Laser 6869 Safety Locking Wire 0.8mm x 30m

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In addition we have distributorships for Aircraft Tool Supply, LP Aero Plastics, Falcon Gauge, Ceconite / Randolph and Shield Technology to name but a few! The advantage to this tool is its long and thin design, which can access hard-to-reach areas where one's hands or pliers do not fit. This marine-grade, corrosion-resistant Stainless Steel Seizing Wire is a strong and secure way to safely lock off shackles. Locknuts such as Nyloc nuts and HARDLOCK nuts have the additional objective of preventing lost bolt tension. Since safety wire is made of a malleable alloy, it retains its shape after being bent, rather than springing back to its original shape.

The imperial bolt jig suits six sizes: UNC 1/4-20, UNC 5/16-18, UNF 5/16-24, UNC 3/8-16, UNF 3/8-24 and UNC 7/16-14.This property allows it to remain locked around an object, such as when it is passed through a small hole on a fastener, looped back upon itself and then twisted. For certain applications where safety wiring is common, fasteners come pre-drilled with holes to accept safety wire. Again, the end cap is too large to pass through the hole that the wire passed through, and thus the cable is secured. Safety wire tabs are washers that are used to secure fasteners by transferring the force of the safety wire to the head of the fastener to be secured.

The presence of safety wiring also serves as an indicator that the fasteners have been properly tightened.A more simplistic application of safety wire, more commonly referred to as witness wiring, is the use of light gauge, single strand, copper wire to provide positive visual confirmation of the security or closure of specific equipment within the aerospace industry. Wire can prevent nuts from falling off, but can not prevent fatigue failure which results when low tensioned bolts are exposed to vibration.