Tools and kits for turbine maintenance teams
May 26, 2009 by Paul Dvorak
Filed under Maintenance
The teathered wrench and other tools with the feature are well suited for maintenance high above the ground. The company says it can customize tools, including those from other vendors, provide a dedicated workspace/storage space, and manage security
Snap-on Industrial designs, manufactures, and distributes hand and power tools, specialty tools, storage equipment, and training to meet industry needs. The company says it is ready to meet the needs of organizations engaged in the wind industry from around the world. Any combination of Snap-on products can be assembled in a custom kit for use on wind-power applications. That includes traditional hand tools, torque tools such as click, digital torque, dial wrenches and calibration devices, power tools and, other bolting equipment. Tools can be organized in a soft or hard-sided case for ease-of-use and easy lifting. With regard to its mobile tool-crib program, Snap-on Industrial says it can deliver jobsite tool packages in containers (conexes), trailers, or turn-key service trucks.
Windpower Engineering Editor Paul Dvorak is an experienced mechanical engineer. Paul has seven years of hands on mechanical engineering experience and 23 years of technical writing. Paul is constantly in correspondence with wind turbine manufacturers and wind power researchers. Thanks to this correspondence, he is able to write about wind engineering topics before any other editor in the wind space.
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