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Bespoke

We can work in partnership with you to meet your fastening challenges head-on. It’s where our approach of defining your requirements from the outset and our manufacturing flexibility meet to provide you with bespoke fastening options for your project.

bespoke@bigHead.co.uk

Our five step process

We have five clear steps in our designed together process:

  • 1

    Define

    Discuss and define your requirements

    We work with you to understand your specific needs.

  • 2

    Design

    Design proposal & indicative costs

    We review and agree the basic concept for the bespoke product design.

    Applications information

    Sometimes, simply sharing technical information or data can help you achieve success at this stage.

  • 3

    Develop

    Finalise design & agree specification

    We agree the specification for product manufacturing validation.

    Specification setting

    We do this in advance, to ensure we develop, test and qualify new product designs according to your expectations.

  • 4

    Decide

    Prototyping & sample approval

    We produce samples for you to review against the agreed specification.

    Applications testing

    We can support you with testing our specialist products in ways that are specific to your application.

  • 5

    Deliver

    Production & delivery

    Your bespoke fastener product, made to order, delivered to your requirements.

Success stories

Unique design for offshore wind energy

Working in partnership with the OEM designers, we created a product to meet multiple special requirements, including:

  • high load resistance in a through-stud configuration
  • polymer encapsulation to colour match the nacelle and maximise environmental resistance offshore
  • special thread protection packaging to prevent damage in transit.

Success stories

Simplified surface bonding for EV battery

We created a bespoke design to meet an EV automotive manufacturer’s special requirements for:

  • blind stud surface bonding configuration
  • property class loadability
  • no adhesive overspill or waste.

Success stories

High load fastener for automotive

We partnered with a Tier 1 supplier to a premium brand OEM, to create a bespoke fastener with specific requirements, including:

  • surface bonding, through stud configuration
  • high load resistance
  • black coating to match carbon-fibre substrate and meet corrosion targets.

Success stories

Simplified design for commercial vehicle

In partnership with a Tier 1 supplier of moulded components to a truck OEM, we optimised our design to achieve:

  • embedded stand-off configuration in an SMC component
  • no localised thickening of the moulded component
  • airtight design preventing any resin ingress during moulding
  • simple push-fit installation into the mould tool.

Success stories

Lean process for premium automotive

Working with a Tier 1 supplier of moulded components to an automotive OEM, we created a product to meet their precise requirements, including:

  • embedded inset stud configuration in a PUR component
  • quick and simple push-fit installation into the mould tool
  • no resin ingress into the thread during moulding process.

Success stories

Flexible assembly for EV exterior

Working with final assembly of an EV exterior component, we designed a bespoke fastener to meet the exact requirements, including:

  • surface bonding, blind stud configuration
  • larger clearance holes and slots
  • increased tolerance in final assembly.

Success stories

High performance for volume applications

From our extensive knowledge of the automotive sector, we developed a bespoke fastener compatible with highly automated fastening processes, that included:

  • embedded, flush stud configuration
  • minimised production tolerances
  • minimised footprint within the composite substrate
  • property class loadability.

Take the next step

If you require a fastener design to meet your specific requirements, please get in touch.

bespoke@bigHead.co.uk