What is Heatstaking?
Heatstaking is a plastic assembly process involved in many high tech fields. It is also used in the manufacturing of a variety of everyday consumer products. Heatstaking is a procedure that uses heat and force to bond different materials together. The process of heatstaking involves applying force to heated metal probes. The metal probes contact plastic posts, compress and form a stud head joining plastics to other plastics or metal, or indeed any two pieces of material. The process is odorless, noise free, clean and safe. The most commonly used plastics in this process are polycarbonate, polystyrene, polypropylene and glass-reinforced nylon. Plastic heatstaking is found in a variety of industries and technological fields, including telecommunications, consumer electronics, medical device manufacturers, computer manufacturers and the automotive industry. The process can also be used to assemble very small parts used in cell-phones, memory modules, flash cards, wireless devices and elec
