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Load Indicating Washers

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ARE DTIs REALLY WORTH IT?

Could something that costs 10 cents actually guarantee better bolt tension accuracy than your company’s designer?

This question sounds ridiculous to many people since they blindly trust their designer’s torque calculations. Unfortunately, the calculations they rely on to get proper tension may have been determined 10 years earlier by someone that cannot predict all bolt conditions.

In many instances, a designer can only predict some, but not all, of the conditions a bolt may encounter when ...

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AutoSPREADER Takes on Gasket Replacement Without Breaking a Sweat

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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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Safety’s Best Friend: AutoTORQ Hydraulic Chain Pipe Wrench

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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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