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News Release from: Protex Fasteners | Subject: Quick-action overcentre fasteners
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 16 May 2000
Fast-operating lids on processing
machines
Protex Fasteners has launched the medium-duty model 70-653 with hooked claw for retaining lids and covers.
Protex Fasteners, UK producer of quick-action overcentre fasteners or draw latches, has launched the medium-duty model 70-653 with hooked claw for retaining lids and covers It is screw-adjustable to give 10mm tolerance when fitting and has a pin seal facility for security and an optional safety catch to prevent any accidental opening
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 12 May 2000 at 8.00am (UK)
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Model 70-653 comes in mild steel with a hardened and tempered carbon steel claw, in iridescent yellow, zincplate passivate finish, to 454 kgf (4.4 kN) or all in stainless to 420 kgf (4.1 kN) breaking strength, yet is just 153mm long and weighs only 0.180 kg.
Two initial OEM applications in process engineering and metalworking show just how versatile the new fastener is for securing and releasing lids and covers fast and repeatedly.
Thus one of England's top three independent masterbatch suppliers, Douglas Baker Plastics Ltd of Bilston, West Midlands, puts the Protex 70-653 to good use on Simar 3600 Series compact hopper-loaders, made by Simar Foerdertechnik GmbH of Vaihingen/Enz, Germany.
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These convey powders to the process machines which make up colour and special-effect concentrates - as well as additive masterbatches such as UV stabilising, flame-retardant, anti-static and anti-oxidant - for polymer compounders who will in turn supply to moulders typically of automotive, domestic appliance and power tool components.
Douglas Baker Plastics is, for example, a supplier of the famous and distinctive green hue by which Black and Decker products are recognised throughout the World.
Filter lids on the Simar hopper-loaders are secured by Protex 70-653 mild steel fasteners: these assist operators to be totally responsible for their own process operation, including cleaning and servicing the internal filters, required to be carried out every 5-7 days.
Freddy Products Ltd of Pershore, Worcestershire, a member of the Paul de la Pena Group of Companies, has incorporated the screw-adjustable 70-653's, also in mild steel with hardened and tempered carbon steel claw, as lid-retaining fasteners on their full range of wheeled vacuum units for the modern metalworking environment.
These units remove coolant from machine tool sumps, separate out the swarf and particulate contamination, filter the coolant and return it to the sump.
Speed is of the essence, to minimise the amount of production lost through downtime, and a vital element in this procedure is the Protex 70-653 quick-action fasteners for operating the lid.
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