Avoids Field Failures and Protects Threads from Corrosion

LTM India is tyre processing machines manufacturer used nylock nuts to lock the heavy M16 bolts on the pci machines. However, the nylock nuts loosened due to heavy vibrations and thermal cycling that the tyre machines are subjected to. Loctite 243 medium strength threadlocker was recommended for this application. Loctite 243 does what nylock nuts can’t - they filll the gap between threads and locks the threads together - creating a unitized assembly that does not loosen under severe vibrations and thermal cycling.

Large Hotel Depends On Loctite® Threadlocker To Keep Doors Operational.

All commercial buildings have doors, and hotels have hundreds of them. Keeping them all fully operational is not an easy task. Every day these heavy metal doors are subject to high use, shock and tension, causing the screws holding the door hardware to come loose. Valuable maintenance time is spent tightening and re-tightening screws, realigning doors and replacing costly hardware. One major hotel chain looked to Loctite® for help.

Thermal Generating Station Eliminates Lengthy Unscheduled Shutdown.

A thermal generating station discovered a hydrogen leak on the split half cover on the bearing pedestal of its generator. The station needed to repair it, but was looking at an unscheduled shutdown of the entire power generation system. The complete tear down to seal the leak would cost them a minimum of two days lost production time.

Manufacturing Reliability Training Gives Maintenance Team The Know-How.

A large tissue manufacturer in the Midwest uses special vacuum reel spools on their 200″ trim twin wire Yankee paper machine. When one roll is almost complete, a new spool is swung into place on the backtender. A vacuum is created inside the new spool by inserting a hose into the vacuum flange. Once the sheet from the full roll is broken, this vacuum draws the tissue onto the new spool, which is already up to a full operating speed of one mile a minute.

Prevent Misalignment Problems and Equipment Failures.

Hydropulpers are machines designed to agitate a mixture of paper pulp and water to prevent dewatering until this mix can be used in the papermaking process. These particular hydropulpers are driven by 150 hp motors coupled to right angle gearboxes. Coupled to the output shafts of the gearbox is a large blade which is in the bottom of the hydropulper vat. Due to extreme vibration incurred by the hydropulper, our customer was having problems keeping the mounting bolts for the gearbox tight.