Business Climate

We here at TorcUP have seen a continual increase in business activity in the industrial sectors that use our industrial bolting tools. After a recent conference call it was apparent that this trend was true throughout the country. In mining, including coal, phosphate, gold, silver, nickel and others, power, including hydro, coal fired and nuclear, oil and gas, gas transmission, railroads, wind farms including construction and maintenance, pipelines, manufacturing including chemicals, plastics and automotive and bulk material handling including sand, fertilizer, grain, lime, animal feed, sugar, salt, flour, wheat, soybeans, rice and oats. As we reach the end of a tough year we are optimistic about the future and the opportunities it brings. May all have a Merry Christmas, a Happy New Year and a very prosperous 2010.

Have you ever?

Have you ever tried to open a stuck valve?
Have you ever hammered up a frac stack or BOP?
Do you know what nipple up means?
Have you tightened or loosened a crabnut?
Have you opened or closed a railcar gravity door?
Have you replaced a tire on a rock truck?
Have you worked on mechanism bolts in a prep plant?
Have you ever worked on an IR or Cooper Bessemer gas compressor?
Have you ever built a wind turbine?
Have you ever worked on the fluid end of a pump truck?
Have you ever worked on a track pad, cutting edge or final drive of a D-11?
Have you worked on a steam turbine?
Have you ever worked on a continuous miner cutter head?
Have you ever worked on a highwall miner pushbeam?
Have you ever worked on a dragline?

If you recognized any of the above terms and you aren't using TorcUP Bolting tools then we need to talk.

If you recognized any of the terms above and you are using a competitors tools then we REALLY need to talk.

Have I got a deal for you....

Bolt Tensioning

Learning all about Bolt Tensioning from the Tentec rep. Lots of applications for tensioning when torquing just won't work

Good Morning,
It has been a productive week. We have been building bridges (bolted bridges from US Bridge), working on underground coal mining equipment, working on frac stacks and BOP's in the oil field and torquing Wind Turbine towers. So much to do so little time.

Bluefield Coal Show

I spent last week at the Bluefield Coal Show. Lots of coal miners, mine owners, equipment manufacturers and related businesses. The coal business is alive and well in West Virginia. Governor Joe Manchin even made an appearance. They ran out of parking both Wed and Thurs and parts of both days the traffic was backed up 2 miles. I saw customers and potential customers, a couple competitors (they don't count for much) and lots and lots of torque wrench applications. Still competing with cheater bars and pipe wrenches, not so much other hydraulic wrench companies (they don't count for much). The was even a guy selling Chinese knock-off wrenches (he don't count for much). Looks like we will have a good year based on whose mining coal.

Torquing

Hi, Mister TU here. Looking forward to exhibiting at the Bluefield Coal Show next week in Bluefield, WV. See you there.

Welcome to the world of bolting tools. I am a square drive bolting tool. Pin a socket to me, hook up my pump and I can give you incredible power. Calibrated to NIST standards I can torque to +/- 3% accuracy. I can solve your fastener problems and eliminate your fastener failure problems by torquing within specs to begin with. I eliminate the problem of stuck fasteners and I eliminate the safety issue of cheater pipes and extensions. Between me and my square drive brothers we can torque from 120 ft/lbs to 60,000 ft/lbs. My extended family of hex drive tools allows us to turn any threaded fastener even in tight spaces. In the coming months this blog will look at any application where hydraulic bolting tools are called for and describe how the job is accomplished.