Speaking as a Quality Engineer for a company that builds torque instruments for orthopedic surgeries, I would suggest that you find a calibration lab nearby that can qualify your torque wrench to a standard traceable to NIST (like we do!). However, keep in mind that torque is a byproduct of what you really want to measure - clamping force, which is based on the tensile strength/elongation characteristics of the material(s) in question - back in the day, when tightening some fasteners (like connecting rod bolts) we always used new, properly graded bolts and actually measured the change in bolt length.
Just sayin' Mark W. N952MW -----Original Message----- From: KRnet [mailto:krnet-boun...@list.krnet.org] On Behalf Of n357cj via KRnet Sent: Friday, March 31, 2017 2:09 PM To: KRnet Cc: n357cj Subject: Re: KR> torque wrench OOH...It's Friday and this so begs for an answer. I've heard that everyone has a guy. A guy to fix the car,... a guy to mow the lawn, a guy to clean the gutters, plumbing, electric, and on and on..I figure I'm the guy, no body touches or does anything for me that I can do myself, At church I'm the guy, At work ...I'm the guy, Heck that is even how I sold myself to the beautiful girl that I'm engaged to... so send that bad boy wrench on over -I'll figure out how to calibrate the stink right out of it. But hey there is a flip side to being the guy. On that rare occasion that God forbid I might be wrong. I just would tell ya that I have far more opportunity to make a mistake just because ...you know... " I'm the guy"... name being withheld for safety reasons... ----- Original Message ----- F verify my torque wrench is in calibration when I start engine assembly in the next few days. That begs the question: Who calibrates the calibrator, who inspects the inspector, and who answers questions for the answer man? Just wondering........... Larry Flesner ------------------ _______________________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/. Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change options. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@list.krnet.org --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus _______________________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/. Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change options. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@list.krnet.org
