Locking, a topic that always remains relevant
Locking is all about creating and maintaining safe connections. When joining multiple components, you can choose from various techniques, such as welding, bonding and, of course, bolting. Threaded connections offer several advantages. For many applications, they are relatively easy to calculate, can withstand both axial and shear forces, and assembly is quick, usually without complex equipment.
Sufficient preload is essential
For a reliable threaded connection, it is important to pay sufficient attention to its design and assembly. Eighty percent of bolt failures in machines or structures are caused by insufficient preload in the connection. Sometimes insufficient preload is applied during assembly, but more often the original preload is lost entirely or partially over time. As a result, the dynamic load is transferred directly to the bolts, resulting in failure. Connection failures can have serious consequences: downtime of machines or entire production processes, vehicle failures and even accidents. And, of course, you want to prevent that.
