Sequa Can Machinery Inc. (East Rutherford, NJ) manufactures different types of industrial machinery, including can-making equipment. The assemblies require reliable threaded fasteners, since critical joints are subject to a variety of different stresses in the shop floor.
"Shock, pressure, vibration, temperature change-all combine to loosen fastener threads, which inevitably come loose at the worst possible time," says Sequa Can Advanced Technology Group Vice President Joe Finan. "The fatal flaw in too many productions lines is failing to protect the critical joints with suitable fasteners."