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RAD Torque Makes Aerospace Tools

RAD Torque has been known around the world for our work in the aerospace industry for decades. Through our work with both airlines and aircraft manufacturers, we understand the top priority of safety within the industry and the need for reliable aerospace tools.

We also know that the challenges aerospace teams face are unique and vital. Because of that, we design specialized aircraft tools for the aerospace industry, including high-torque wrenches, offsets, multipliers, and reaction arms. And if we don’t already have the tool you need, we’ll create it to order.

Safety From Every Angle

Safety is crucial for commercial airlines and aircraft manufacturers. The lives of hundreds of passengers and crew members rest on the reliability of every bolt and fastener holding their airplane together. With hundreds of thousands of components to hold together, the engineers who build aircraft and the mechanics who maintain them need torque tools they can rely on and data to back them up.

At RAD Torque Systems, we put reliability and accuracy into the hands of the mechanics installing and tightening nuts and bolts. Our multipliers change foot-pound settings easily to deliver the accuracy your industry requires.

We make sure you can track the accuracy of each bolt’s torque, from nose to tail, with tools (such as the E-RAD BLU Series), that have advanced data logging capabilities. With the accurate data provided by our tools, aircraft manufacturers and airlines can have peace of mind knowing components have been properly installed to withstand the extreme forces placed on them in flight.

Aerospace Tools for Employee Safety

Our tools deliver safety for more than your passengers. They also help protect mechanics against rotational load while building and maintaining aircraft.

Because RAD Torque multipliers apply specific foot-pound settings quickly and accurately, your mechanics don’t have to injure their shoulders when installing nuts and bolts. Our custom reaction arms let them handle extremely high torque without kickback, protecting their hands and arms. And when heavy impact wrenches are not required, your employees are spared the vibration, hammering, and nerve damage that can result from Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS).

RAD Torque tools also help boost mechanics’ productivity. One aircraft manufacturer used to need three employees working a full shift to torque its airplane’s nose gear fasteners. Now, using our torque multiplier, one employee can finish the job in less than an hour and move on to the next task with no injuries.

Reach Every Bolt with RAD Torque

Aircraft are designed around aerodynamic demands, not to make parts easily reachable by mechanics. And with about 600,000 parts in every Boeing 737, it’s no surprise that many of those parts are hard to reach. Some are even hidden under other components, complicating the task.

That’s why we create custom offsets for our aerospace clients, including commercial airline manufacturers. When your mechanics need to reach low-clearance bolts, we’ll find a way to provide the access they need without compromising safety.

Here’s how it works. Your aerospace company comes to us with an application that you need. We then use 3D printers to create models so your engineers can test them for accuracy and usability. Then we build them to your order.

The RAD Advantage

Working with RAD Torque delivers advantages in every way: cost, accuracy, and access to the tools you need.

We make tools in multiple ratios because we know aerospace is an expensive industry, and you’re always looking for ways to cut costs while maintaining safety. Our multipliers help your mechanics achieve the proper torque using any of several tools. By switching the multiplier to the next tool, you achieve the calibration you need without having to purchase extra multipliers.

We deliver the aerospace tools you need for building and maintaining aircraft, including:

Precision electronic tools
Twin spindle systems
Vertical fin kits
Custom offset gears
Custom reaction arms
Torque multipliers

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WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY

“The customer service that I’ve received has been awesome. We send the tool out for calibration every year, and it’s always turned around quickly. The folks there are great to deal with.”

-Brian Caraway, RDI

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