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Preventing Leaks with Anaerobic Thread Sealants
12-22-2009
Leaks are serious business. The costs from leaks go far beyond the value of the estimated one billion liters of fluids and gasses lost. This article explores the theory and recent practice of preventing leaks for pipe thread fittings. Anaerobic thread sealants can prevent leaks by serving as a protective umbrella over the many potential causes of leakage. These metal adhesives offer significant benefits over other sealing methods. Read more... |
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Anaerobic Thread Sealants Work to Eliminate Leakages
12-22-2009
Leaks are serious business. Most leaks are located at pipe joints. Threaded joints in piping systems are unavoidable. Anaerobic thread sealants offer a number of benefits over conventional sealing methods.
Buford Brothers’ Compressor Department specializes in the sales and service of Quincy Air Compressors in Tennessee. Air compressors develop high pressures and temperatures and when coupled with vibration, air leaks and fastener loosening can occur anywhere throughout the system. Buford decided to use Loctite anaerobic thread sealant on all the threaded pipefittings in the system proactively and avoided losses of up to US$12,500 hp per leak. The University of Wisconsin in Madison has a central heating and cooling system in over 300 buildings. A supervisor had recently attended a Loctite Manufacturing Reliability Training where he learned about anaerobic adhesives, thread sealants and primers. “Now wherever we absolutely, positively don’t want any leaks, we use a thread sealant from Loctite.” Read more... |
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Expert Advice about Anaerobic Adhesives 2
09-09-2009
A Technical Customer Services Manager and expert in the use of Anaerobic adhesives shares the questions he is asked most frequently by his customers and his responses covering the use of Threadlockers. Read more... |
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Reliable and Cost-Effective Locking and Sealing of Fasteners
09-03-2009
Anaerobic threadlockers perform where mechanical devices fail. Just as slicks on a racecar grip the track, threadlockers help fastener threads grip. Based on anaerobic technology, these metal adhesives do what the mechanical aids cannot: they completely fill up the microscopic gap between the interfacing threads. Bolts secured with threadlocker retain clamping force better than mechanical devices. A special nut or washer can cost up to five times as much as a liquid threadlocker and liquid threadlockers reduce the cost of inventory. There are several key factors to consider when choosing a threadlocking compound: shear strength, cure speed, gap-filling and operating environment. Read more... |
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Henkel Introduces New Loctite® High Temperature Threadlockers and Thread Sealant for Asia-Pacific
09-01-2009
Henkel Asia-Pacific today launches its new range of Loctite® High Temperature High Strength Threadlockers and Thread Sealant, which are specially innovated to withstand extreme heat and stress of up to 350oC without degrading. These new products include Loctite® 2422 High Temperature Medium Strength and Loctite® 2620 High Temperature High Strength Threadlocker, Loctite® 5770 High Temperature Thread Sealant and Loctite® 2047 High Lubricity High Strength Threadlocker. Read more... |
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Proactive Maintenance Reduces Downtime and Costs
07-31-2009
In the manufacturing industry over a quarter of the total cost of finished goods can be attributed to maintenance costs. The majority of unplanned downtime is caused by mechanical assembly failure. The key to preventing these failures and reducing the maintenance cost is to implement proactive maintenance processes instead of relying on traditional reactive processes. Companies have achieved tangible savings by implementing such a process they learned during the Loctite® Maintenance Reliability Workshop, to prevent mechanical failures, air leaks and oil leaks. Read more... |
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Expert Advice about Anaerobic Adhesives 1
07-17-2009
A Henkel Asia Pacific Technical Customer Services Manager and expert in the use of anaerobic adhesives shares the questions he is asked most frequently by his customers and his responses covering issues from materials on which anaerobic adhesives can be used to accelerating the curing time and why the liquid anaerobic adhesives remain stable in their bottle. Read more... |
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Henkel Launches iLoctite.com Website for Asia-Pacific
07-16-2009
Henkel Asia-Pacific today announces the launch of its new website - www.iLoctite.com, which aims to establish innovative ways to train, engage and communicate with its ever-growing number of customers using Loctite® adhesives and sealants for threadlocking, thread sealing, retaining and gasketing applications. www.iloctite.com offers content in English, Korean, Japanese, traditional and simplified Chinese, and Thai. Read more... |
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The innovator of anaerobic adhesives continues to innovate with new website: www.iLoctite.com
07-15-2009
As the number of customers using Loctite® adhesives and sealants continues to climb, Henkel Asia Pacific has looked for new and innovative ways to train, engage and communicate with the ever growing legion of devoted users. Read more... |
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Anaerobic Adhesives Reduce Costs and Increase Reliability for Industries
07-13-2009
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Dispensing Adhesives with Hand Pumps Reduces Cost
07-12-2009
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