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Understanding nutserts and how they work. Nutserts are a tubular fastener that provides a threaded anchor point for bolting applications. A smart simple fixture for a permanent female thread onto numerous material types. Designed for use in a punched or drilled hole using a nutsert tool that collapes the body which in turn creates a backside flange that holds the nut to the material. Sometimes known as rivnuts or rivet nuts they are ideal when the material is thin or brittle to support a bolt on its own. See image on the right for the anatomy of a typical open-end