What is a lock wire?
Lock wire is a crucial safety tool for ensuring mechanical stability. Lock wire’s central purpose is to prevent the loosening of nuts, bolts, and other fasteners. To wire lock nuts and bolts, you thread it through two or more fasteners, ensuring they remain as secure as possible.
What is lock wire made of?
stainless steel
Traditional safety locking wire was made in a variety of alloys, such as Monel, Inconel, stainless steel, carbon steel, aluminum and even copper. Those items are all available, but it is much more common to find 304 or 316 stainless, Monel, or Inconel used in high risk applications.
How does a lock wire work?
Locking wire, also known as safety wire or wire lock, is a mechanical locking method. It is imperative that the wire is installed so that tension in the wire only allows the bolt head/nut to turn in the direction of tightening.
What is the use of wire locking?
Safety wire or locking-wire is a type of positive locking device that prevents fasteners from falling out due to vibration and other forces. The presence of safety wiring may also serve to indicate that the fasteners have been properly tightened.
What are the two methods of safety wiring?
There are two basic forms of safety wiring. The single-wire method and the double-twist method.
How wire locking can be used to secure bolts?
Neither locking wire nor any other locking solution is a foolproof means of securing a fastener. With that said, it can certainly help to prevent fasteners from loosening due to vibrations. Locking wire is wrapped around the heads of fasteners, thereby holding them in place.
How big is a standard copper lock wire?
Copper Lock Wire Model Description Size MS20995CU15 Copper Safety Lock Wire, .015 Diameter 1 LB Spool MS20995CU15 Copper Safety Lock Wire, .015 Diameter 5 LB Spool MS20995CU20 Copper Safety Lock Wire, .020 Diameter 1 LB Spool MS20995CU20 Copper Safety Lock Wire, .020 Diameter 5 LB Spool
What kind of lock wire do I Need?
Just choose the material you want from stainless steel, titanium, copper, brass, nickel, or alloys of the above. Select the diameter you need, and place your order to get our high-quality lockwire delivered as soon as tomorrow! Using this safety wire to secure bolts is simple, too.
What do you need to know about Malin lock wire?
Malin Co. lockwire is a positive locking device, which helps maintain safety standards in aerospace, automotive, and many other applications. We color code each of our lock wire products with recyclable, polyethylene containers: Blue canisters contain Malin’s famous stainless steel safety wire.
What do you need to know about lockwire?
All of our lockwire products are individually labeled with the wire diameter, specifications, type of material, and lot number to provide for easy identification and complete traceability of the wire. Custom labeling for 50 pounds or more of lockwire is available at no extra charge.