Loctite® 518 Seals Motor End Shield Reliably

Saves on Production Time and Costs, Boosts Productivity

Bright Burnishing Tools is a manufacturer of burnishing tools in India. They were using silver brazing process to join the tool shaft to the holder. The silver brazing material is expensive and the process needs very skilled operator and is time consuming. Additionally, the process involves heat and brazing flame that might bring safety concerns for the operators.

Outperforms Expensive Nyloc nuts, Maintains Clamp Loads under Severe Conditions

Nifty Lifts, Australia makes Hydraulic Lifts for forestry, mining and construction use. Base turn table of the lift holds boom & bucket and is subjected to severe vibrations, impacts & shear loads. 16mm structural bolts on the turn table loosened under these conditions. Nifty used nyloc nuts to prevent vibrational loosening of these bolts but even nyloc nuts failed to retain clamp load over long periods. Bolts had to be retorqued frequently; any premature failure can result in accidents.

Eliminates Shredding and Customer Complaints

A leading Indian OEM of electrical switchgear manufactures used PTFE tapes to seal the drain valve and plug threaded joints in their single-phase and three-phase electrical distribution transformers. However they received field complaints of leakage, shredding of PTFE tape & clogging.

Eliminates Need for Expensive Machining or Brazing

A leading tool manufacturer in Australia was launching new model of pliers for electronic components. Customer considered press fits or brazing the pliers hands to the jaw. They found that all these methods were undesirable. Press fit involved expensive machining to maintain very tight tolerances. Brazing needed expensive brazing machines, was very much dependant of operator skills and was expensive too.