Norbar’s involvement in industry and government does not stop at bolt tensioning solutions, any job requiring the application of continuous high torque can be completed with Norbar’s large range of torque tensioning tools.

Norbar Torque Tools has been working alongside the government and private sector for over 30 years in bolt tensioning and testing equipment.

Torque control of threaded fasteners can have a significant impact on the efficiency of a vehicle, but more importantly, it can play a very significant role in terms of safety.

It is estimated that ‘runaway’ wheels from vehicles kill eight to ten people and injure many more each year in the UK alone, with the statistics showing a similar rate of injury and fatalities in the US.

For example, a Mercedes Benz salesman, on the Princes Freeway, who was trying to help a customer with a broken down car, was killed when he was hit by a wheel that flew from a passing truck.

The fact that maintenance personnel servicing and maintaining trucks and buses need to be skilled is a given. Crucially, however, employers need to be able to prove through correct procedures and documentation that a job was carried out correctly. In any kind of product liability claim it is not sufficient for the employer to claim that all of their maintenance personnel are highly trained and are capable of completing the task correctly.

One way of ensuring accurate torque in commercial vehicle workshops is to use pneumatic torque multipliers rather than a traditional impact wrench. The reason for this is that impact wrenches, which are not torque controlled devices, require the torque to be checked using a manual torque wrench. The torque wrench check will only correct under-tightened nuts and so frequently, nuts can be left over-tightened. A pneumatic torque multiplier like the Norbar TrukTorque™ undertakes accurate torque tightening in a single process.

Norbar is the only torque equipment manufacturer capable of offering tool and instrument recalibration services to the original factory standard on four continents. You can count on our global experience to support your local needs.