Maximizing the Lifespan of Your Industrial Torque Wrench

If you work with heavy equipment, energy generation, bridges or heavy construction, or are a military engineer, the importance of proper maintenance and care for your torque wrench is paramount to ensuring long-term use. The lifespan of your wrench depends greatly on how you treat it when not in use and how often you calibrate it. Caring for your torque wrench not only prolongs its life but also helps reduce maintenance costs and replacements. Here are some tips for maximizing the lifespan of your industrial torque wrench:

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Industrial Applications that Require Accurate Torque

A torque wrench is a tool used to ensure optimal tightness of bolts and screws. It has special internal mechanisms that aid in setting specifications for a specific application. Thus ensuring there is enough tension and loading of all parts. It is key to ensuring quality work.  

Two types of torque wrenches are ideal, depending on their application. It is used in various fields to ensure machinery and equipment safety, quality, and smooth running. 

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[CASE STUDY] Power Generation and Turbine Maintenance

For this case study, we’re heading to Florida, where our client – a combined cycle power plant – needed hydraulic torque wrenches.

They also needed the wrenches right away, and Maxpro could deliver.

“We turned it around in hours,” said company president Tom Macey. “That’s the beauty of UPS and FedEx. We ship a lot of stuff overnight.”

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Preventative Maintenance is the Key to Accurate Calibration

Preventative MaintenanceWe exercise and eat well in hopes that we won’t have health problems later in life. We change the oil and rotate our tires on our cars to avoid mechanical problems down the road.

It’s like what Benjamin Franklin said: An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

This philosophy extends to torque tools. You’ll keep your tools in good working order by setting up a regular maintenance and calibration program.

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