Discover the Best Torque Equipment Available for Your Needs
What Is Torque?
Torque is the measurement of how a force is causing an object to rotate. For our purposes, torque is the foundation for secure, safe bolting. Beyond torque, there is torque control, torque tensioning and other practical applications that apply to bolting. Torque, simply, is important.
When your company needs to tighten bolts, it’s vital that you have the right torque equipment.
Hydraulic Torque Equipment Overview
While not all are required on every site, hydraulic torque equipment includes:
- Torque wrenches
- Tensioners
- Flange tools
- Torque measurement and calibration devices
Torque Wrenches
The hydraulic and pneumatic torque wrenches required for heavy-duty bolting applications are considerably larger and more powerful than the simple click or beam torque wrenches you likely have in your personal toolbox.
For instance, the Enerpac S-Series Hydraulic Torque Wrench delivers 25,140 ft/lbs of torque while the DSX 3000 Enerpac DSX Torque Wrench is able to apply torque with an accuracy of +/3% and has a fully-enclosed drive with a built-in safety tether so that it can be used on elevated projects.
Hydraulic Bolt Tensioners
When it comes to applying tension on bolts, it’s vitally important that you accurately measure your output for safe and secure seals. Having a top-of-the-line hydraulic bolt tensioner provides peace of mind and faster application than torque wrenching.
With a product like the Enerpac GT-Series Hydraulic Bolt Tensioners, your team can evenly distribute tension across all bolts on a flange simultaneously and safely since you are working with a hydraulic system – including a powerful, accurate pump – that doesn’t require hands-on tightening.
Friction Points and the Importance of Lubrication
Friction points are where the torque is lost due to friction. This is more easily understood as the touching threads between a nut and a bolt and whatever material the bolt is clamping. Without knowing your friction points, you won’t know how much torque should be applied and how much will be lost from friction.
Anywhere from 80 to 90% of your torque will be lost to friction, but we can reduce friction through lubrication. This provides more torque to the preload and removes stress from the bolt through the process. You’ll decrease your chances of bolt failure during installation as well as extend its life.
To make sure that you apply the right amount of lubrication to reach your desired preload, manufacturers provide the value for the friction coefficient.
Flange Tools
While having the right hydraulic torque equipment and tensioners is necessary for a properly executed project, it’s the unfortunate truth that you will hit speed bumps along the way. Tools such as nut splitters, flange spreaders, and flange aligners can help you ensure that frozen bolts or misaligned flanges don’t eat up huge chunks of your project timeline. Keep them on hand, or risk missed deadlines and mounting turnaround costs.
Torque Measurement and Calibration
When dealing with the required accuracy of a bolting project, you need to make sure that your torque equipment is properly calibrated and measuring precisely. Stay in the know with a suite of transducers and instruments for any environment or application, so that you can be certain your tools are handling the job properly.
Renting and buying
We understand that the cost of purchasing a new piece of torque equipment isn’t always practical, especially if you’re a smaller company with limited overhead, you just plan to use the tool for one project or you need a quick replacement for a broken tool.
At Aztec, we offer rentals for a wide variety of tools from industry brand leaders so that you have the right torque wrench, hydraulic pump or nut splitter for the job in front of you. And if you decide that your rental equipment is too good to send back to us, we have lease-to-own options that give you even more flexibility for your torque equipment needs.
AZTEC: YOUR SUPPLIER FOR THE BEST TORQUE EQUIPMENT FOR YOUR JOB
Using the right tools is half the battle when it comes to applying the right amount of torque for the job, and that’s where Aztec shines. We sell and rent only the most durable torque wrenches and tensioning tools from brands such as Enerpac, Norbar, Skidmore-Wilhelm, and others to increase the life of your equipment. We also provide in-house and mobile services to repair and calibrate torquing and tensioning tools and train your team on how to use our products to get the job done correctly. We utilize the latest bolting technology to serve petrochemical, oil and gas, wind generation, construction, maintenance and power generation leaders. Ready to experience unmatched customer service and the highest quality bolting tools in the industry? Contact the pros at Aztec today.
