*7.4.2 Food grade product*

*Adhesives and Adhesive Joints in Industry Applications*

complete "loosening prevention" either [2, 5, 6].

*Cost comparison between "ribbed flange bolt" and "adhesive" locking method.*

**7.3 Adhesive application**

**Table 3.**

**7.4 Major products available**

mance as follows:

*7.4.1 Go-to product*

design and providing a guaranteed lock against loosening [2, 5, 6].

ribbed flange bolts. The parameter that makes the "ribbed flange bolt" expensive in overall cost is because of its material cost. Over the long years, mechanical designers have tried to find a way to keep the assembly safe against loosening without control, and they have come up with those expensive fasteners, but they could not prevent a

**Method Material costs Assembly costs Total costs** Ribbed flange bolt 130% 65% 118% Liquid thread locker 100% 100% 100%

As shown in **Table 3**, liquid thread locking adhesive is a less costly method. The cost advantages coming from the simultaneous sealing effect and the use of through holes instead of blind holes have also not been considered. The liquid thread locking can be provided right from the design stage, reducing the costs of overall structure

Liquid thread locking adhesive can be applied to bolt thread in most of the cases to show an effective locking of threads. But for some critical or special design applications, liquid thread locking adhesives can be applied to both male and female threads to ensure a complete filling of the inner space and to cover an effective thread engagement length. The important factor is that the inner space should be filled completely. All "50-ml" and "250-ml" bottles of liquid thread locking adhesives are equipped with dispensing nozzles for use directly from the bottles. The flexibility of this method can be used to variations in the quantity of adhesive dispensed from one application to another. Dispensing systems allow accurate control of quantity. Liquid thread locking adhesive dispensing equipment has been designed for the specific properties of its adhesives to ensure trouble-free, reliable dispensing. Various dispensing equipment are available according to application requirements. For simple manual dispensing, volumetric hand pump that can be connected to the adhesive bottle directly can be used to dispense a controlled amount to bolt thread or threaded tap hole. For semiauto dispensing, a dispenser with a reservoir and controller can be used, and it can fit various applications in the different mechanical assembly industries. For automatic dispensing, a dispenser with reservoir, controller, and sensor that can be interlocked with a whole assembly line can be used. This automatic dispenser in many cases is used together with three axes or multiaxis robot

for precise and accurate dispensing for fully automated production line [2].

There are also various choices of adhesives according to each product perfor-

This is a first choice product for thread locking applications when a fast fixture time is required not only for active substrates and inactive substrates but also for some oily surface without the need of cleaning and when a high-temperature resistance of up to 180°C is required. This product has both medium strength and high strength.

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This is a right choice for applications when thread locking of bolt and nut for manufacturing or repairing of equipment used for making food such as beverage, chips, bread, soup etc. It confirms to the requirement of FDA. This product has a medium strength that they can repair by hand tools easily when necessary anytime.
