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Workshops making home appliances, electrical cabinets or new energy products frequently need to form removable internal threads on thin plates, aluminum profiles and coated panels. For such work, an automatic rivet nut gun is the right choice rather than a regular riveting machine. Below are selection references for home appliance, cabinet and new energy workshops.
I. First confirm whether rivet nuts should be used
Where the workpiece is a thin plate or aluminum profile, needs internal threads, must allow repeated assembly and disassembly, and cannot tolerate welding deformation or tapping thread stripping, rivet nuts are the better process: M3-M12 one-time cold forming, no backside deformation, no tapping required, and reusable assembly and disassembly.
II. Selection across three types of workshops
| Workshop type | Typical workpiece | Selection focus |
|---|---|---|
| Home Appliance/Kitchen & Bathroom | Door panels, brackets and panels requiring disassembly | Handheld quick rivet nut gun, scratch-resistant |
| Electrical cabinet | Cabinet door panels, mounting plates and aluminum beams | Dual-motor high pulling force, M5-M12 |
| New Energy | Battery trays, PACK, energy storage cabinets | Robot/gantry station, sealed pull-out verification |
III. Specification and pulling-force matching
M3-M6 small specifications suit home appliances and thin plate panels, M6-M10 suit cabinet door panels and mounting plates, M10-M12 suit aluminum profile beams, energy storage cabinets and trays; for aluminum parts, choose knurled rivet nuts designed for aluminum, and run on-site pull-out verification on the thickest plate during the trial.
IV. Common misunderstandings
Misconception 1: tapping aluminum plates directly causes thread stripping; Misconception 2: running a low-pulling-force gun for M10, M12 leads to incomplete forming; Misconception 3: repair welding after coating harms the appearance. We recommend first running a free trial to set the specifications and positions. Cabinet solutions seePower Distribution Cabinet · Power Equipment, and new energy solutions seeNew Energy · Lithium Battery Energy Storage。
Door panels and mounting plates originally generated many reworks because of tapping thread stripping. Once they switched to dual-motor rivet nut guns and built a specification-position table, M5-M10 internal threads are formed in one step and can be retrofitted after coating. The threading time per cabinet fell by about one-third.
FAQ
Yes, cold-draw forming follows the pre-drilled holes, needs no welding, leaves the coated surface undamaged, and suits on-site hole modification and rework.
Pick matching specifications and gun heads by plate thickness, keep the stroke pressure under control, and check with same-process panels during the trial that no bulging or indentation appears before finalizing.
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