Retaining Reliability and Endurance in Punishing Applications
Henkel adhesives secure fasteners and strengthen interference fits in snowmobiles used for competitive racing.
Competitive snowmobilers, snocross racers, and XGames athletes usePolaris Industries Inc. snowmobiles to help them dominate in extreme events such as racing, long-distance jumping, and freestyle competitions that involve dangerous backflips and extensions. The sleds are designed for terrain domination, enduring the punishment of full-out driving maneuvers, high loads and even crashes. The engineers who build the machines must be sure that the sleds will function reliably under severe conditions and hold tight under stress and at high temperatures.
To ensure that Polaris snowmobiles endure wide temperature fluctuations, hard landings, vibration, and extreme impacts while continuing to perform reliably, engineers trust Loctite anaerobic adhesives (specifically threadlockers and retaining compounds) to ensure the safety of the sleds and eliminate any risk of assembly failure. Threadlockers are used on all threaded fasteners throughout the machine, eliminating the possibility of vibrational loosening. At critical interfaces such as engine mounts, these adhesives permanently secure the threaded fasteners that attach the engine to the chassis. Failure here could mean disaster.