Room For Another Electric Impact Wrench

A pneumatic impact wrench or air gun is a very useful tool for removing stubborn nuts and bolts. It uses a strong jerking motion to help free fasteners that were over tightened or that have rusted over time. Compared to a traditional wrench, this can be a real improvement, and can make difficult jobs far easier. There is a wide range of different types of impact wrench out there, pneumatic being just one of them. In this article, we will consider the alternatives and their relative merits as well as explain the function of the impactor generally.

To make sure your air compressor will work, you need to know the "air consumption" of the wrench (this will be measured in CFM, or cubic feet per minute). So long as your compressor can provide air at 90 psi (the minimum pressure required for proper use of your impact wrench) faster than the wrench will consume that air, your air compressor will be good. Any less, and you very quickly lose torque as your impact wrench uses up air pressure faster than your compressor supplies it. Another important thing to determine is what size drive your impact wrench should be. A lot of people immediately think that bigger is better, but that's not necessarily the case. You really don't need a 1" impact wrench to loosen a 10mm bolt! And you definitely don't want to try to loosen a 2" bolt with a 3/8" wrench. The best thing to do is to figure out what sized nuts & bolts you'll be using your impact wrench on most frequently. Then find the impact sockets in that size, see what size drive they're available in, and get the drive size that will work best with the size of sockets you'll be using.

Some people think that cordless tools lack power, but this is no longer true in absolute terms. It is of course correct that a cordless tool will often offer less power than a tool that is corded or runs from a compressor, but once you realise that the same cordless tool is actually offering more power than a corded tool from ten years ago then this consideration becomes largely irrelevant. If an old corded tool worked adequately, then surely a modern tool of the same power is good enough? The torque required to undo a nut has not changed appreciably after all.

There are many brands out in the market that offer various features for the cordless impact wrench. Hitachi, DeWalt and Bosch are the top manufacturers of power tools and they have all created cordless impact wrenches that satisfy the needs of many industrial fields. Kawasaki, Milwaukee and Makita have also hopped on the bandwagon and made innovative cordless impact wrenches that are as good as their competitors. There are many choices in the market and they all can provide industrial grade performances as they are all packed with power, minus the wires.

Each type of impact wrench provides a variety of different pros and cons that should be considered prior to making the selection. Whether the choice is made to purchase the impact cordless wrench, the air-powered model, or one that is electric powered, the power tool will greatly increase the speed at which work is done, while reducing the users' effort.

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