For aircraft safety lock wire, straightened and cut wire to length and tag wire. Exclusive lockwire canister: colour coded cans for easy identification. Canister is molded from high density polyethylene and blue colour. Made of 302/304 stainless steel. Malin's lockwire dispensing canisters won't degrade and they will keep your wire free of grease and other corrosive materials. Plus they are recyclable. Standard materials: Stainless steel type 302/304 ASTM A 580. Lock wire's design ensures that fasteners are tight enough. Malin's lockwire is a positive locking device, which functions as a safety mechanism to prevent the loosening of fasteners. Typically, lock wire is threaded through the fastener's hole, twisted onto another part or fastener, and then twisted again.