At a recent O&M conference, the topic of technician retention came up. Among the several suggestions was making their jobs easier with service lifts and lighter tools. This discussion deals with such tools. A lighter hydraulic pump The right tools let wind crews uphold safety, improve efficiency, and minimize their environmental impact. These goals ensure…

Aztec Bolting Services presents the new W-Series UltraSlim hydraulic torque wrench cassettes. These tools were developed to provide customers with a simple, durable, and controlled bolting solution for narrow-access applications. UltraSlim cassettes combine the simplicity and durability of the trusted W-Series hydraulic torque wrenches, with a stepped width bi-hexagonal design that allows the cassettes to…

Larry Garza, Owner and Founder, Aztec Bolting Services Inc., www.aztecbolting.com Most people in the bolting industry know Hooke’s law which states, “stress is directly proportional to strain.” For bolts, it means that their stretch (strain) is proportional to load. That simple expression is also the critical tenet in Controlled Bolting Training (CBT). However, not all bolt…

Aztec Bolting Services Inc., a leading provider of bolting tools to the natural gas, oil, petrochemical, and wind energy industries for the past 25 years, has announced its latest tool, a new generation electric tensioner pump designed for critical bolting applications, specifically in the wind and power generation industries. “This pump is taking tensioning to…

A Common bond among the crew at Aztec Bolting Services is a love of motorcycles. Not only do several Aztec workers have motorcycles and enjoy riding, but for the past few years Aztec Bolting has commissioned Rick Fairless of Stroker’s Dallas to create one of a kind custom choppers as a marketing tool that travels…