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Fastener Torque Part 2 – How To REALLY Measure Tension

Posted on October 25, 2016 by dean

Tension, Not Torque Matters: How to Measure Bolt Tension In our last post, we discussed how measuring torque is an inaccurate way of getting the right bolt tension.  In fact, a brand new bolt will require +/-40% torque to achieve the same tension as another new bolt out of the … Continue reading →

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Fastener Torque Part 1 – The False Truth: It’s Really Tension that Matters

Posted on October 11, 2016 by dean

(Stay tuned next week for Part 2 – How to Measure Tension) Everyone is always concerned about getting the right torque. Regularly, customers contact  us requesting material torque charts.  Everyone is so concerned about what they are setting their torque wrench to, that they are missing what matters most: getting the right … Continue reading →

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