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Hand tools - wrenches, etc.
News Release from: Wixroyd International | Subject: Hexagon Key with Retaining Ring
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 29 January 2001
Hexagon key holds onto the cap screw
Wixroyd International has introduced a 'world first' in hexagon keys, which have a spring clip that holds socket cap screws securely when inserting them in inaccessible positions.
Leaders in standard parts and workholding equipment, Wixroyd International, have expanded their wide range of hand tools, with the introduction of a world first in hexagon keys Wixroyd's Sales Director, Anthony Iafrate comments that, "All too often engineers are faced with the problem of how to reach inaccessible threads, without the socket head cap screw falling off the hexagon key before they become in contact with the thread
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 7 Jun 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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The new Wixroyd Hexagon Key with Retaining Ring solves this problem completely." The clever addition of a spring steel clip to the base of the hexagon blade means the socket head cap screws are now held fast.
No magnets are involved so there is no fear of losing magnetic strength.
The Wixroyd Hexagon Key with Retaining Ring enables faster working on fixtures which have areas of limited accessibility and by helping maintain working safety in the knowledge that no screws have gone astray.
The blade part is made of Chrome Vanadium, hardened and nickel-plated; the retaining clip is of spring steel.
Wixroyd Hexagon Keys with Retaining Ring are available as standard hexagon keys, or ball ended hexagon keys in practical clip sets or t-handled work stand sets.
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