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Seizing of stainless steel is a thing of the past

13-04-2023

The stainless-steel market has gained a new, recognised standard in fastening materials. This spring, we are introducing Lubrinox fasteners, nuts, and bolts with a high-end lubricating coating. Based on the wishes customers shared with us regarding fasteners, we were able to develop them.

These innovative fasteners reduce assembly time by eliminating the need for loose lubricants. Lubrinox fasteners prevent the inner and outer threads of a stainless-steel connection from sticking together. The coating guarantees connection quality by providing durable lubrication in the threaded connection. Without people on the shop floor having to do anything about it. Disassembly is just as smooth. Gone are the awkward and dangerous situations caused by nuts and bolts that no longer come loose, break off or be ground through.

Industries using Lubrinox fasteners

The lubrication applied to the fasteners sold by Fabory is Food-Grade Compliant. This makes Lubrinox fasteners a perfect choice for machine manufacturers in the food industry and in industries such as:

• the process industry
• steel construction
• Electrical engineering
• the medical industry
• general mechanical engineering

Saving 1,700 working hours

Manufacturers often prevent the cold welding of stainless-steel bolts and nuts by using loose lubricants. Assembly requires extra time and parts, and hands must be cleaned after use. By using Lubrinox, manufacturers save an average of 25 seconds per bolted joint. For a medium-sized machine shop, that means savings of about 1,700 working hours per year.

Alternative to lubrication on bolts

The design and production company Geelen Counterflow from Haelen was among the first to work with Lubrinox. Because the company uses stainless-steel fasteners intensively, it was looking for a cost-saving alternative to bolt lubrication. The coating shop-floor employees previously used was much thicker. Fabory's Lubrinox fasteners do not require such a thick coating. René Derckx, technical buyer at Geelen Counterflow: "A thick coating makes it more difficult to screw in screws by hand. They become very greasy. If you must use force, slide your fingers over the hexagon. With Lubrinox, you don't have that."

Eliminated Manual Lubrication

Juriaan van der Sluijs works as a Senior Tactical Buyer at Viscon. The company specialises in automating processes for the food industry. Van der Sluijs: "In the design of our machines, we look at where we can make processes for customers even more efficient. Timely delivery of high-quality fasteners helps tremendously with that." For Viscon, the primary reason for using Lubrinox is to save time and improve efficiency. "Thanks to Lubrinox, we don't have to buy lubricants and apply them manually."

Discover how Viscon uses Lubrinox.

Being relevant to industries

Jos Lavrijsen, product category manager bij Fabory, voegt daar aan toe: “Door goed te luisteren naar klanten in specifieke marktsegmenten, kunnen we ons assortiment nog relevanter maken voor die specifieke branches. In goede samenwerking met gespecialiseerde partners hebben we Lubrinox ontwikkeld.”

Adviesmogelijkheden

Jos Lavrijsen, product category manager at Fabory, adds, "By listening carefully to customers in specific market segments, we can make our assortment even more relevant to those specific industries. In good cooperation with specialised partners, we have developed Lubrinox."

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