Power-tool innovator, Ingersoll Rand, introduces the new QX Series Cordless Torque Multiplier – a high-torque fastening tool for industrial applications and torque-critical joints.
The QX Series Torque Multiplier is idea for the wind industry because of its reliability in challenging, high-risk environments. It can be used for construction and maintenance on gearboxes, general maintenance, turbines, generators, and for other duties such as valve connections.
Built upon the QX Series platform, the Ingersoll Rand Cordless Torque Multiplier achieves up to 1,475-ft. pounds of torque, and employs advanced technology, communication, and control features to ensure accurate, repeatable bolting.
“In heavy-duty, high-risk environments, the accuracy of applied torque is critical,” said Dan Fleming, Product Manager at Ingersoll Rand. “In these high-performance industries time is valuable. The QX Series Cordless Torque Multiplier replaces manual, inaccurate fastening methods with a traceable method that is quicker and more effective.”
To meet challenging fastening needs, the QX Series Cordless Torque Multiplier has a brushless motor, paired with a premium Norbar gearbox that generates 160 times the torque of a standard QX Series tool. The tool is available in five different combinations of torque and speed capability, ranging from 30 to 1,475-ft pounds and 5 to 45 revolutions per minute.
At the heart of the Torque Multiplier is the Ingersoll Rand closed-loop transducer, which is the key to delivering torque precision, unmatched accuracy and traceable results.
Additional features include:
Designed with a Norbar gearbox and an efficient, time-tested closed-loop transducer, the QX Series Torque Multiplier reduces bolting time and cost, while ensuring repeatable accuracy for all torque-critical joints.
- Control: The tool has multiple user-programmable configurations such as torque, angle, and gang count. These functions can be navigated directly on the tool or programmed from a computer. Up to eight of these programed strategies can be stored on the tool at the same time. The multi-function display module provides visual feedback via red, yellow, and green lights, signaling whether the bolt has exceeded, or not met, the torque limit or angle, or if the proper gang count was reached.
- Communication: The tool can store records for up to 1,200 fastenings, which can be downloaded to a computer via a USB cable or wirelessly transferred to a dedicated PCM, or process communication module. Now reliable data is available for review, analysis, and record keeping at any time, replacing the dated guesswork of manually recording torque goals with paper and pencil in the field.
- Comfort: Operators can move freely without the inconvenience of bulky air or hydraulic hoses, or power packs, because the Torque Multiplier is cordless and compact. The 360-degree adjustable handle provides the operator a comfortable grip and provisions for a tethering point. These features allow maximum flexibility when working on multiple joints and accessing odd angles.
The durability and performance of the QX Series Torque Multiplier stands up to a variety of tough applications, such as for heavy equipment (excavators and construction equipment) and for wind and power generation (gearboxes, general maintenance, turbines, generators and valve connections, and flanges).
The tool operates on the Ingersoll Rand IQV20 Series battery system and each 20-volt battery charge will rundown an average of 100 bolts.
The QX Series Precision Torque Multiplier can be purchased as an individual tool, or in a kit that includes the tool, two IQV20 batteries, one battery charger and a carrying bag. The tool also has a HAZLOC configuration that is certified for Class 1, Division 2 applications.
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