Screw down CPU fans fo socket A

Hi guys. I work at a system builder. We've been having problems with heatsinks comin off the socket during shipping. FedEx throws them too hard and they end up banging up the inside of the case.
I have seen heatsinks that screw on the mount holes in socket motherboards, but they are very overpriced. We build budget systems and barebones. Is there a manufacturer that makes cheap screo-down socket a heatsinks. Or some sort of retention mechanism.

unfortunately fedex is so rough with the systems that the fans will fly off
i think about 3-5% of the systems we send out ged damaged like this.
we use thermalatke volcano 8 fans that use all six clips, and unincom fans that also use all six clips

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