In this episode of the Wind Spotlight podcast from Windpower Engineering & Development, we are joined by Brian Warmerdam, product manager at RAD Torque Systems, to discuss the company’s latest offering in torque wrenches. RAD Torque is a Canadian Manufacturer producing battery-powered torque wrenches used in a range of industries, including mining, aerospace, and, of…

By Michelle Froese, Senior Editor Windpower Engineering & Development This article is part of Windpower Engineering & Development’s April 2017 issue. A complete digital version of the issue is here. Calibration is the process of configuring an instrument to provide a measurement within a set or acceptable range. It is used to ensure the accuracy of a tool,…

RAD Torque’s newly designed B-RAD Select battery series wrenches incorporate a new torque display with buttons. The four-digit display shows the set torque value. The new B-RAD Select lets users easily select the target torque, and increase or decrease the torque value by 10-foot pounds — up to 3,000-ft. pounds. The B-RAD Select also remembers the last set…

The objective for calibrating a torque tool is to ensure that it applies the torque the tool indicates it is applying.

Chris McKerihen / EIT Design Engineer /Rad Torque Systems / www.radtorque.com It’s necessary to re-torque a wind turbine’s bolts at OEM prescribed intervals because bolts occasionally work themselves loose. Several hundred of them may need checking on a typical utility-scale turbine. Recent electric wrenches provide a more efficient tool for that task. One version from our company comes…

An advanced torque tool that combines transducers in a custom socket measures the torque applied directly to individual nuts and bolts during a torque cycle. The new RAD Smart Socket by RAD Torque Systems is no larger than the standard socket it replaces. Users of controlled bolting equipment, such as wind technicians and construction crews,…