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Southco’s Wing Knob-Style Captive Screw Provides Tool-Free Access and Color Differentiation
Product Updates, Southco
Southco’s new 4C Wing Knob Captive Screw enables quick-access fastening and features an over-molded, distinctively contoured and attractive wing-style head design that can be used to designate access through an array of standard and custom color options. Press-in, flare-in and Surface Mount Technology (SMT) options provide versatility for fastening and unfastening by hand or tool when mounting doors, panels and other hardware components in applications where space is limited.
- Distinctively contoured wing-style head design for quick access
- “Prism” colored fasteners to differentiate access points
- Press-in, flare-in and SMT options
- Standard Phillips, Torx® and combination recesses available
Southco 47 Class captive screws (and the corresponding color-coded “Prism” 4C Class captive screws), offer hundreds of permutations of installation and tool-actuation styles for mounting doors, panels, and other hardware components in limited-space applications. As one of the most popular Southco fastener styles, these versatile captive screws have evolved to provide numerous features to satisfy unique fastening hardware application needs:
- Standard Phillips and Torx® recesses as well as combination recesses available
- Screw head doubles as knob for hand actuation
- Stylized knob for hand actuation, and ratchet-mechanism or smooth knobs for restricted access
- Spring ejected design retracts threads when not engaged
- Heat-treated steel screw provides superior torque strength
- “Prism” colored fasteners enable you to coordinate hardware to your design scheme or to differentiate access points through color
Available Options
- Self-clinching and flare-in installation styles
- Surface Mount Technology (SMT) installation style enables hardware to be attached during reflow process
- Stainless steel materials and special finishes available for added corrosion resistance
- Plating options to meet aesthetic and application requirements
- Different materials available to suit strength requirements
Standards and Specifications
- Restricted-Access Series and smooth-knob options help to meet UL-1950, IEC-950, and EN-60950 standards
Industry Applications
- Computers
- Electronic Enclosures
- Exhibits/Signs
- Food Equipment
- Industrial Enclosures
- Medical
- Networking
- Telecommunications
If you would like more information on Southco’s new 4C Wing Knob Captive Screw contact your Tower representative at 800.688.6937, or by using our online information request form