Nelson Fastener Systems Grounding Stud GRD.STD

Nelson Grounding studs are used to make electrical contact in automotive and industrial applications. Plastic parts and housings or painted surfaces may isolate subassemblies, such as taillights from the chassis, thus preventing them from being grounded. The flange and threads on Nelson grounding studs provide an attachment point for cables between the chassis and the isolated component. Nelson Grounding studs are welded using the Short Cycle process, which allows the studs to be welded to thin base material with good strength. They are supplied with a plastic caps or metal acorn nuts installed on them, facilitating the automatic feeding of the stud to the weld gun and protecting the stud’s threads and flange surface during subsequent assembly painting. When the caps are removed after painting, the threads and flange are paint free and ready for electrical cable attachment. The caps or nuts are colorcoded to assist the operator in identifying thread size, material, and plating. Nelson Grounding studs can be supplied without the color-coded caps or nuts for manual welding applications.