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Flange Spreader Safety Revealed
Posted by: Lisa Wildman
By Lisa Raynor-Keck
Lurking on the shelf of your shop is one of the most underestimated safety hazards you’ll encounter. It appears innocent and is often harmless until something goes wrong. Surprisingly, it’s your poorly designed flange spreader.
A flange spreader’s uncomplicated appearance is deceiving. Every year people are treated for injuries when seemingly adequate flange spreaders fail. The results can be anything from cuts and gashes to serious injuries. That’s why having a flange spreader that incorporates strength and safety into ...
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Flange spreaders are nothing new when it comes to gasket replacement, but how many flange spreaders provide 10,000 lb of force per spreader and can open a full three inches in a single pass? Only one… AutoSPREADER Flange Spreaders from FASTORQ.
AutoSPREADERs are not just another standard market flange spreader, but provide remarkably fast and portable flange separation with as little as a 3/32” insertion gap. They fit all flanges, are lightweight and can go anywhere they are needed.
To use, just ...
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A drilling deck is a dangerous place. There’s no doubt about it. If you could remove the biggest safety offender, wouldn’t you?
Each year, tongs and come-a-longs are used on drilling decks, in shops and around pipe yards to turn pipe. Also, each year, a significant number of people are injured, and even killed, using this method to turn pipe. It is even a major concern for OSHA. There is a better way – the AutoTORQ Hydraulic Chain Pipe Wrench.
The AutoTORQ ...
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By Lisa Raynor-Keck
Not all straight head nut splitters are the same! When it comes to nut splitters, versatility and efficiency are just as important as speed, strength and safety.
Significant money is spent each year buying numerous cylinders and heads that clutter shops and only allow splitting of a limited number of nut sizes. It’s important to find a nut splitter that allows you to cut multiple nuts with as few cylinders and heads as possible.
Many companies force their customers to ...
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How Tough is Tough?
Posted by: Lisa Wildman
You can tell a lot about a company’s products just by looking at their warranty program. Advertising features all kinds of adjectives describing how tough a product is, how long it will last and how well it’s made, but the proof is really how long the company stands behind the product.
In the industrial tool world the vast majority of companies offer ...
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How Fast is Fast?
Posted by: Lisa Wildman
By Lisa Raynor-Keck with Louie Durdin
Stud tensioning jobs are often long and exhausting processes that eat up valuable man hours and tie up equipment. At best, 50 percent of the studs are tensioned at one time with conventional stud tensioners. It’s time to ask yourself, is there a better way?
ZipTENSIONER Double Zip Stud ...
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How Tight is Tight?
Posted by: Lisa Wildman
By Bill Washington
When answering this question, it is important to understand what happens when we tighten a bolt. The bolt acts as a heavy spring that clamps two or more pieces together. When we turn a nut we stretch the bolt. Stretch or elongation provides clamping force. Not enough clamping force allows the nut to vibrate loose causing leaks. Too much clamping force causes gasket damage, bolt galling, flange ...
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