Joinlox has extensive experience in cost comparative analysis and would be happy to discuss your organisation’s requirements.

Joinlox can analyse your current manufacturing and transport methods to identify areas that the Joinlox joining technology can deliver cost-saving solution right through your business.

Joinlox enabled products require less materials as in most cases Joinlox is an inherently stronger joint than traditional joining methods.  Therefore requiring less parent material to support the joint and a reduction in both the number and complexity of parts.

Reduced labour and assembly processes both in-house and in the field, regardless of how remote the location.  The Joinlox system is a rapid construction, erection, assembly or disassembly that does not required specialist equipment or highly skilled personnel to carry out.

Joinlox revolutionises how products are assembled and transported.  No longer do organisations have to invest heavily in multiple manufacturing centres close to global markets.  Joinlox enables organisations to focus on centralised, primary manufacturing centres far away from the end-user or installation, but still be competitive in both cost and lead time tenders by more efficient storage, logistics and rapid assembly solutions anywhere in the world.

The Joinlox mechanical joining technology has been specifically designed to be either permanent or re-usable.  Many joining and fixing applications require the strength of a permanent method such as welding, but would be far more economical if the joint was reversible.  Joinlox can provide superior strength to fasteners, but can also be locked and unlocked many times over.

The Joinlox technology provides a high-strength, integral joint perfectly suited to join a broad range of materials including Plastics such as PP, PE, PVS, ABS, Fibre-Reinforced Composites, Steels, Aluminium and other Alloys, Timber and processed Timber products, Concrete, Glass and Ceramics.

Traditional mechanical fasteners such as bolts, screws, rivets, staples or nails cause stress-raising point loads in the materials being joined.  A Joinlox overcomes this problem in any material as it designed to provide a fully supported and evenly distributed load the full length of the join.  This can be achieved in either straight or complex joints.

Permanent, irreversible methods such as welding, brazing or chemical adhesives often reduce the strength of the parent materials in the immediate joint area.  Heat Affected Zones are often the limiting design factor of any steel or plastic weld and require far greater parent materials to compensate.

Adhesives have limited material compatibility ranges and require perfectly controlled conditions, highly skilled personnel and equipment to ensure bonding occurs and often have a limited shelf and bond life.

The Joinlox system is a cost-effective, uniformly loaded, reversible, mechanical joining system that overcomes these common issues related to traditional joining methods.

Joinlox technology greatly assists designers and engineers with making compact products. The Joinlox system is also fully scalable and adaptable to suit almost any application.

Parts can be designed for nested or flat-pack storage and transport. Benefits include:

• Reduced overall product size
• Reduced packaging
• Reduced warehousing space
• Greatly improved transport efficiency
• Lower greenhouse gas emissions
• Easier handling

Reduced tooling costs because large parts can be made as composite, modular parts

Joinlox can reduce the environmental impact of a broad range of products and structures. It reduces the materials needed in part joints, as well as the energy, and greenhouse gases, required to make, pack and freight.

Joinlox products can be rapidly assembled, disassembled and reused/recycled.

Joinlox technology enables servicing of previously one-use discarded parts, saving millions of tons of raw materials and greenhouse gases. Longer-lasting products means less landfill waste.

Joinlox technology enables stronger joins with significantly less materials. Forces applied in a Joinlox join are distributed evenly along the joint faces, eliminating high stress-point loads and enabling lighter-weight shell structures.

Joinlox can simultaneously reduce failure risks and costs. Joinlox enables the easier adoption of high-strength state-of-the-art composite materials. Fibre-reinforced plastics can be used to replace steel parts, removing the need for expensive long-term cathodic protection. Joining dissimilar materials can be  accomplished for normally difficult joints such as wood-to-plastic, glass-to-metal, plastic-to-metal or others.

Joinlox technology means easier assembly and servicing, both in the factory and in the field.

In the factory:

• Intuitive simple process requiring no specialist training
• Greatly reduced labour costs
• Positive self alignment of parts, largely eliminating assembly errors
• Faster construction and less energy required than welding or gluing
• Full strength achieved immediately
• No requirement for fiddly screws and fasteners, or complex jigs and robotics
• Stripping and over-tightening of screws and bolts no longer a  concern
• Joint torque pressures automatically achieved with simple manual assembly or fully automated speeds
• Reduces factory overheads for quality assurance testing such as x-ray weld inspections

In the field:

• Joinlox enables rapid installation, servicing and change-out times
• Easy and simple assembly and disassembly without need for highly skilled technicians
• Simple self-alignment of joint components
• Joins cannot be under- or over-tightened
• Seized bolts eliminated
• More robust and reliable than most traditional methods of field assembly and joining
• Reduced quality assurance testing of equipment
• Allows faster, safer service and maintenance
• Faster and easier disassembly and re-assembly