Norbar TrukTorque™ shaped for success
06 October 2010
The TrukTorque™ pneumatic torque multiplier from Norbar Torque Tools features a special banana shaped design reaction arm to handle bolt tightening on both front and rear wheels of trucks and buses.
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The Norbar TrukTorque™ offers the ultimate in accuracy, safety and convenience for the commercial vehicle repair and maintenance workshop. The tool operates up to 1000Nm of torque, is considerably lighter than a comparable impact wrench and is designed so that the operators' hands do not risk getting caught in trapping zones while wheel nuts are being tightened.
TrukTorque™ also has a range of further invaluable benefits:
- Many workshops use an impact wrench to fasten the nuts and then apply a torque wrench to check that the nuts have not been under tightened. TrukTorque™ does both jobs at once. This saves time and also avoids the frequent problem of over-tightened nuts when using the two tools. TrukTorque provides the exact level of required torque every time.
- Unlike an impact wrench, TrukTorque™ is very quiet. Noise at Work Regulations state that it becomes compulsory to wear hearing protection when decibel exposure levels exceed 85dBA. Typically, an impact wrench when idling reaches 90-98dBA when idling and exceeds this when impacting. TrukTorque™ when operating reaches only 83dBA, which means that the operator does not need ear defenders and the working environment is free from excessive noise for all in the vicinity.
- Low vibration levels support health & safety in the workplace by avoiding occupational risks such as VWF (vibration white finger).
- The Control of Vibrations at Work Regulations impose a Daily Exposure Action Value (EAV) of 2.5 m/s2, above which employers must introduce controls to eliminate or reduce exposure and provide health surveillance to operators regularly exposed to vibration that exceeds this level.
- The Norbar TrukTorque™ does not exceed 2.5 m/s2. This means there is no restriction in its use during the working day.
“There are significant benefits over impact wrenches in terms of efficiency, productivity and for creating a safe, stress free environment for employees.”
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