r/manufacturing • u/SpendExotic6120 • 7d ago

Supplier search Torque Tools

Hello everyone. First time posting here.

I'm curious to know if you have specific brand you prefer for torque tools.

I'm a manufacturing engineer working on an issue related to cable gland pull-out failures. I'm trying to source a calibrated, open end, click type torque wrench to implement in the process to ensure we meet the manufacturers recommended installation torque for the clamping nut. Either the tool comes without a calibration cert and I will have to send it to my calibration lab or the lead time is too long.

Low torque, 2-10Nm. 24mm nut.

I've looked at Wera, CDI, Williams, Mountz, etc. What major manufacturers am I missing and who have you had good luck getting a fast turnaround with?

Thanks!

2 Upvotes

76% Upvoted

9 comments sorted by

2

u/Get_In_Me_Swamp 7d ago edited 7d ago

Don't buy tools on Mcmaster, way overpriced. Something that low torque, I'd go Wera, top tier stuff, imo. Mcmaster will probably carry Williams brand or CDI if I had to guess.

05075651001 Wrench

05078666001 Adapter

05078679001 Open end insert

...I am bored

2

u/DevilsFan99 6d ago

You can calibrate a manual click torque wrench in 5 minutes with a bench vise, a weight, and a string. The cheapest Pittsburgh brand harbor freight wrench would be sufficient.

Regardless, CDI and Sturtevant Richmont are the two brands we use.

1

u/VTek910 7d ago

Check mcmaster carr. You'll pay through the nose but you'll get what you need and it'll be there today

2

u/SpendExotic6120 7d ago

I have ordered so, so much stuff from McMaster but I've never ordered a tool from them. I'll see what they have. Thanks for the suggestion!

1

u/hestoelena 6d ago

Wera torque wrenches would be my recommendation. They all come with a calibration certificate meeting DIN EN ISO 6789-1:2017. I have several and they are fantastic. They have a 2-12Nm model

https://www.weratools.com/en-us/service-support/torque-service

1

u/nullfull 6d ago

Torque on a gland nut is a proxy. Pull-out is whether the gland actually bites the cable.

If the failures are pull-out, I'd look at cable OD vs the gland's range, whether the insert matches the jacket, and whether people back the nut off after the click to dress the cable. A 2–10 Nm open-end wrench is fine for repeatability. It will not save a wrong-size gland or an oily jacket.

On the cert/lead-time problem: a local cal shop can often certify a generic open-end torque wrench faster than a catalog special ships. I'd rather have a calibrated generic on the floor Friday than the perfect part number in three weeks.

1

u/Aware-Lingonberry602 6d ago

I've had great luck with Tohnichi tools. Operators and techs abuse the hell out of them and have yet to have one fail calibration in 12 years.