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Antonija Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Push fit and click fit

Hello!
Can you, please, define both words and tell me the difference between the two?
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Hi, The second would have more clearance, in my opinion. Some form of detent would be necessary to hold the inserted object in place, once it's home. The push fit would be an "interference fit," such that the interference would tend to keep the inserted object in place.

— Avangi

  • Hi, The second would have more clearance, in my opinion.
  • Some form of detent would be necessary to hold the inserted object in place, once it's home.
  • The push fit would be an "interference fit," such that the interference would tend to keep the inserted object in place.
  • It would have less interference than a drive fit, where a hammer would be required.
  • The "push" should be executable by a normal human being, without the use of tools.
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Hi,
The second would have more clearance, in my opinion. Some form of detent would be necessary to hold the inserted object in place, once it's home.

The push fit would be an "interference fit," such that the interference would tend to keep the inserted object in place.
It would have less interference than a drive fit, where a hammer would be required.
The "push" should be ex
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This might work a little differently if you're talking about screwless construction assemblies, perhaps not intended to be taken apart. Some kind of spring loaded (or spring steel) barb snaps into place and the thing is there forever.
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Thank you Avangi. Your post has been very helpful. So, I guess, click can also refer here to the sound the device produces once when its components make a click-fit, doesn't it?
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That's the way I'm thinking of it. It could be some type of coupling, or plug-in device. The detent could be spring-loaded, and have something you press to release it.
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"Click fit" is not what you'd call a common engineering term, in my experience, compared to "press fit," for example. If you search the web, you find it associated with brand names of connectors and couplings. The components slide easily together and have some sort of locking device which snaps in place - compared, for example, to the old bayonet style connectors, which must be twisted a
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