Lower vibration November 1st 2007 According to Norbar Torque Tools, purchasers of power tools often face a lack of reliable data on the actual vibration levels produced by tools in use. The company commissioned research to compare the vibration effects on the user between a typical impact wrench and Norbar's Pneutorque torque tool in a typical truck garage environment. A researcher for the Industrial Noise and Vibration Centre used an accelerometer attached to a typical impact wrench, as close as possible to the position of the operator's hands. Tests were carried out using an impact wrench and a Pneutorque tool to tighten 10 truck wheel nuts to 600N/m. Averaged over the 10 bolts, the total vibration measured for the impact wrench was 18.8m/s2, whereas Norbar's Pneutorque registered just 1.4m/s2 during the same test. While a user of the impact wrench would reach their daily exposure action limit in 8min of wheel changing, the Pneutorque operator could perform the same task continuously for more than 24h without breaching the EAV limit. More articles from Norbar Torque Tools Limited: |