Female clamping pads POM insert

What are Female Thread Clamping Pads with POM Inserts?

These female thread clamping pads with POM inserts are self-aligning support/clamp pads engineered for jigs, fixtures and work-holding systems. Their design features a POM insert that allows the pad to pivot and conform to slight misalignments between clamp and workpiece, while providing smoother sliding and reduced wear compared to all-metal contact. The robust heat-treated steel body ensures strength and durability in industrial production environments.

Key Features

• Self-Aligning Interface: The POM insert allows for angular misalignment and promotes full contact even when surfaces are not perfectly parallel.
• Smooth, Non-Marking Contact: POM insert provides a gentle support surface compared to metal-only contact, making it suitable where surface finish is important.
• Robust Construction: The steel body is heat-treated, tempered and phosphated, giving strong structural performance and light corrosion resistance.
• Female-thread design: The body is internally threaded meaning it can be mounted via a screw or stud into a tapped hole in the fixture plate or body.

Applications

Use as a support or clamp pad in fixtures where surfaces may have slight variation or misalignment. Ideal for assemblies where the contact surface must be gentle on the workpiece (e.g., finished surfaces, soft materials) thanks to the POM insert. Suitable for modular fixture systems, inspection tooling, machine setups where repeatability and reliable seating matter. Particularly beneficial in environments where sliding motion or repeated contact occurs, since the POM insert offers low friction and wear resistance.