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News Release from: Protex Fasteners | Subject: 41-1292 heavy duty draw latch
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 02 November 2000
Draw latch gives strong leverage for
heavier uses
Protex Fasteners now manufactures at its factory in Redditch the 41-1292, a longer-handled, heavy duty draw latch combining powerful leverage with fast operation over lengthy service.
Protex Fasteners Ltd now manufactures at its factory in Redditch the 41-1292, a longer-handled, heavy duty draw latch (aka overcentre fastener) combining powerful leverage with fast operation over lengthy service A spring-loaded safety catch engages to hold down the long lever in the closed position
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 16 May 2000 at 8.00am (UK)
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Very sturdily constructed in stainless steel, the new 41-1292 has a breaking strength of 3 tonnes.
The product will fasten two surfaces on large enclosures and containers - chambers, cages, silos, hoppers, vessels, tanks and tankers.
Uses are arising widely on brewing and fermenting vats, dust extractors, metal finishing chambers, industrial refrigerators, mining equipment, swing bumper bars on fire tender vehicles, and mould cages for shaping building blocks.
This overcentre fastener incorporates screw adjustment of 19mm (altering the overall length from 241 to 260mm) to allow for fitting tolerances and compensate later in service life for any compaction of a seal or wear of the two surfaces.
Adjustment is executed in situ merely by rotating a trunnion, which then hooks over its mating catchplate.
The new draw latch is supplied with base-plate and a pin sealing facility for added security.
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