John Hamaty, president of the Vibra-Tite division of ND Industries, explains the benefits of the Vibra-Tite product lineup, the variety of applications, and how the company can work with distributors, OEMs, and end users, to develop and manufacture materials that meet specifications.
ND Industries specialises in the development of innovative materials and processes that increase the safety and reliability of fastener assemblies. Its core business revolves around the application of a wide variety of materials onto fasteners and assemblies to aid in functions such as locking, sealing, masking, lubricating, and noise and vibration dampening.
The Vibra-Tite division was created in 2001 to provide bottled adhesive, sealant, and lubricant products to the manufacturing, assembly, maintenance, and repair markets. Since then Vibra-Tite has grown to become one of the world’s market leaders in anaerobics, cyanoacrylates, epoxies, and ultraviolet technologies.
Due to low overhead and in-house chemical formulation and blending, Vibra-Tite offers products with the same high-quality and performance of other name brands, but at cost savings from 15% – 70%, depending on the product.
The main reason for the Vibra-Tite division’s growth is simple economics. The manufacturing industry is constantly looking for ways to reduce costs, while achieving the same results from its products. When engineers and factory workers utilise Vibra-Tite products, they find that many of our formulas compete directly with better known brands, yet at a significant cost savings. Once they try our product in their application, the test data typically shows similar or better results than that of our competition. Switching to Vibra-Tite is an effective way to reduce business costs.
The Vibra-Tite product lineup offers a wide variety of products designed for locking, sealing, bonding, or lubricating. Categories include – threadlockers, thread sealants, pipe sealants, retaining compounds, cyanoacrylates (super glues), structural adhesives, anti-seize compounds, RTV sealants, activators/primers, UV light cure adhesives, epoxies and specialty products.
One of Vibra-Tite’s most popular and unique products is VC-3 – a material that prevents fastener assemblies from loosening due to shock and vibration. VC-3 is different from anaerobic threadlockers. It’s a solvent solution of acrylic polymers that dries to the touch within minutes of being applied to fastener threads and is then ready for use. The material properties of VC-3 act as a shock absorber, dampening vibration to prevent fastener assembly thread slippage. VC-3’s unique formulation stays pliable, allowing fasteners to be adjusted with standard hand tools, while maintaining threadlocking abilities.
Vibra-Tite values its customers’ individual needs and is willing to work directly with distributors, OEMs, and end users, to develop and manufacture materials that meet their exact specifications. ND Industries’ in-house R&D team of degreed scientists and PhD chemists are available to optimise existing materials and formulate new products.
Some businesses decide to enter the market with their own brand of products and Vibra-Tite’s Private Labelling Programme provides a path to success. Private labelling offers distributor and suppliers the ability to build brand loyalty while offering customers cost savings and an alternative to generic brands. Our private labelling minimum quantity requirements are significantly lower than most manufacturers, making start up cost effective and timely.
Many of our competitors either don’t offer private labelling or hit the interested business with a lot of start-up costs and high minimum order amounts. We see things differently. If we can help a company launch its own private label, its success will be our success.
Founded in 1955, ND Industries develops and supplies high quality fastener coating products and services to a wide variety of industries. In addition to its Vibra-Tite bottled products division, ND has pre-applied processing centres strategically located across the United States, additional facilities in China, Taiwan, and Turkey, and licensees throughout the world.
Having spent a decade in the fastener industry experiencing every facet – from steel mills, fastener manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors, as well as machinery builders and plating + coating companies, Claire has developed an in-depth knowledge of all things fasteners.
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