3M™ Scotch-Weld™ Threadlocker TL77
- 3M ID B40067637
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Highlights
- Permanently fills and seals threads completely to help stop corrosion, rust and leaks
- Fixture time can be as little as 20 minutes and fully cures in 24 hours to help reduce lengthy downtime during maintenance schedules
- Provide vibration, corrosion and shock resistance
- Securely holds dissimilar and coarse metals, including up to 25-38mm diameter bolts
- Reduces maintenance downtime associated with parts loosening because of movement or vibration and helps keep equipment and production up and running
- Long open time anaerobic adhesives that cure quickly
- Helps keep production equipment up and running
3M™ Scotch-Weld™ Threadlocker TL77 is a permanent, high strength, high viscosity threadlocker designed to work well with larger diameter (up to 25-38mm) and coarse threaded parts. It provides vibration, corrosion and shock resistance to these fasteners in assembled form. This high strength anaerobic adhesive is dispensed as a one-component product.
Fills and seals threads completely to help stop corrosion, rust and leaks
Our 3M™ Scotch-Weld™ Threadlocker TL77 hardens and seals threaded assemblies to resist vibration and prevent loosening or leakage of secured fasteners. Applying this adhesive to fasteners before tightening seals out moisture and prevents corrosion. Application is fast and easy with just a targeted squeeze of the bottle. Engineered for use on larger bolt sizes and coarse threaded parts, the anaerobic formulation begins to cure quickly into a polymer that seals, secures, and retains. An activator can be used for even faster cure or larger gap sizes. The high strength adhesive is only removable through high heat application.
Recommended Applications
- Threadlocking of larger screws, bolts and nuts, and coarse threaded parts
- Applications vary by temperature resistance, removability and oil tolerance
Our 3M™ Scotch-Weld™ Threadlocker TL77 (PDF, 18 Kb) is effective for locking, vibration resistance, sealing, and bonding threaded assemblies. Places where it is useful include machine tool access bolts, hydraulic system bolts, gear box/driveshaft bolts, bearing cover cap screws, countersunk screws and conveyor roller bolts.
Understanding Anaerobic Adhesives
Anaerobic adhesives are uniquely formulated to cure in the absence of oxygen. The term "anaerobic" means "living without air" and when the oxygen is excluded, a chemical chain reaction begins that causes the adhesive to polymerize. Contact with metal speeds the polymerization process and rapidly accelerates the curing process, forming tough cross-linked plastic that provides aggressive adhesion with effective shear strength.
More commonly referred to as threadlockers, pipe sealants, retaining compounds, and gasket makers, these adhesives are often used to enhance the seal, or holding force, in the threads of joined fastener systems such as nut-and-bolt assemblies. A nut-and-bolt assembly may have as little as 15% metal-to-metal contact and even a small amount of anaerobic adhesive readily fills any air voids between the threads and then hardens to a thermoset plastic. These unique adhesives are easy-to-dispense, cure rapidly, and provide effective torque strength while resisting temperature and vibration and sealing out moisture and gasses to protect against corrosion. Anaerobic adhesives can decrease manufacturing costs, enhance equipment reliability, minimize aftermarket breakdown, and reduce warranty claims.
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