New World Technologies set the industry standard when the E-RAD electric high-capacity torque wrench debuted in 2005. There was nothing like this tool on the market at that time: a calibrated, accurate, electric torque wrench with a capacity as high as 4,000 feet/pounds. Around the same time, the American wind energy business started to take off in a scalable way.
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An Army mechanic, a wind turbine worker and a construction foreman sit down to talk about their jobs. Even though they work in different fields, they discover they all have something in common: the need for accurate, durable torque tools. It’s for this reason that so many professionals in these critical industries choose torque tools from the Canadian company RAD, makers of the RAD gun.
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Spend enough time in the bolting industry, and you’ll notice an on-going problem: Differences in torque output caused by incorrect air supply and tool operation.
The RAD “TV” or Transducer Verification tools are an economical answer for torque applications that require accurate “real time” torque readings. Fortunately, the RAD company has found a solution to this problem with its TV-RAD series of tools.
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Regular readers of this blog know that we’ve spent a lot of time discussing the benefits of the various tools made by RAD Torque Systems.
Today we’ll continue that trend by looking at one of RAD’s latest offerings, the 15DX-NX Tool Kit.
Lightweight and ergonomic, this pneumatic torque wrench combines several application-specific reaction arms and a nose extension into a single kit.
“The NX-GX Kit was designed with flexibility in mind,” RAD says on its website. “Complete with 3 different reaction arms and a nose extension for hard-to-reach areas, the NX-GX Kit is a go anywhere tool capable of a variety of applications.”
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