REDWIRE Five ways Loctite anti-seize lubricants help save time and money

January 18, 2019 REDWIRE is news you can use from leading suppliers. Powered by FRASERS.

Posted by Henkel Canada Corporation


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anti-seize lubricants

Loctite anti-seize solutions provide many benefits.

Henkel Canada Corporation manufactures and supplies top industrial adhesives under the Loctite brand, including a series of anti-seize lubricants and compounds. Many MRO users treat anti-seize products as an afterthought in repair or maintenance applications, but they add many significant benefits that outweigh the extra step of adding them, like efficiency and reduced downtime.

In a blog post, Henkel discussed the advantages of using anti-seize lubricants in manufacturing applications and more.

Protection and extended life

Henkel identifies five ways in which anti-seize products improve efficiency and prevent unwelcome consequences. The list goes like this:

  1. Equipment assembly and disassembly. Anti-seize lubricants fill in gaps between threads and protect bolts from moisture, corrosion, and other harmful conditions. They also add lubricity to make removal and replacement easier.
  2. Protection of mated metal parts. Loctite anti-seize solutions stop the kind of wrenching that puts components out of tolerance, as well as corrosion.
  3. Life extension for expensive fittings. After workers weld or cast studs into one side of a large equipment component, a seizure in the fittings can be costly – forcing users to cut them and replace the whole assembly, or drill out and repack the hole before installing a new bolt. Loctite can spare a company this time and expense.
  4. Reducing downtime due to seizure. Corrosion is a common threat to the bolts that hold casings around electric components in aggressive chemical environments. When workers have to open the casings for preventive maintenance, they often have to torch off the heads of the bolts to remove them. Anti-seize solutions make these bolts easy to remove for maintenances, saving unnecessary expense and extra downtime.
  5. Reducing part breakage. Penetrating oil does not always work for breaking off bolts that are rusted on, and rust reduced the bolts’ integrity. Workers may need to use a drill or weld the bracket into place in order to shear the head off with torquing in these situations, an expensive and time-consuming process. Applying Loctite anti-seize lubricants can solve this issue.

With Henkel anti-seize solutions, costly or difficult maintenance becomes rare.

To learn more, contact Henkel.


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Posted by Henkel Canada Corporation


Henkel Corporation’s familiar LOCTITE® brand represents the most complete line of high performance adhesives, seal... Read more

Contact supplier