Safety Wire – Lock Wire – Lockwire

Lock Wire from Malin Co.

As a top manufacturer of lock wire, Malin provides many industries with effective safety wiring products. We design our lock wire to keep fasteners as tight and secure as possible. These positive locking devices are important for maintaining safety standards, especially in aerospace applications.

Malin color codes each of our lockwire types with recyclable, polyethylene containers:

• Blue canisters contain Malin’s famous Stainless-steel lock wire.
• Yellow canisters contain Inconel lock wire.
• Organ canisters contain oxidized Inconel safety wire.
• Red canisters contain Monel lock wire.

Malin Co. safety wire canisters won’t degrade like paper canisters. These canisters will also protect your lock wire from grease and corrosive materials.

In addition, Malin Co. offers safety wire in spools, coils and bulk purchase options to further fulfill your needs.

Purpose of Lockwire and Safety Wire

Lock wire is an incredibly versatile safety tool. It is applicable in a wide variety of industries. Nuts, bolts, screws and other fasteners will loosen over time. Lock wire’s purpose is to prevent this loosening from occurring.

Lock wire’s secures two or more parts together and ensures the tightening of each fastener. It prevents loosening by counteracting it with additional tightening of the wire.

The typical method of lock wire installation installation consists of twisting two strands or wire together in a “Double Twist” formation. Single strand installation is more common in applications with closely-spaced, geometric patterns. The max number of fasteners depends on how many can be reached by 24 inches of wire.

It is also important to avoid installing lock wire in applications with possible chafing, fatigue or additional tension. The only tension the wire should experience is the tension for preventing loosening. To learn how to install safety wire, check out our blog post on the different application methods.

Malin Co. Safety Wire and Lock Wire Products:

Stainless Steel Aerospace Safety Wire- Stainless steel type 302/304 ASTM A 580, 305 and 316 stainless are available upon request.

Inconel Aerospace Lock Wire

Oxidized Inconel Aerospace Safety Wire

Monel Aerospace Lockwire

Copper & Brass Breakaway Wire- Available in 1 & 5-pound spools. Breakaway Wire is typically sold in the 1 & 5-pound spools. However, other packaging options are available:

• Boxed coils
• Bulk coils
• 1/4-pound Handi-Pak coils
• Custom spools
• Bulk spools
• Bobbins.

General & Industrial Wire

• Aluminum
• Brass
• Copper
• Chromel carbon (black, galvanized)
• Inconel
• Monel
• Nickel
• Nickel Silver
• Stainless Steel (302, 303, 304, 304L, 316, 316L, 410, 430)
• Phosphorous Bronze
• Nitinol
• Titanium

We can quote other materials upon request.

Safety Wire and Lock Wire Applications:

• Camping Wire
• Military Trip Wire
• Snare Trap Wire
• Airplane cabins
• Automotive assemblies
• Specialize machine parts
• Heavy duty U bolt locks
• Pipe fittings
• Medical Wire
• Fishing & Marine

Malin Co. Services:

Straightened and Cut Wire– From .006′ diameter to .177′ diameter and lengths from .250′ to 10ft. Length and diameter tolerances quoted upon request.

Electro Polished and Clean Wire – We offer diameters as fine as .006” to .041” diameter on spools. The most commonly supplied wire is the 300 series of stainless steel.

Wire Finishes – We offer matte, diamond drawn brite, centerless ground, and soap finishes.

Wire Forming – Malin has also developed the ability to shape and form wire in all types of materials and configurations. No quantity is too small. We will set up and run both production and prototype quantities.

Barcoding

Wire Drawing- Malin Company can now draw aluminum, brass, copper, stainless steel, and nickel alloys. Diameters down to .0016” and up to .250” diameter. We can also draw and process customer supplied wire as well.

We work to give our customers the product they need, the presentation they want and customer service they deserve. Please contact Malin Co. for more information on our safety wire and lock wire products.