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Spray freezes rusted fasteners to free up quickly

A Henkel Loctite Adhesives product story
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk editorial team Sep 14, 2005

Freezing rusted nuts, bolts and studs aid dis-assembly and avoids delay, frustrations and extra cost for the maintenance and fitting departments during a repair.

There is hardly anything worse for an engineer than a rusted nut, bolt or stud.

Trying to free it can hold up a job, cause frustration and cost money.

Now there is a new - and highly effective - way of releasing those stubborn components.

And it will stop engineers getting 'hot under the collar'.

It is called Loctite Freeze and Release - and that is exactly what it does.

Once the corroded parts have been cleaned of loose dirt and rust, the spray is applied directly from the can.

An application of between 5 and 10 seconds is enough to instantly chill seized and rusted parts down to an astonishing minus 43 deg C.

The exceptional shock-freeze effect produces a differential thermal contraction that creates microscopic cracks in the layer of rust.

This, in turn, allows the lubricant ingredient of the spray to wick directly into the rust by means of a capillary action.

The assembly can be easily dismantled after just one to two minutes reaction time.

As well as releasing the seized parts, Loctite Freeze and Release lubricates the parts and helps prevent future corrosion.

Loctite Freeze and Release is available in 400ml aerosol cans.

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