Product category:
Portable power tools
News Release from: Metabo | Subject: 6in angle grinder
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 29 December 2006
Angle grinder stabilises its speed
electronically
A 6in angle grinder offers electronic speed stabilisation for increased productivity can work at nearly 100% of no-load speed up to the grinder's full rated 12A.
Metabo Corporation, a leading international manufacturer of professional grade portable electric power tools and abrasives for industrial, construction and welding applications, now offers a new, electronic 6in angle grinder/cut-off machine with Metabo's Tacho-Constamatic (TC) speed stabilization for improved productivity With TC electronics, the WE14-150 grinder can work at nearly 100% of the no-load speed (9,000 rev/min) right up to the grinder's full rated amp load (12A)
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 17 Jul 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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Those using this tool for cutting applications range from welders, sprinkler fitters and pipe fitters, to mechanical contractors and others involved in metal fabrication.
The angle grinder/cut-off machine is also equipped with Metabo's 'Quick' wheel change system, which allows tool-less wheel changes; a safety clutch, which allows the operator to maintain control of the tool in the event of a jam; a Vibratech anti-vibration handle that reduces vibration by 60%; and overload protection, which shuts the tool down when overheating is detected.
Maximum torque for the grinder is 31 in.lb and it weighs 5.6 lb.
The WE14-150 Quick features current interruption protection, a user friendly spindle lock, a low-profile aluminum die cast gear housing, an electronic winding temperature monitor with LED display and auto-stop carbon brushes.
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