Download - Secure · • Improves quality Positive Locking • Audibly snaps when fastened, assuring secure closure. • Reduces worry • Improves quality • Headliners • Sheet metal/pillars

3M™ Dual Lock™ Reclosable FastenersFor Automotive Applications

Why use 3M™ Dual Lock™ Reclosable Fasteners?

• Themushroom-shapedstemssnaptogethertightlyfordependable repeatableattachment.

• Thestrongholdingpowerdramaticallyreducesrattlingandvibration ofcomponents.

• Threedifferentstemdensitiesallowformixingandmatching,achieving theengagementanddisengagementforcesneededfortheapplication.

• Anaudiblesnapconfirmsthatthepartiscorrectlyinstalledwithminimal insertionforcerequiredbytheassemblyworker.

• DualLockfastenersprovideanaestheticallypleasinglookbecauseyou don’tseeunsightlymechanicalfasteners.

• DualLockfastenersdonotrequirespecialtools,providingeasy alignmentatattachment.

ReclosableFastening Systems

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Features Advantages Benefits

Easy Alignment of Parts

•Eliminatesconcernsaboutmisalignmentandprematureor incompleteengagement.

•Provideseasyandfirmengagementfromanyorientation.

•Improvesquality

•Easytouse

•Increasesproductivity

Adjustable Engagement and Disengagement Forces

•Providesarangeofengagementanddisengagementforces thatcanbeachievedbycombiningthedifferentstemdensities.


•Improvesquality

•Providesadjustableandproportionalengagementand disengagementforcestotheengagedareaofthefastener.

•Easytouse


•Improvesquality

Reclosability •Canbeopenedandre-closedinhighcycleapplications.•Easytouse


Appearance•Abletoattachonthebacksideofatrimpieceallowingforblind fasteningandanuninterruptedshowsurface.

•Easytouse

•Improvesquality

•Improvesappearance

Vibration Resistant •Dramaticallyreducestherattlingandvibrationofcomponents. •Improvesquality

Ease of Assembly

•Doesnotrequirespecialtoolsorequipmentforattachment.

•Easytouse


•Savesmoney

•Maybeusedtoattachcomponentspriortotheirentryinto thefinalassemblyplant,reducingthenumberofpartsand assemblytime.

•Easytouse


•Savesmoney

MultipleAttachmentMethods

•Availableinnumerousforms,allowingfortheabilitytobe attachedtoalargevarietyofsurfaces,usingdifferingmethods.

•Designflexibility


•Improvesquality

PositiveLocking •Audiblysnapswhenfastened,assuringsecureclosure.•Reducesworry

•Improvesquality

•Headliners•Sheetmetal/pillars

•Sunroofs•Centerconsolepanels

•Interiortrimparts•Interiorlighting

•Electroniccomponents

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3M™DualLock™ReclosableFastenersaredesignedforattaching: