Torque Tester and Torque Tool Safety Warnings!
When lives are at stake, engineers reach for Sturtevant Richmont tools to ensure that fasteners are torqued to specification. Whether you are using our tools in a factory, under the sea, or up in space, tool failure is not an option.
Tool failure can cause fasteners to come undone and pieces to come apart. Improper use of torque tools can also cause fasteners to come undone.
Those concepts have always been embedded in our brains as we design our tools.
Safety first is more than a slogan or a poster on the wall. It is a way of life.
Ergonomics
Ergonomics is another important factor in tool use. We don't make some tools because of their design flaws. For example, a flex head torque wrench makes it easy for the operator to sideload the torque application by varying from 90-degree torque application.
Cam-over or break-away wrenches are not ergonomically sound. Depending on the application and where the operator is using the cam-over wrench relative to his or her body, the wrench break-over can cause repetitive motion injury by forcing the wrist to rotate in a non-ergonomic manner.
We build tools that eliminate the human influence on torque application. That protects the quality of the build being assembled. We also want to protect the operator. As a result, we don't make cam-over tools. It simply does not fit with our value set.
Torque Tester Safety
Please observe these cautions.
- Calibration weights can cause the tester and its base to tip
- Always wear safety goggles (users and bystanders).
- Counterbalance or anchor mounting base.
- Tipping base can cause injury.
- Always read the instructions.
Torque Wrench Safety
Please observe these cautions.
- Over torquing can cause breakage.
- The wrench can break while breaking fasteners loose
- Force against flex stops on flex head torque wrenches can cause head breakage
- An out-of-calibration torque wrench can cause part or tool breakage
- Wear safety goggles (user and bystanders).
- Do not exceed rated torque.
- Do not use a torque wrench to break fasteners loose.
- Periodic recalibration is necessary to maintain accuracy.
- Broken tools can cause injury.
- Taking interchangeable heads over their rated torque value can cause the head to break.
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