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durable screwdriving tools for professionals – from screwdrivers, ratchets and bits to L-keys and torque tools. When the company was founded in 1936 under the name of Hermann Werner KG,


75 years of Wera W


anniversary.


trading with tools was the focus of activities. The company name Wera originated in 1951 from the names of the owner families Werner und Amtenbrink, and in the following decades it developed very successfully into a manufacturer. The company currently employs some 700 staff in Germany, the USA, Canada,


England, Spain and the Czech Republic. Nevertheless, Wera is still a family enterprise and decisions are always taken with a long-term view in mind. The company highlights that the reason for its continued success is its relentless pursuit of innovations.


“At Wera we attach a great importance to a systematic, progressively organised innovation process. Supported by the most modern


technology and software, the individual development phases are always structured and success oriented. The process ranges from ideas management - that includes current creativity techniques – to the construction of prototypes and even extends to cover the application-oriented training of all staff and partners in sales. To offer customers the best possible benefit, users are involved at a very early stage in the development of any new products in the form of professionally implemented group sessions.” To enable Wera to be successful worldwide in the future, too, the Wuppertal-based group pursues a global property right strategy. Thanks to international market monitoring, any infringement of property rights can be immediately addressed.


Norbar extends non-magnetic range


Norbar Torque Tools recently launched a new 50Nm non-magnetic torque wrench to complement its 20Nm version introduced late last year.


injury to the operator and damage to sensitive and expensive equipment. Torque wrenches are used by factory staff, installers and field based personnel


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working on the cable connections and sub-assemblies around the magnet when it is energised. They are also used around the top of the magnet on the refrigeration sub-assemblies, valves and seals. In both cases the magnet is at full field. Norbar’s Philip Brodey explains: “These magnets can be ‘switched off’ by


removing the permanent current flowing in the coils but this is costly, time consuming and dangerous. Sometimes this action can trigger a spontaneous quench, instantaneously boiling off 75% of the liquid helium present, which can cost anything up to £10,000 to recover from. Working with non-magnetic tools is essential for anyone working on ‘live’ systems, especially at the critical and risky ‘ramping up’ and ‘ramping down’ process when you bring a magnet to field.” The new Norbar TruTorque™ 50Nm non-magnetic wrench is acceptable for


the majority of MRI scanners in use today and has further applications across a range of industries where tools also have to be used in the presence of a strong magnetic field, such as clean rooms, radar transmission centres, precision magnetic equipment, permanent magnetic generators, nuclear products and mine sweepers. Norbar TruTorque™ non-magnetic torque wrenches are manufactured using


carefully selected and tested non-ferrous materials. Accuracy of reading is +/- 3%, exceeding international standards.


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orbar TruTorque™ non-magnetic torque wrenches have important applications in the medical field, specifically for MRI manufacture and maintenance, where there is the presence of a strong magnetic field. Using non-magnetic tools on MRI scanners can avoid serious risk of


Goebel´s new battery rivet tool GO-1


Goebel, with headquarters in Erkrath, Germany, has launched the new battery powered rivet tool GO-1 into the market.


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he GO-1 is for 2.4mm – 5mm blind rivets in all materials and only weighs 2.25kg, including the 14.4V/1.4Ah battery. Goebel points out that a


traction power of 12,000N and 20mm stroke guarantee the installation of more than 550 5mm diameter stainless steel blind rivets on only one battery charge (14.4V / 1.4Ah). The li-Ion-technique of the batteries


guarantee a long battery life and the batteries can be fully recharged in less than 50 minutes. The remaining power of the battery can also be easily checked visually on the tool during installation by pressing ‘power inspection’. The nosepiece diameters 2.4mm – 5mm are


kept, together with the wrench, in the tool. The GO-1 battery tool is delivered in a re-sealable steel case with one 14.4V/1.4Ah battery and a charger. Also available from stock is a larger 14.4V /2.8Ah battery.


Wera Werk Hermann Werner GmbH & Co. KG, based in Wuppertal, Germany, recently celebrated its 75th


era has developed during the course of its corporate history to a successful and internationally renowned group in the hand tool segment. Instead of focusing on diversification, Wera has specialised resolutely over generations on the development and production of ergonomic and


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