Protective brass caps for fasteners help manufacturers re-use components and make changes to machine tools.<\/em><\/p>\n In 2013, George and I were sitting in the long, grey conference room with our customer. He was complaining, \u201cThe problem is, when I want to make changes to the weld fixture, it\u2019s a real pain because the fasteners are all full of weld spatter. We can\u2019t get at the socket to remove the screw.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n This sounded a bit familiar. Sometimes it takes hearing a thing more than once for it to sink through our thick skulls. At that moment, we realized that this was an issue with most of our customers that did welding to produce their end product. George and I looked at each other. \u201cWhat if we made something to protect the screws from splatter,\u201d I asked. \u201cWould that make it easier for you to use and re-use our RAPid Tooling Components<\/a>?<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cSure!<\/em>\u201d he said. \u201cWhen I was done with a fixture I could re-use the components if I want to… or even to add an adjustment shim if we need to.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n George is good at coming up with great designs. He and his team were behind the idea of RAPid Tooling Components<\/a> back in 2000. So I let him stew on it. I told him that once he got a few made we needed to send them into the real world to be tested.<\/p>\n It didn\u2019t take him long to come up with a design for RAPid Caps<\/a>.<\/p>\n So we sent some out to our customers to try on their fixtures. The feedback was terrific and orders came in before we were set up to market them. RAPid Caps obviously fill a need in the welding and weld fixture world.<\/p>\n Susan Straley<\/em> WHAT ARE THEY?<\/strong><\/p>\n RAPid Caps are made of brass. A round stem presses into the socket of a socket head cap screw and covers the top of the screw leaving a slight gap between the head of the screw and the RAPid cap.<\/p>\n Adjustments and changes can be made. And the cap can be pressed back into the socket to provide spatter protection again. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Protective brass caps for fasteners help manufacturers re-use components and make changes to machine tools. He was complaining, \u201cThe problem is, when I want to make changes to the weld fixture, it\u2019s a real pain because the fasteners are all full of weld spatter. We can\u2019t get at the socket to remove the screw.\u201d<\/em> George and I looked at each other…RAPid Caps! Continue reading ![\"Rapidcaps-fastener-caps\"](\"http:\/\/www.rentapen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Rapidcaps-fastener-caps.jpg\")
<\/a>THE RAPid CAP STORY<\/strong><\/p>\n
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\nRentapen Inc.<\/p>\n<\/a>The tip of a screw driver is wedged into the gap and pops the cap off.<\/p>\n
\nRAPid Caps come in inch and metric sizes. Check out Rentapen\u2019s RAPid Caps<\/a> web page for sizes and ordering instructions.<\/p>\n