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TINNERMAN Speed Nut Savings Stories 

FASTEST THING IN FASTENINGS®

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CONVAIR saves 448 man hours per plane...on one SPEED NUT fastening operation! 

Tremendous savings like these by Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation's San Diego Division may be hard to imagine, but...they can be made! Convair Engineering and Production experts are making this amazing economy on one SPEED NUT fastening operation...the installation of cargo liners in the new Convair340 passenger transport! Also, the same operation yield a sensational 80% reduction in production time, plus a 40% cut in materials and handling. Completing the story...the use of this U-Type SPEED NUT has eliminated an entire assembly section, releasing several trained aircraft workers to other product jobs! 

Considered in terms of industry-wide aircraft production...savings and production boosts like these can mean millions of dollars. For similar solutions to fastening problems you may have, see the Tinnerman representative in your area!

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U-TYPE SPEED NUTS 

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SPEED NUT WAY:                            
A U-Type SPEED Nut and a No. 10 sheet metal screw are all it takes per hole application. 

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OLD WAY:
Required: 2 each, PlateNuts, Screws, Washers; 4 rivets; 1 angle trim; 1 doubler strip, per  hole application.

Comparing the above methods it's easy to see how the 450 hole applications required per airplane amount to tremendous savings. 
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Send today for your copy of SPEED NUT "Savings Stories"; write: TINNERMAN PRODUCTS, INC., Dept. 12, Box 6688, Cleveland 1, Ohio. In Canada: Dominion Fasteners Ltd., Hamilton, Ontario. In Great Britain: SimmondsAerocessories,Ltd., Treforest, Wales. In France: Aerocessoires Simmonds, S.A., 7 rue Henri Barbusse, Levallois (Seine).

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