| What is a Cordless Impact Wrench? | | | | offer a number of head positions, not just 90 |
| A cordless impact wrench is most usually a | | | | degrees and so can be used in a variety of |
| battery powered tool designed to tighten a nut or | | | | positions as demanded by the work environment. |
| other fixing, although other varieties do exist. An | | | | What are the Advantages of a Cordless Impact |
| impact wrench works by using a motor to spin a | | | | Wrench? |
| mass inside the tool called a hammer. The | | | | Cordless power tools are generally less powerful |
| hammer stores energy which is rapidly | | | | that their corded cousins, there is no denying it, |
| transferred to the drive shaft of the tool, which is | | | | but the gain in flexibility of use is great. If work is |
| called the anvil. The power transfer occurs very | | | | to occur at a distance from a power source then |
| fast and is deliberately intermittent. Peak torque | | | | a cordless tool is a huge help as all that is required |
| can be very high, but as this transfer process | | | | is a few batteries and work can continue with |
| only occurs for a short period of time very little | | | | minimal disruption. |
| of the energy makes its way back to the tools | | | | Cordless impact wrenches are also safer in the |
| operator. | | | | workplace as they leave no dangling cables to trip |
| What Designs are Available? | | | | over. |
| The usual design for a light industrial cordless | | | | Angle head tools are designed for ease of use in |
| impact wrench is very similar to that used in | | | | tight working environments and generally come |
| automotive designs. That is to say that it is a | | | | with their own LED lights as natural light is often |
| small torque gun style of product. The difference | | | | restricted in these cramped environments. While |
| between a battery powered tool and one | | | | these tools lack the power of more conventional |
| powered by compressed air comes from the fact | | | | pistol grip designs they do have exception reach |
| that the power comes from a batter inserted into | | | | due to their elongated design and narrow heads. |
| the base of the handle, rather than a compressed | | | | The can be excellent additions to an automotive |
| air line. | | | | workshop for this reason alone. |
| These pistol style impact wrenches are the more | | | | While cordless impact wrenches will never replace |
| powerful of the cordless designs available, but for | | | | heavier industrial units in terms of power there is |
| jobs where access is limited they can be too | | | | no doubt that they do offer increased flexibility of |
| bulky to use and so another format is required. | | | | working. Surely any workplace that values safety |
| Angle head cordless impact wrenches are used | | | | of the workforce should consider replacing old |
| where there is a desire for mobility and increased | | | | cabled tools with a safer alternative that is a |
| flexibility of use. A typical tool in this class can | | | | cordless impact wrench? |