UNDERSTANDING SHEET METAL COSTS

Hardware Material Costs

The most common sheet metal hardware are PEM hardware designed by PENN
Engineering (http://www.pemnet.com/) and distributed in New England by DB
Roberts (http://www.dbroberts.com/). Almost every sheet metal fabricator in the
region buys from the same distributor at very similar pricing. The actual costs are
very small relative to the cost a sheet metal part. Here are some examples:

Nuts with load bearing threads for

sheet metal. Price varies from
$0.05/pp to $0.15/pp depending on
size and length.

Blind threaded fasteners for sheet

metal. Price varies from $0.10/pp to
$0.35/pp depending on size and
length.

Flush head threaded stand-offs for

sheet metal. Price varies from
$0.05/pp to $0.35/pp depending on
size and length.

Blind threaded standoffs for sheet

metal. Price varies from $0.05/pp to
$0.35/pp depending on size and
length.

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