Tune in as Jason Benford, Atlas Copco’s Tightening Services Lab Manager, breaks down the basics of the bolt in this mini ‘In the Lab’ multi-series, which discusses the specific fundamentals of what it takes to make a good bolted joint assembly.
Keep watching as Jason helps viewers to understand bolt basics with explanations, definitions, and demonstrations.
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Screwdriver Torque Challenge
Join Jason Benford in the lab for the screwdriver torque challenge! Watch him test torque with a transducer, test joint, and different screwdrivers.
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Pinch Point Safety
Today in the lab, Jason is using the Atlas Copco SRB 3400 for a safety experiment. Jason uses finger prop to show us what happens when we get our fingers in the wrong during tightening!
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Bolt Tensioner
Today in the lab, Jason is going to tighten some industrial-sized fasteners using a hydraulic bolt tensioning machine. Watch now as Jason talks to Atlas Copco’s tensioner expert, Phil about how this machine will tension the M64 bolt!
