, any other CAD file, a PDF drawing or a sketch — our team reviews every part and gets back to you with a quote.

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