Fastener Components: Maynard Improved Lockthread
Maynard Improved Lockthread Key Details
Not all bolts are created equal. When your bolted joint absolutely must stay together, choose our Maynard Improved Lockthread. We’ve taken the tri-lobular Lockthread concept and perfected it to offer the best locking bolt on the market.
Improved Lockthread is a special, mechanical self-locking thread form.
The advantages of Maynard Improved Lockthread are:
• Ease of installation using standard tools
• Strong, self-locking action
• Higher shear strength
• High fatique strength
• Shock vibration resistance
• Removable and reusable
• Uniform clamp loads
• Mates with standard threaded nuts
• Prevailing torque in prescribed limits
Additionally, we are the only manufacturer in the world able to provide Self-Aligning Lockthread (SALT). SALT is the application of our Maynard Improved Lockthread with a patented self-alignment anti-cross thread feature.
Maynard Improved Lockthread is used for Carbon Steel, Stainless Steel, and Special Alloy fasteners. Whether your needs are for prevailing torque special inch or metric fasteners, we have the capability to manufacture to your specifications.
Our Improved Lockthread bolts can be found in the driveways, highways, farms, and construction sites on the equipment of the most recognizable OEMs in those industries.
Maynard Lockthread is often utilized in High Temperature / High Vibration applications. To learn more, click here.
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